QUESTION: Shiekh after jumah prayer here imam do dua so all the people raise hands and say ameen they leave when this dua is over I know it’s a bidah shiekh . I don’t raise my hands and say ameen to dua which imam makes but shiekh can I just sit there and when everyone is leaving the mosque after dua I also leave. Or should I leave when imam starts making dua.not leaving because of people make me hypocrite?

Innovations, Prayer
25 Sep

ANSWER: Leave the masjid. 

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QUESTION: Is it okay to recite duas such as “la ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz-zalimin” and “rabbish rahli sadri wa yassirli amri” in sujood? As these are verses from the Quran.

Prayer, Supplications
23 Sep

ANSWER: This is permissible. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh I want to ask that in my country people said to not read quran or pray salah exactly at 12 am or 12pm as it is the time of shaitan. Is it true.

Prayer, Reading/Reciting the Quran
21 Sep

ANSWER: This is totally baseless and fabricated! There is no time during the day or night when it’s prohibited to recite the Quran.

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QUESTION: In Bangladesh, owners of flats take a security deposit money from tenants which is returned to the tenants when they vacate the flat? Are the owners of flats supposed to pay zakah on this security deposit money?

Zakat
21 Sep

ANSWER: This money belongs to the tenants and they are obliged to give zakat on it.

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QUESTION: If I join imam in second or third or 4th Rakah can I recite Dua Al Isthifthah?

Prayer
19 Sep

ANSWER: Yes, if this is a silent rakah.

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QUESTION: I pray fajr at home and quickly because if i wash my face and go to masjid then i cant sleep after that. If i dont sleep i cant concentrate at the other prayers and i feel miserable and cant do other daily activities. Is it permissable for me to pray fajr quickly with not much khushoo and at home as a man

Prayer
19 Sep

ANSWER: If the masjid is within your vicinity, it is not permissible to pray home like women and children and ill people.

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QUESTION: The spot of praying should be pure is a condition for the validity of prayer. My question is what is the extent that we should keep pure when we pray?From Our feet to the prostration spot or something else?

Prayer, Purity
18 Sep

ANSWER: From the feet to the prostration spot. The prophet salla allahu alaihi wa sallam said that the earth was made for him a place of purity and prayer. Therefore, the default is that all grounds are pure until proven otherwise. 

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QUESTION: In a 3 rakat/4 rakat salat, if I join in the the second rakat, do I do Rafayel hidayen in the Imam’s 3rd rakat or my 3rd rakat.

Prayer
18 Sep

ANSWER: With the Imam in his 3rd rakah.

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QUESTION: Is it okay if i keep track of the sunnah prayers i pray in a notebook so that i can see my results and in which ones i need to focus more? I have set a goal to myself to pray the second sunnah of Dhuhr for 21 days so that i make it a habit, and i am keeping track of it every single day? Is it okay if i do so? Or should i stop doing it? Thank you.

Innovations, Prayer
17 Sep

ANSWER: Writing down is an innovation and not from the sunnah.

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QUESTION: People usually say la illaha illah muhammadur rasuloollah after the muathin finished iqama as well as athan so is that authentic.

Prayer
16 Sep

ANSWER: No. This is not authentic.

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