Q&A/Fatwas

I forgot to pay Fitrana before Eid prayers. What can i do now?

Zakat

30 Jun

Praise be to Allaah.There is no sin on him because he is excused for his forgetfulness, but he has to pay it when he remembers it. Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about someone who forgot to pay zakaat al-fitr on time, and he replied: There is no […]

Can we say Bismillahi rahman rahim in Tashahud, before we recite the Attayat or we just recite Attayat without saying Bismillah?

Prayer

30 Jun

You don’t say Bismillah before starting attahiyat as this is an innovation.

sheikh.i have hair fall problem and so i have to apply onion’s juice in my scalp sometimes.but even after shampooing, there’s a faint smell of onion left in the head.Now will it affect my wudu and salat or fasting?

Prayer

30 Jun

You salah or fasting is not affected by this. However, of the smell can be detected, you must not approach the masjid.

I told my tablighi hanafi uncle and cuzins regarding rafayadhain . Even when i said hadeeth is authentic still he mentiones the name of imam abu hanifa and said no to rafayadhain. And the same is with my hanafi cousins aswell what should i advice them?

Prayer

30 Jun

Ignore this issue with them totally as their prayer is valid and discussing it would only make them more stubborn and divided.

With the prayer, am I right in saying that if a pillar isn’t performed then the salah is invalid however if an obligation isn’t performed then the salah is still valid ?

Prayer

29 Jun

Yes, generally you are right. However, if the pillar was performed during the prayer itself, the prayer is still valid as in the case of someone missing a sujood and remembering it before he concluded his prayer and hence he added another whole Rakah in exchange for the invalid Rakah.