Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: If in salah, a person starts crying then they sallow the tears like some of it enters the mouth, would that make salah invalid?

Prayer

08 Oct

ANSWER: If done intentionally, it invalidates the prayer.

QUESTION: What is the ruling on someone who goes to perform umrah and then made intention to be in the state of ihram and to perform umrah but he wasn’t wearing the ihram while making the intention and then change his mind and decided to not perform umrah and return to his country (can he cancel his intention?)

Hajj and Umrah

05 Oct

ANSWER: It seems that you don’t know what it means to be in the state of Ihram. The intention to make an Umrah is different from intending to assume the state of Ihram. To assume the state of Ihram, one must put on the ihram towels, firmly intend after this point not to do any […]

QUESTION: I went to the masjid just to pray alone as a muslimah. i sat down to put my things down, then i remembered i shouldn’t sit without praying tahiyyatul masjid. so i made wudu, prayed the 2 rakaat, then prayed my fard. is this correct, and am i sinful for sitting down at the beginning since i forgot?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

02 Oct

ANSWER: If you prayed fard, without sitting down, that would suffice for tahiyatul masjid as well.

QUESTION: Can we recite aloud during salat which are normally offered as a quiet prayer?

Prayer

30 Sep

ANSWER: This is not from the sunnah but the prayer is valid.

QUESTION: What should the khaatib do if he spoils his ablution during Khutbah.

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer

25 Sep

ANSWER: It is not a condition for the khutbah to be in the state of purity but it is recommended. Therefore, he can finish both khutbah and then appoint someone else to lead the prayers while he rushes to perform wudhu.

QUESTION: What is the ruling of a person who do something intentionally in Umrah that impose Dum on him rather than doing unintentionally? Like if he touches Ka’aba knowing it has fragrance in it.

Hajj and Umrah

19 Sep

ANSWER: If he knows that touching the black stone would result in him having perfume on his hand, he must not do that. If he does that knowingly, he must expiate for breaking one of the restricted acts in Ihram.

QUESTION: There is a big difference in the rates of buying jewelery and selling jewellery. When we sale the jewelery, When i have to calculate zakat then should i calculate it on the rates i have purchased it or the rates on which it will be sold on that day in the market?

Zakat

18 Sep

ANSWER: Yes, the current selling price.

QUESTION: What to do if I forget whether I prayed or not?

Prayer

17 Sep

ANSWER: The default is that you did not pray. Pray it now.

QUESTION: If im praying and i yawn, do i pause whatever im doing and say audthu bilahi min aldhaytam alrajeem, and re-say the word i was saying when i yawned? Or ignore it?

Prayer, Supplications

16 Sep

ANSWER: No need to say anything! You should suppress the yawn by keeping your hand on your mouth

QUESTION: How to compensate the Salah if In hurry I didn’t sit properly in Iftirash ? & realise it later .How to rectify my mistake? Should I break my Salah & start it from the beginning?

Prayer

16 Sep

ANSWER: Iftirash is a way of sitting down according to the sunnah. If you sit in any other way, the prayer is valid. If you don’t sit between the two prostrations, the prayer is invalid as you had missed a pillar.

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