QUESTION: Can we make dua in sujood as sahw?

Prayer, Supplications
27 Jul

ANSWER: This is permissible.

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QUESTION: In india , a video showed a groom stating during his nikha ceremony that he is adding a share of his lifelong salah (islamic prayers) to girl’s name as additional mehar(dowry), stipulating that this commitment would only end upon his death. The question arises weather this practice is permissible in islam.

Dowry, Prayer
26 Jul

ANSWER: This is totally wrong and has no value as nobody gets the reward of someone else’s prayers like this!

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QUESTION: When i am praying salah with congregation do i have to say takbeer when imam says Allahu Akbar everytime other than the first takbeer like going to ruku? do i have to say silently also.

Prayer
22 Jul

ANSWER: Yes, this is mandatory without which your salah is invalid if you skip it deliberately 

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QUESTION: When the iqamah is called, no one stands up. If someone does, they shout or tell them not to until the iqamah is over. What should I do? This is the only masjid close to my house, Shaikh.

Prayer
21 Jul

ANSWER: Such a masjid is inhabited by ignorants. You might be better off to go to another masjid that follows the sunnah

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QUESTION: Should I have to stay silent and listen to recitation or recite Sana when I join a loud prayer (salah) if the imam has already started the recitation from India

Prayer
19 Jul

ANSWER: You must listen and say nothing.

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QUESTION: Where I live, the friday/eid khutbah is done in a language that I don’t understand. However the screens flash the English translation of the khutbah. Can I read from that translation to understand what’s being said? Otherwise I don’t really gain much benefit from listening to the khutbah.

Prayer
17 Jul

ANSWER: No problem 

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QUESTION: If Im eating and its time for iqamah there is a hadith that states I should start with the food first, but should I eat a little bit and then go to pray or finish my food and then pray?

Prayer
16 Jul

ANSWER: You can eat a little which takes the food out of your mind and go join the prayer.

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QUESTION: I am trying to improve my speed but unfortunately I miss the fatiha in third rakah of every maghrib congregational prayer. is my prayer valid if I add an extra rakah every time or just avoid congregational prayer completely

Prayer
14 Jul

ANSWER: It’s not permissible to avoid congregational prayer as this is what the mission is of satan, to make you abandon praying all together! Say the fateha really quickly and practice it many times outside of prayer and you can take a few seconds extra when the imam is in ruku but must join him […]

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QUESTION: There’s a masjid near my house in which everyday after fazr salah, the imams and some other send durood to our Prophet together by singing in Urdu and they say a sentence, ” Ya Nabi send us your blessings and forgive us for our shortcomings” , can I pray behind such imams?

Prayer, Sects, Shirk and its different forms
12 Jul

ANSWER: If they believe that the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa Sallam controls the universe or they invoke the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam then this is shirk & you can’t pray behind such an imam!

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QUESTION: If in congregation i realized at start of sujood that hands were not aligned parallel to each other so i tried to move them by dragging them on the ground twice, but doing this might have taken nearly half of the duration of the sujood, is my prayer valid, and am i overthinking?

Prayer
08 Jul

ANSWER: You need to bring a measuring rod or a ruler to ensure that your hands are aligned correctly!!! You are playing and not praying my friend. 

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