Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: If i as a traveller joins a imam at the start or in the middle of a prayer and i want to pray zuhur and asr, should i pray 4 rakahs of zuhur with the imam or can i give salam after 2 rakahs then stand up to pray asr?

Prayer

31 Mar

ANSWER: If the Imam is a resident imam and is praying full then you must follow him & pray in full and after you conclude the dhuhr, you can combine Asr (2 rakahs) to it.

QUESTION: If you see someone going to pray alone and you give him congregation, and you didn’t make your sunnah after prayer, does this count as your sunnah , or you have to pray it after this congregation.

Prayer

30 Mar

ANSWER: If you intended it to be sunnah, this suffices.

QUESTION: One imam from our mosque leads with Sajdah and Insaan every friday fajr. A number of uncles have not been happy with this, for them it takes a lot of time and they find it difficult, and also they need to get to work shortly (late fajr in winter). What should the imam do?

Prayer

30 Mar

ANSWER: He should continue to observe the sunnah regardless. He can however, make the iqamah for prayer 5 or 10 minutes earlier so that he would finish on time.

QUESTION: Is it sinful to pray taraveeh and witr in congregation in the first row if it has pillar?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

27 Mar

ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute whether it is sinful or only not recommended. The companions used to beat up their young children for praying between pillars as the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam told them not to do so. One should avoid it especially when there is enough space in the masjid.

QUESTION: if you apply lipstick on and some enters your mouth and mixes with you saliva and you swallow this during salah does it break it?

Prayer

26 Mar

ANSWER: If it has mass and you intentionally swallow it then it breaks salah, otherwise it doesn’t

QUESTION: Sheikh in jummah Salah the imam starts the khutba right after the adhan so if I say the dua after adhan I would be making the dua for about 5 seconds overlapped with the imam’s khutba so is this permissible or is this considered talking during the khutba?

Prayer

05 Mar

ANSWER: No problem

QUESTION: Does zakat apply to women’s own earnings?

Zakat

05 Mar

ANSWER: Of course, it does. Each and every individual is responsible for his / her own zakat! The threshold (nisab) of money is the value of 595 grams of silver. You try and set a date and on that day, you calculate how much you have and give 2.5% in zakat. Every lunar year, you […]

QUESTION: Is prayer valid if I prayed with my pants below my ankle , as we know it’s a sin to wear garment below ankle

Men Clothing, Prayer

03 Mar

ANSWER: The prayer is valid but you’re definitely sinful for disobeying Allah!

QUESTION: Which is better? To pray 11 rakats at tahajjud reciting short ayats or 4 rakats reciting long ayats? Praying for 30mins.

Prayer

03 Mar

ANSWER: Standing in prayer longer is better.

QUESTION: I calculate zakat once year and this year I’m below the silver nisab due to the silver price hike. Do i now recheck and pay next year or as soon as price rises and I’m over the nisab

Zakat

03 Mar

ANSWER: You are not obliged to give zakat as you don’t have the nisab. Once you reach the nisab, this is when you start counting for a lunar year to give your zakat after one year.

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