Q&A/Fatwas

I see some people who join congregation late get up to peform the missed rakahs as soon as the Imam turns right to say Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah. They don’t wait for the Imam to turn left and say Assalamu alaikum… Is it correct?

Prayer

26 Mar

What they are doing is wrong. They should wait until he finishes both tasleem.

I have hurt my colateral ligament (the bone behind the has twisted in the injury) and i can not sit in tashahud becaus my knee hurts, untill i get well is it a sin to sit on a chair only in tashahud.becaus some say to me that i have to sit just like the prophet Muhammed (May Allahs Peace and Blessing Be Upon Him) did and some say that you can use a chair if you are unable to sit or becaus of and injury, so that is my question: if i can sit on a chair only for tashahud?

Prayer

26 Mar

May Allah make it easy for you. Yes, you can sit on a chair and pray as long as sitting on the ground hurts you. As long as you can pray standing up, this is a Pillar of prayer if youa re able to do that. If not, you can sit on a chair. Therefore, […]

I WANT TO KNOW SIGNIFICANCE AS TO WHETHER IT IS COMPULSORY OR NOT(witr)

Prayer

26 Mar

Witr is not mandatory but it is highly recommended and the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam has never left it neither he was residing nor when traveling. The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam encouraged Muslims to perform witr by telling them to observe witr.

Due to constant busy schedule and demand meetings- family and work front, I miss my prayers most of the times. I feel extremely guilty and I make-up for them but I feel from inside that I am sinning. Can you advise me on my situation?

Prayer

26 Mar

The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said that if a person oversleeps a prayer or forgets it, he should pray it as soon as he remembers it as there is no expiation for missing the prayer except this. From this hadeeth, scholars said that sleeping and forgetting a prayer can be expiated by praying […]

If i need to make-up prayers for 4 years, how do I do it? Any specific way?

Prayer

26 Mar

You can’t make up for these 4 years. You have to repent, ask Allah for forgiveness and offer as many good deeds as you can.

I had my puberty at the age of 10, I did not observe my obligatory prayers for many years since then. Only a few days back, I started getting the fear of death. What can I do now?

Prayer

26 Mar

What is gone is gone in prayers. You can’t make up for the prayers missed. You have to observe praying on time and offer as many good deeds as you can and Allah will forgive you.

Can I pray 2 raakah if the khutbah has started during the Juma’a prayer. Some say its OK, while some say that once the adhan is called you are not suppose to pray 2 raakah. Please clarify this confusion for me.

Prayer

26 Mar

If a person enters the masjid after the athan or while the Imam is delivering the Khutba, he must not sit down before praying 2 Rak’ah. This is the instruction of our Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam.

Can you please clarify the implication of reciting a lower surrah in the first rakaah and a higher surrah in the second rakaah. Is it true that you should always recite a higher one in the first raakah and the lower one in the second raakah?

Prayer

26 Mar

It is permissible to recite different Surahs different to the order of the Quran. This means that is permissible to recite surah 114 and in the second Rak’ah recite surah 113. This was done by the Prophet salla Allahu alahi wa sallam.

My aunt has fractured her left leg and in severe pain.She has severe bone osteoporosis. She is also having incontinence of urine that need her to wear a pamper all the time. How does she perform her 5 obligatory prayers?

Prayer

26 Mar

May Allah make it easy on your aunt. She has to pray on time and in clean body and clothes. These are two of the conditions of prayer. If she can remove the pampers and pray clean after washing, if she can make wudhu and if she can pray each prayer on time, she should […]

In Singapore we only hear adzan at the radio to know the time of all our 5 daily prayers.Are we oblige to repeat the adzan after the muadzin and recite the dua after adzan?

Prayer

26 Mar

If the Mo’athin is giving the Athan live, you should repeat after him. But is it is only a recording, you shouldn’t.

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