Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: During prayer I remove something of my dress that was disturbing me during prostration, so I lifted my head slightly, then put my forehead to the ground again and said again subhanna rabbi Al aala once. Is my prayer valid ?

Prayer

10 Oct

ANSWER: If you had lifted your head from the ground and put it back again, you have invalidated your prostration and added a 3rd prostration which invalidates your prayer.

QUESTION: Sheikh, this mosque always observes shafi and witr nawafil in congregation shortly after Isha salat. Is it right for me to join them or is this bid’ah

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

09 Oct

ANSWER: This is not permissible to do in congregation like this except in Ramadan.

QUESTION: Is it according to the sunnah that the takbir when rising from sujood should start when the head lifts from sujood and end when standing up straight. Pleas dont link any videos it is hard for me to understand.

Prayer

09 Oct

ANSWER: It should be said when rising from sujood, it doesn’t matter when it ends.

QUESTION: The kandura/thobe i wear for prayer is above my ankle when im standing but ends up covering my ankle when i go in sujood and I have heard we are not allowed to fold or pull up clothes when praying. what is the ruling on this, please advice.

Men Clothing, Prayer

08 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this. What counts is if it is above your ankle when standing up

QUESTION: Hello shaykh, are the sideburns apart of a womans hair/awrah, what if they’re short? And does she have to cover it for each prayer?

Prayer, Women clothing

08 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, it is part of her awrah and must be covered.

QUESTION: When we read dua in Arabic in sujood, after subhana rabbi’al ala, is it only supposed to be read in the last (2nd) sujood of the of the last rakah of prayer ? And can we read multiple Arabic duas in single sujood? Or stick to only one?

Prayer

08 Oct

ANSWER: You can make dua in all your sujoods of all your prayers and can make multiple duas.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to say that 1/4 of the arm can be left uncovered during salah ?

Prayer

07 Oct

ANSWER: Men can pray even with sleeveless shirts. Women on the other hands must not and can’t expose more than the hand to their wrists. Anything over that would render the prayer invalid.

QUESTION: If I join a congregational prayer late (imam is on the last rakaah), do I include the “As-Salat Al-Ibrahimiya” in my tashahud as I would in my actual last rakaah, or is it not needed for this case?

Prayer

06 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, you should say everything you usually say in the last tashahud until the salam

QUESTION: In dhuhr prayer,I joined when imam said samiallah huliman hamida of 2nd rakat.I continued with the 2 sujoods and tashahhud.Then the imam got up for his 3rd rakat.Since this 2nd rakat of imam will not be counted as my 1st,do I do raful yadain when he stands up for his 3rd rakat which will be my 1st rakat or should i do it when he finishes his salah and i standup for my 3rd rakat?

Prayer

05 Oct

ANSWER: You should raise your hands when the imam stands for his 3rd rakah as this is the sunnah regardless of which rakah it is actually yours.

QUESTION: Can we feed animals using Zakat money? And will the Zakat be paid through that?

Zakat

03 Oct

ANSWER: The animals are not one of the 8 categories mentioned in 9:60 (Quran) and hence this is invalid.

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