QUESTION: I pray 4 rakah of doha prayer only but i was thinking to pray more but sitting. Iam healthy ALHAMDULILLAH but want to pray more nawafil sitting so can i pray doha nawafil while sitting on chair or sitting on foor ?

Prayer
14 Feb

ANSWER: You can pray the voluntary prayers while sitting but you will lose half the reward if you didn’t have a genuine reason for doing so.

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QUESTION: I experience spotting before my periods. For example, At Maghrib time I had discharge so I wash and change my pad, take wudu and pray. At Isha time there was no discharge so I proceed to pray. Then while praying I feel discharge. I cannot be certain of what it is untill I look. What is the correct procedure for this regarding my salah?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer, Purity
14 Feb

ANSWER: If you check immediately after prayers and see spotting, you need to clean yourself, renew your wudhu and repeat that prayer.

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QUESTION: I am aware that Jews are permitted to pray in our mosques. If there are no mosques nearby, are Muslims allowed to pray in a synagogue?

Prayer, Rulings on mosques
10 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, we can pray anywhere on earth as long as the place is physically pure and there are no statues in it. 

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QUESTION: While praying 2 rakah of sunnah prayer, By unconsciously I stood up directly for 3rd rakah n recited surah fatiha then while standing i remembered my mistake of praying extra so immediately i seated down to tashahud n then did sujood as sahw before salaam. So what I did is correct or do I need to finish that 3rd rakah properly even though i remembered?

Prayer
09 Feb

ANSWER: What you did by sitting immediately as soon as you realised was the right thing to do, however you should have done sujood as sahu after salam and not before. Your prayer is valid though.

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QUESTION: I have heard that if I pray isha with jama i will get the reward of praying half the night is this true . If so then will I still get the reward if I miss a raka or two

Prayer
02 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, you will get the reward because you “prayed” isha in congregation!  Of course the reward is not as full as someone who had prayed it all with the imam.

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QUESTION: I previously asked a question about releasing pre cum before prayer. But if I keep releasing and feel it won’t stop can I pray at home? Am I sinful? And also what if this was caused by porn

Masturbation, Prayer, Sports, Entertainment and Music
02 Feb

ANSWER: You are sinful big time if this is caused by watching porn as you chose to be in such a state and miss the prayer intentionally!  Fear Allah and remember that every time you watch such filth, Allah sees what you are watching and hears it as well!

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QUESTION: Is it mandatory to stop any video and to listen on the azan!?

Character and Morals, Prayer, Sports, Entertainment and Music
01 Feb

ANSWER: It is not permissible to watch anything haram whether it is time for the athan or not! Allah is watching you and listening to what you are listening to all the time.

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QUESTION: Months ago during prayer, after the first rak‘ah I mistakenly sat for tashahhud, then stood up and completed the salah. I performed sujood as-sahw before tasleem, but later repeated the salah again just to be safe, without asking anyone. Should I do anything now?

Prayer
30 Jan

ANSWER: If you hadn’t started reciting Attahiyat when you first sat, there was no need to do sujood as sahu and you should have prayed normally. It was totally wrong to have repeated the salah.

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QUESTION: Is praying on home clothes or pijama permissible? These are clothes we would never use on the masjid or ocassions, but they are the most comfortable specially at home. Is this disrespectful as we are standing before Allah?

Men Clothing, Prayer, Women clothing
30 Jan

ANSWER: No problem in this as long as they are pure and covers the awrah

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QUESTION: Before prayer I ate a date and in prayer I felt the skin of the date the very thin one like paper stuck in my tooth. So I tried to remove it with tounge and accidentally swallowed it. Does this break prayer since its very small

Prayer
29 Jan

ANSWER: If you accidentally swallowed it, it doesn’t invalidate the prayer. You should be more careful from now

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