Q&A/Fatwas

can I give zakat in the form of raw food material or clothes. Can I buy these things with the zakat money

Zakat

10 Jul

The zakat must be given cash to the poor and needy. As for zakat al fitr it has to be in food!

Is it obligatory to performs sunnah muakkada? I understand about huge reward associated with Sunnah Mukkadah, but will it be sin to leave it without any excuse? I am specifically consern about performing tarawee Irregularly and also about other Sunnah mukkada. Can you kindly provide you answer with references from ruling of 4 madhab and hadith?

Prayer

09 Jul

If it is sunnah, it is not obligatory!

Can i give zakaat in the form of food items.

Zakat

09 Jul

Cash zakat must be given in cash!

A female prays some raka’as of taraweeh in Ramadan and sleeps at mid night with intention to wake up at 3 AM and pray rest of taraweeh and witr. The fajr is at 4AM. When she wakes up she finds herself menstruating.My question is after she purifies herself, does she need to make up witr prayer?

Prayer

05 Jul

No, she doesn’t have to. Witr is nafil.

After completing the Taraweeh in congregation can we come home and read salah if we want. What kind of salah we can read? Please advise as I want to read salah and do more ibaadah.

Prayer

05 Jul

You can offer whatever prayers you want but do not repeat the witr as there is only one witr per night.

is this true for the sujood in salah as well? the least that one is obligated to say in every sajdah in salahis subHana rabi all ‘alaa once and anything said after that is voluntary but not mandatory?

Prayer

05 Jul

Correct

If the imam pronounces IHDINAs siratal mustaqeem as IHIDINA adding kasrah to ه does. Does It change the meaning?

Prayer

02 Jul

No

With the intention of paying zakaat, can we give the money for donating water pumps (or such other projects) for our deceased or these must be paid separately?

Zakat

30 Jun

Zakat can’t be spent on such projects.

One of my friends is Hafiz and leads Traveh prayer. During Traveh his intention was two rakah but he forgot and got up for third raka. No body behind him pointed out mistake. He realized it at third raka and then completed the forth raka also. After he concluded the prayer with sajda sahv. Will it be considered two raka or four raka? Please clarify?

Prayer

30 Jun

He was wrong in adding the fourth Rakah and he should have sit immediately as the extra third Rakah was invalid!

I saw your vedio about witr salah and got to know that it should not be similar to magrib salah.While praying witr i pray the first two rakhas normal and then sit down for tashahud and pray the third rakha and then tashahud and tasleem.but in the third rakha i recite another surah after suratalfatihah and then qunoot which is different from magrib prayer.Is this a right practice?

Prayer

30 Jun

By praying three Rakah with two tashahud and two tasleems at the end, this is like Maghreb whether you offer qunoot or not!

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