Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: If I pray with shoes on I go into sujood and I can’t feel my toes touch the ground but I know the tip of my shoes do. is the prayer still valid?

Prayer

04 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, it’s valid.

QUESTION: I’m a dental nurse and I struggle to pray on time at work. Can I combine prayers? My lunch hour is 1-2 pm. How do I combine afternoon and evening prayers? I’m in the UK and miss afternoon and evening prayers.

Prayer

02 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible! You must pray all your prayers on time. You must have a coffee break or time out to go to the toilet every now and then! Pray then.

QUESTION: I am going for Hajj this year Inshallah. I will be going straight to Makkah and staying there for 12 days before going to Mina on 8th of Zul hijjah for Hajj. My question is should I be praying Qasr salah for the duration of my stay in Makkah? What is recommended and more rewarding (qasr or full salah)?

Hajj and Umrah, Prayer

30 May

ANSWER: In the masjid you must follow the imam and pray in full, normally. Who in his right mind would go to Makkah and pray in his hotel room and skip the masjid?

QUESTION: I’m a muslim(24) i Didn’t pray all theses years (prayed some time like ramadan & any other day) did i became kafir if i became kafir what i have to do now.should i take shahada? Can i take shahada by myself?

Apostasy, Prayer

30 May

ANSWER: If you prayed on & off you’re still considered a muslim. You must repent to Allah and show remorse and never skip a prayer after now.

QUESTION: I work and earn, after contributing to my family I have some extra money. But I won’t state myself independent as me and my husband share expenses. Do I have to perform udhiya?

Slaughtering

30 May

ANSWER: If your husband is offering it, it’s sufficient for the whole family living under his roof

QUESTION: We are two brothers and want to offer a sacrifice on Eid-ul-adha for our mother who lives with us. Can we share the expense between both of us to offer this sacrifice for her, or any one of us must pay the full amount?

Slaughtering

29 May

ANSWER: No problem in sharing it as it is a gift for your mother.

QUESTION: It happens I pray 3times in different mosques. How many times do I pray tahiyat masjid?

Prayer

29 May

ANSWER: Everytime you enter the masjid, you must pray before sitting down, it can be any prayer, whether 2 specific rakahs of tahiyatul masjid, sunnah before the obligatory prayer or fard prayer itself. If you don’t sit down and immediately join the congregation, you don’t need to offer it.

QUESTION: Is it obligatory to recite fathiha thashahhud and obligatory adhkaar of salah with a sound such that it must be heard by ourselves.Or simple lip moment with no sound enough.

Prayer

28 May

ANSWER: Lip and tongue movement, without sound is sufficient

QUESTION: Is there any hadith saying to not do rafa ul yadain

Prayer, Schools of Thought

25 May

ANSWER: No! This is an authentic sunnah and only people of ignorance oppose it!

QUESTION: Me and my friend prayed in congregation together as two people total. I prayed to the left of him and slightly behind and he is to the right of me, he is the Imam. Is this position correct when praying together as two people. Is my prayer valid? Do I need to repeat my prayer?

Prayer

24 May

ANSWER: What you had done was wrong! You both must stand exactly beside each other in the same row and you must stand to the right side of the imam.

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