Q&A/Fatwas

If I wake up after sunrise for fajr occasionally, is it a must to wake up my family or should i just pray right away and they can pray once they wake up? Because my wife says just let me sleep because we already missed fajr on time so dont wake me up until i wake up myself!? Please clarify

Prayer

14 Jul

You must wake her up to pray! Insisting on not waking up because it was missed makes making it up useless.

Some people put their phones and wallets in front of them when praying and is directly under their stomach when doing sujood. Is it permissible to keep items in front of you like this?

Prayer

14 Jul

No problem.

When I travel from London to Paris by air, I usually pray qasr and join my salaah. What I want to know, when I reach my hotel, do I continue joining and praying qasr or do I pray the full salaah? I usually stay for about 7 days.

Prayer

14 Jul

As long as you’re still called a traveler, you combine and join.

My tenant has left without paying rental amount of 5months. He is also poor and burdened with debts. Can I write off this from my zakat. If ok is it necessary to inform him about this? Waiting for ur kind advise

Zakat

14 Jul

This is not permissible because you would be benefiting from this and receiving money that would almost be lost for ever.

My father has passed away.I am afraid he did’t give zakat as it has to be.He worked very hard until his last day of his life to bring us up.He bought two flats for my brothers to help them marry although they have jobs and salaries but they didn’t have enough money to bear all the expenses of marriage.My question is: Is what my father has done for my brothers considered zakat?

Zakat

12 Jul

No

A wife pays all the bills as she works but husband is low income and can’t earn much due to depression. Can wife give zakat to her husband so he pays the bills with that money for the next few months?

Zakat

12 Jul

This is permissible if he is poor or needy

I set my alarm to wake up for Fajr time, but when I woke up I saw that my alarm battery ran out so I woke up past the time for Fajr. Can I pray Fajr because I slept past the correct time by accident?

Prayer

12 Jul

You have to pray it as soon as you wake up.

Behind the imam can I recite fatiha after he has finished his fatiha (in loud salah).Or do I have to recite along with him when he recites? I follow the opinion which says that fatiha should be recited behind the imam even in loud rakah.So please answer according to this opinion.

Prayer

08 Jul

When he pause you may recite it, or when he recite a sura.

If im still at the airport and the time of dhuhur salah comes in before i sit in the airplane, and i pray at airport, should i pray Qasar or should i be praying the whole thing?

Prayer

08 Jul

You must not shorten your prayer as you are still in your city. Only if the airport is outside the city that you may shorten and combine as well.

I calculated the value of zakat that i had to give and it turned out to be 40000 rupees so i put this money aside. Few days later when i was about to hand over the zakat money, the rate of gold had changed and the due zakat now turned out to be 50000 rupees. At what rate do i give the zakat? According to the day i calculated it or the day when i hand over the money?

Zakat

08 Jul

According to the day the zakat was due in.

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