QUESTION: I’m a muslim(24) i Didn’t pray all theses years (prayed some time like ramadan & any other day) did i became kafir if i became kafir what i have to do now.should i take shahada? Can i take shahada by myself?

Apostasy, Prayer
30 May

ANSWER: If you prayed on & off you’re still considered a muslim. You must repent to Allah and show remorse and never skip a prayer after now. 

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QUESTION: I work and earn, after contributing to my family I have some extra money. But I won’t state myself independent as me and my husband share expenses. Do I have to perform udhiya?

Slaughtering
30 May

ANSWER: If your husband is offering it, it’s sufficient for the whole family living under his roof 

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QUESTION: We are two brothers and want to offer a sacrifice on Eid-ul-adha for our mother who lives with us. Can we share the expense between both of us to offer this sacrifice for her, or any one of us must pay the full amount? 

Slaughtering
29 May

ANSWER: No problem in sharing it as it is a gift for your mother. 

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QUESTION: It happens I pray 3times in different mosques. How many times do I pray tahiyat masjid?

Prayer
29 May

ANSWER: Everytime you enter the masjid, you must pray before sitting down, it can be any prayer, whether 2 specific rakahs of tahiyatul masjid, sunnah before the obligatory prayer or fard prayer itself. If you don’t sit down and immediately join the congregation, you don’t need to offer it. 

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QUESTION: Is it obligatory to recite fathiha thashahhud and obligatory adhkaar of salah with a sound such that it must be heard by ourselves.Or simple lip moment with no sound enough.

Prayer
28 May

ANSWER: Lip and tongue movement, without sound is sufficient 

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QUESTION: Is there any hadith saying to not do rafa ul yadain

Prayer, Schools of Thought
25 May

ANSWER: No! This is an authentic sunnah and only people of ignorance oppose it! 

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QUESTION: Me and my friend prayed in congregation together as two people total. I prayed to the left of him and slightly behind and he is to the right of me, he is the Imam. Is this position correct when praying together as two people. Is my prayer valid? Do I need to repeat my prayer?

Prayer
24 May

ANSWER: What you had done was wrong! You both must stand exactly beside each other in the same row and you must stand to the right side of the imam.

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QUESTION: After the jummah khutbah is over, the khateeb takes a while to get down from the mimbar, should we wait for him to get down then stand up and arrange our rows? A sheik told me if i get up before he gets down completely my reward is decreased.

Prayer
24 May

ANSWER: What he said is baseless.  You can stand up and fix your rows. 

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QUESTION: Best way to perform salah behind a hanafi imam?

Prayer, Schools of Thought
21 May

ANSWER: Follow the sunnah to the best of your ability, disregarding what the imam skips from it. 

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QUESTION: Is the Salaah valid if it is prayed inside a bedroom that contains an ensuite? An ensuite is a toilet inside the actual bedroom but it is separated from the rest of the bedroom by walls and a door (basically a room inside another room). Does the door need to be closed during the Salaah? 

Prayer
20 May

ANSWER: No problem in praying in such a room even if the toilet door is not closed.

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