QUESTION: Is it considered having full khushu during salah if a non Arab fully focuses on what he’s saying during salah but has no idea the meaning behind it or is it a must in order to have full khushu you have to know the meaning of what your saying during salah

Prayer
21 May

ANSWER: The khushu is in the heart whether he understands what is being read or not.

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QUESTION: If someone prays with minimal wudu, leaves sunnah acts, wears haram clothes, or prays while needing to urinate, scholars may still consider the prayer valid. But if a person persists in these matters in every prayer, are the prayers still valid? Is there any scholarly disagreement on this issue?

Prayer
16 May

ANSWER: The prayer remains valid, though they are loosing a lot of reward that may reach 1/10th of the actual prayer!

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QUESTION: It’s been more than 11 yrs since my husband has almost stopped praying except for Jummah and during Ramadan. Have advised him many times. Have asked for a divorce but he doesn’t want to. He lives in my apartment. Is it permissable to kick him out or go to court to divorce him?

Fiqh of Marriage, Prayer
16 May

ANSWER: Yes, you should have done that long time back.

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QUESTION: I saw your video about women’s prayer where you said that they Should cover their whole body except their face and hands during prayer. What about the forearms? What if some or all of the area of the arm between the elbow and the wrist is uncovered? Will the prayer be valid?

Prayer, Women clothing
15 May

ANSWER: Of course not! Hand means from fingertips till wrist! Below that is called arms and not hands! The arms MUST be fully covered (till the wrists)!

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QUESTION: I live in H**d* anti islam family and my family don’t know I am Muslim, Sometimes I sin and deliberately don’t pray and then repent. Will all of my past good deeds go away? Will all of my deeds invalidated?

Prayer
13 May

ANSWER: It is not permissible for a Muslim to skip a prayer intentionally as this is one of the major sins in Islam.  If one persists on skipping prayers, this might take him out of the fold of Islam.  However, if a person repents and commits to his prayers on time and avoids sins to […]

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QUESTION: Sheikh, what’s the ruling on saying ‘Bismillah’ before Athan and Iqamah? Is this bida’h or not?

Innovations, Prayer
10 May

ANSWER: This is not permissible as its an innovation

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QUESTION: Approximately how long was the Prophet’s prayer (Peace be upon him)? If someone’s prayer may exceed twenty minutes when just praying fardh, is it normal?

Prayer
05 May

ANSWER: We don’t have an estimate for the length of the prophet’s prayer salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam. 20 minutes can be acceptable if someone is praying alone and he is not repeating things or doing things out of OCD.

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QUESTION: The recommendation in quran of Reciting quran is at tahajjud or after fajr? Or do we hv to recite in Salah or except the Salah ?

Prayer, Quran, Reading/Reciting the Quran
04 May

ANSWER: If you are referring to the ayah of the Quran being witnessed, this is related to fajr prayers.

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QUESTION: Sheikh if someone lost his wudu during jummah or congregation then he makes wudu then comes back to find the prayer ended. will he still get the reward of praying with the imam

Prayer
03 May

ANSWER: No, as he did not pray with him but he is rewarded for the intention

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QUESTION: Sheikh, Is 2 rakah Tahiyatul Masjid mandatory for women as well before sitting in the Masjid???

Prayer
02 May

ANSWER: Yes, its mandatory for everyone (if they want to sit)

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