Prayer

Can we make our own dua in Arabic and recite in witr?

Prayer

19 Nov

ANSWER: Yes.

Sheikh, can I prayer my two rak’at sunnah of fajr home before going to the masjid?

Prayer

17 Nov

ANSWER: This is the sunnah way of doing it.

After a person finishes his Salah, and when he reaches home, he gives salam to family. Similarly when a woman finishes her salah, she gives salam to family. Is it from Sunnah?

Innovations, Prayer

16 Nov

ANSWER: No, this is an innovation.

I read a Hadith that whoever prays an additional 2 raka after the regular 4,4,2 of thuhur is promised jannah, is this authentic?

Prayer

16 Nov

ANSWER: Al-Nasaa’i (1817) and al-Tirmidhi (428) narrated from Umm Habeebah (may Allaah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever prays four (rak’ahs) before Zuhr and four after it, the Fire will not touch him.” The version narrated by al-Tirmidhi says: “Whoever regularly performs four rak’ahs […]

Can a person pray tahajjud on Thursday night (Friday) alone and not during the entire week?

Innovations, Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

15 Nov

ANSWER: No problem if that’s the only night he gets time due to it being the weekend etc. But if he is doing it because it is a blessed night, this is prohibited.

I saw a Hadith of Sahih Bukhari with the narration of Aisha RA where Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam used to offer 2 rakah Sunnah prayer after the Asr prayer, and he never used to miss it. Now he didn’t publicize it because he wanted to keep it easy for the believers. My question is, can we offer these 2 rakah after the Asr prayer???

Prayer

14 Nov

ANSWER: Scholars say that the 2 rakahs after asr are something specific only for the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa Sallam and not for anyone to regularly pray it except him.

When praying sunnah in tashahhud do I seek refuge with Allah from 4 things After durood Ibrahim or I stop at durood Ibrahim and do my salam.

Prayer

12 Nov

ANSWER: It is recommended to say the duaa in both fard and voluntary prayers.

There is a hadith regarding punishment of the grave where it describes a rock crushing the head of a person for oversleeping fard prayer and something else regarding quran. The part regarding the quran I can’t remember what the hadith says about it, does the punishment apply just for not reciting quran? Or is it only for not acting upon commands?

Commentary on Hadeeth, Prayer, Reading/Reciting the Quran

11 Nov

ANSWER: In the hadeeth of Samurah ibn Jundub he said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “… we came across a man who was lying down, with another man standing over him, holding a big rock. He threw the rock at the man’s head, smashing it. The rock […]

I had been praying regularly five times a day in congregation, praying nawafil, and reading Quran but since around 2 weeks I am struggling to pray regularly after I got really sick, and have recovered a week ago, I pray usually 2-3 times a day, rest I pray Qada, and do read Quran and pray nawafil too, I have been struggling to be consistent with the prayers and staying away from haram. Need help.

Etiquette, Morals and Heart-Softeners, Prayer

11 Nov

ANSWER: You are in great danger and deeds are judged by their conclusion. It doesn’t matter if you had prayed regularly for 50 years. What counts is the last days of your life whether you were skipping prayers or regular. If you die right now, you will not be resurrected among those who are observing […]

Sheikh often when we are praying my brother uses me to get down to sujood and sometimes my shirt slides off and I immediately cover it but I give him a little shove while in prayer to indicate not to do that. Also my brother when I sometimes correct him during prayer to either not move a lot or do sujood properly he shoves me or elbows me.Does this shoving have any effect on prayer?

Prayer

10 Nov

ANSWER: You seem to be playing and not praying!

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