In our area we have madarasah where we use to teach quraan to children in that place we use to conduct islamic lecture for ladies at every saturday after maghrib, now we planned to keep jumu’ah salah for ladies in that madarasah where we will not conduct five times of salah, Is it permissible to conduct jumu’ah salah like this? (first two row gents will be there)

Prayer
22 Aug

If the place is needed and there is no masjid, this is permissible.

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Can one recite directly from the Qur’an when one is praying Salatul-Duha. I know the scholars have said it is okay to do so when praying Tahajjud.

Prayer
22 Aug

If you are praying alone, this is OK, but it’s not recommended.

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If I recite, for instance, Soortaul ‘Ala in my salaah, and I don’t know the meaning of any of its verses, will I be sinful? Should I recite only those soorahs I know the meanings of (in salaah)?

Prayer
22 Aug

Knowing their meaning is a sure advantage but it is not mandatory.

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Can I give gold as Zakah?

Zakat
22 Aug

No, it only must be given in form of money.

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Suppose I am travelling and have reached my destination and intend to stay there for a few days, can I shorten and combine my prayers? or is this only permissible when I am physically travelling?

Prayer
19 Aug

Yes,you can, providing that this is not your hometown.

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The madrasa that I started going to is making me question some things. The older girls over there says that when a woman goes for sajda she shouldn’t lift up her behind in the air and some girls said majority of the people in madrasa are hanafi. What is hanafi?

Prayer, Schools of Thought
19 Aug

Hanafi is one of the four schools of thought in Islam. A woman’s prayer is similar to a man’s prayer.

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“A salah without du’a is useless”. Is it true?

Prayer
19 Aug

This is not authentic.

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If im praying behind the imam and forget to day rabbana wa lakal hamd when rising from ruku’, what do i do, do i repeat the entire prayer afterwards?

Prayer
26 Jul

If you prayed the whole prayer with the Imam, he carries over your mistakes! But if you missed a rakah or two, you should prostrate for forgetfulness!

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Just 10minutes before adhaan fajr i did tahajud.when adhaan fajr is “on”,i just shockly remember that i did tahajud without wudhu(totally forgot).is my tahajud valid in Allah’s side? I did taraweeh and witr already right away after salah ishaa

Prayer
26 Jul

Salah without wudhu is not accepted, however, in sha Allah you will be forgiven due to forgetfulness. Ask Allah for forgiveness!

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We r in joint family in India..our parents don’t have good knowledge of tajweed…is it ok if they lead prayer and we offer our salah behind them? I am asking this because behind them we notice mistakes in their recitation, I am in doubt whether our salah will be accepted or not.

Prayer
26 Jul

You can kindly advise them about their mistakes and it is permissible to pray behind them,unless their mistakes are changing the meaning especially in Alfatiha.

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