Q&A/Fatwas

Sir if we forget to keep the intention or not sure whether we kept the intention can we leave the prayer and restart again when praying alone?

Prayer

14 Jun

ANSWER: No. When you make wudu and stand for prayer, that is your intention in itself.

Is it obligatory or recommended to recite surahs in descending order in the consecutive raqahs of namaz?

Prayer

13 Jun

ANSWER: You can recite any surahs you like. It’s not mandatory to maintain the sequence.

If the forehead or nose of a person is injured then does one have to prostate firmly on the ground if doing so might make the injury worsen?

Prayer

13 Jun

ANSWER: No, since Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear.

Is it sunnah to pray 2 rakat whenever entering and leaving your home? and what about forbidden times?

Other, Prayer

11 Jun

ANSWER: This is not from the sunnah.

Sheikh, In our college I sometimes do ablution in the washroom, the floor is not clean, I wiped over my shoes in ablution. If the floor is dirty or if there is some dirt on my shoes…, is my ablution valid?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer

10 Jun

ANSWER: If you had worn your shoes in the state of wudhu and your shoes cover the feet including the ankles, it is permissible to wipe over them.

I go early to jumuah and do ghusl nicely etc and sit close to the imam but 50% of the time as the qutbah starts I need to go to the washroom and therefore I lose the spot near imam can i wait till the qutba is over and go to the washroom because I like to listen to it and i can catch up with the prayer will i be losing the reward in the hadith because of this?

Prayer

09 Jun

ANSWER: You can go while the khutba is ongoing and come back to your spot as you are entitled for it more than anyone else. If you put your prayer mat or your keychain, no one will sit as they know you will be coming back.

Im aware that if I go to the mosque and sit down without praying tahiyatul masjid Im sinful. However, sometimes I reach the mosque and there is only 20 seconds to a minute left in the iqamah. What should I do in such a scenario??

Prayer

09 Jun

ANSWER: If the time is so less, stay standing until the congregation starts.

I have lent someone some money and they are struggling to pay it back but still requesting loans from time to time. Are they eligible to receive these loans from my zakat so that they don’t have to pay it back, even if they have a job/earning?

Zakat

08 Jun

ANSWER: Zakat can’t be given except to those who qualify for it such as poor and needy. If they qualify, you can give it to them in their hands and if they wish, they can pay you back your loans or they can keep the money.

One scholar of my country said that, “The sin of leaving one fard prayer intentionally is equivalent of eating 1000 ounces pork meat. ” Does he have any right to say such things, is it authentic? Will i be sinful if i quote his words to others?

Prayer

07 Jun

ANSWER: This speaking about Allah’s religion without knowledge. This is baseless and he was probably a butcher before his current job!

Sheikh will i be sinful if i deliberately stand in second row if I had chance to stand but i send someone instead of me?

Prayer

05 Jun

ANSWER: This is not sinful but only a senseless person would do something like that even after knowing the reward of praying in the first row behind the imam.

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