Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: I often see kids and sometimes adults use their phones during khutbah, does that invalidate their prayer or lessen the reward?

Prayer

15 Dec

ANSWER: Yes, this invalidates their juma’ah

QUESTION: Can you please tell me is it true that prophet Muhammad Pbuh said that whoever leaves 3 friday prayers without an excuse is written as a hypocrite/ is a hypocrite. is that a correct hadith.

Prayer

14 Dec

ANSWER: This is authentic. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/103055/it-is-not-permissible-to-stay-away-from-jumuah-prayer-without-an-excuse

QUESTION: I am a Doctor, and my workplace is 115 kms away from my home. I travel back & forth twice weekly, stay there, work and return home. During this time, can I shorten and combine my prayers?

Prayer

14 Dec

ANSWER: No. You must pray in full at the place you work because you are a resident there and also pray normally at your hometown but you pray like a traveller during the actual journey.

QUESTION: The other day I came to the masjid and I quickly prayed the 2 sunnah and then joined the imam in ruku’ is my salah valid? Since I had the option of praying sunnah later?

Prayer

11 Dec

ANSWER: If you started your prayer while the fard prayer was ongoing, your sunnah prayer is invalid.

QUESTION: I want to know about paying zakat, especially the 2.5% part to help those in need. I’m already paying over 15% in taxes to the government, plus some indirect taxes that helps people of county. Could you guide me on this?

Zakat

06 Dec

ANSWER: Zakat is what Allah obligated upon those who have wealth that exceed the threshold. This has nothing to do with how much taxes you are paying.

QUESTION: Sheikh in our masjid near home they ask dua for our palestine brothers in qunoot for every 5 daily prayers, is it permissible

Prayer

04 Dec

ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute. I believe that this is not from the sunnah except for the people affected by this disaster and calamity.

QUESTION: If a person is unable to do job or business or can’t invest money in business because of widespread fraudulence and non-justice because of living in a country where sharia law is not enforced, does he have to pay zakat if he has nisab amount of money for over a year? Because in that case in future he may have to beg to pe

Zakat

29 Nov

ANSWER: Yes, he must pay the zakat if it reaches or is more than the nisab. He must get his back up from the couch and work in halal, even if it’s a janitor’s job and earn instead of putting such mental blocks and hurdles in his life!

QUESTION: Is there any importance of gifting a prayer mat to someone as in if they pray on it we will be rewarded, also if we donate prayer mats to masjid will it be considered in sadqa jariyah?

Prayer

28 Nov

ANSWER: The concept of gifting a prayer mat is not an Islamic concept as Allah has made the earth a place for prayer wherever we are. Thinking that we need a prayer mat to pray is an innovation. One can use it only when the ground is impure or dirty.

QUESTION: Do we get more reward if we leave the masjid after praying the fard of Zuhr, Maghrib and Isha and praying the remaining 2 rakat sunnahs and witr at home, since non Fard prayers are best if done at home or do we get more reward if we pray them in the masjid since angels supplicate for us

Prayer

20 Nov

ANSWER: Yes, the reward for praying the sunnah at home is more.

QUESTION: My menses are irregular so the purity can come on any day. If i have midterm exams or tests in college during the days my period may end what shall i do? Miss the tests? If the period ends during the exams and i reach home with not enough time to do ghusl and pray ?

Prayer

20 Nov

ANSWER: If the prayers are the type of prayer that can be delayed and combined to the following prayer, then you should do that and make ghusul when you reach your home. If not, you can make tayammum and pray on time.

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