Q&A/Fatwas

QUESTION: Whenever i pray fard salat i make mistakes. for example starting to recite a sura on the 3rd rakat. Before i used to restart the salat. Now i do sahu sijda since i do not know if it is permissible to stop a salat midway and restart it. Even after Sahu sijda i feel shame and regret. please let me know if there is a way to get rid of saitan’s whispering during salat.

Prayer

01 Oct

ANSWER: If you read a surah in the 3rd rakah, this is permissible and no need for prostrations of forgetfulness.

QUESTION: My husband took a loan through a bank and invested it with a property dealer (bought plots to sell later). Loan instalment is paid monthly and it’s a four years long procedure. Now it’s been more than a year that we have invested that money. Do we have to pay zakat on that investment and if yes then how to do the calculation as we are still paying the instalments?

Loans, Riba, Zakat

01 Oct

ANSWER: If this property is bought with purpose of selling it after developing it, you must estimate the current value and give zakat on it. But if it was bought to rent it out or to live in it and not to sell it, there is no zakat on it. If the loan is interest […]

QUESTION: Does تحية المسجد require a specific intention? or is it sufficient if I go in a masjid and pray 2 rakahs of between adhaan and iqaamah without thinking about تحية المسجد

Prayer

30 Sep

ANSWER: No specific intention is required. Any 2 rakah you pray would suffice.

QUESTION: Can I pray tahajjud by staying up all night then pray Fajr prayer and then sleep?

Prayer

29 Sep

ANSWER: No problem as long as you are able to get up and pray all the rest of the 4 prayers on time and function normally while fulfilling your other day to day responsibilities.

QUESTION: Can men and women stand side by side while offering the salah?

Prayer

18 Sep

ANSWER: If they are praying in congregation, this is totally prohibited. Women must stand behind men. But if they are praying alone and they are mahram to one another, this is permissible.

QUESTION: Is sitting on the same same spot after fardh prayer is limited to those who pray in masjid or women praying at home also get similar rewards?

Prayer

18 Sep

ANSWER: This is including the ones praying at home.

QUESTION: If one hour after we prayed, we find asmall food particle that wasapparently stuck and didn’t come outwhen we made wudu for that prayer,is the prayer valid?

Prayer

16 Sep

ANSWER: This does not impact your prayer as long as you didn’t swallow it while praying.

QUESTION: In Ramadan, at iftar, I follow the Sunnah by eating three dates, drinking water, praying Maghrib (alone), and then continue eating. My whole family finish eating first and then pray Maghrib in congregation just before Isha prayer. Should I abandon that Sunnah and pray with them Maghrib after I finish eating?

Prayer

15 Sep

ANSWER: It’s more in reward for you to pray in congregation, as long as you all pray before the time finishes, providing you are not able to go to the masjid for any valid reason, otherwise praying in the masjid is obligatory for men.

QUESTION: Is it okay to perform wudhu with clothes that might contain urine drops. (If the impurity is only on the clothes and not on the body)

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer, Purity

12 Sep

ANSWER: No problem but it’s not permissible to pray in such clothes.

QUESTION: If the imam goes to sujood and I am still at rukooh, is my that rakat valid?, Considering I have joined the prayer from beginning.

Prayer

12 Sep

ANSWER: No, this is not valid as you have missed a pillar which is standing with the imam after rising up from ruku.

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