Prayer

ANSWER: Night prayers and also fard prayers if there is no masjid within the vicinity (for men)

ANSWER: You should pray witr even while traveling.  You should not pray the Sunnah of dhuhr, Maghrib and isha as Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam used to skip these while traveling. Other than that, you can pray as many voluntary prayers as you want, including 2 Sunnah before Fajr and Witr as Prophet salla […]

ANSWER: This is not compulsory. However, this is highly recommended as Prophet salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam said the 2 rakahs before fajr are better than the whole world and what it contains.

ANSWER: You can make dua in your Salah, both fard and voluntary, in sujood and in the last tashahud, before making salam and in your own language, providing you don’t know how to make that particular dua in Arabic.

ANSWER: It is not permissible to pray the prayers that you didn’t pray deliberately, without any reason. You must repent sincerely to Allah and never do such a major sin again and do a lot of voluntary good deeds and worship, especially night prayers to try and compensate for the missed prayers.

ANSWER: Separately (2+2)

ANSWER: He, salla Allahu Alaihi wa Sallam didn’t pray the emphatic sunnahs except the sunnah of fajr while traveling.  He used to pray the night prayers, Witr and other voluntary prayers though. 

ANSWER: It is not mandatory to remain silent or to answer the athan. It is highly recommended to answer the athan and then recite the prescribed dua afterwards to be eligible for Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam’s intercession on the day of judgement, however this is not mandatory.  Answer only one athan of the […]

ANSWER: If you offer any prayer before sitting down this is sufficient. NO NEED to pray another 2 units of Tahiyatul Masjid after that.