My question is the azkaar which we have to recite after prayers,After completing the prayers should we sit at the same place where we have performed salah & do azkaar, or can we change the place or while walking out of the masjid can we recite azkaar?

Prayer
28 Feb

ANSWER: You can change the place.

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In a Hadith the Prophet, sallahu alaihi wa sallam, said that whoever prays one Rakaat of Salatul Assr before Maghrib starts has reached Assr. Does this condition count for every prayer?

Prayer
28 Feb

ANSWER: This is applicable on all prayers before the end of its time. 

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Since I was small I have been told that if my garment I wear for salah covers my sujud area (the area where my forehead touches the floor), my salah is nullified. Now that I am an adult I am wondering if this is true or baseless.

Prayer
27 Feb

ANSWER: This is absolutely baseless. This does not have any impact on your prayers. 

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Do we need to pray tahiyatul masjid after praying fardh in congregation or alone if we want to sit in the mosque for making dua and reading Quran?

Prayer
27 Feb

ANSWER: Tahiyatul masjid must be prayed once you enter the masjid and you want to sit down. But if the fard is going on or if you pray sunnah after entering the masjid then there’s no separate tahiyatul masjid for this. 

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There will be twice the azan and the imam will read dua twice during his khutbah on Friday prayer in Malaysia. Do the makmum follow the imam to raised hands? Because I’ve read a hadith about a sahabah who condemned another for raising his hands. Thank you.

Innovations, Prayer
27 Feb

ANSWER: One must not raise his hands during the dua of Friday khutbah, they should just say Aameen silently. 

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I’m reciting Fateha & Imam goes to Ruku & I’m reciting Tashahud he concludes Prayer? – Assimalhakeem

Articles, Prayer, Q&A/Fatwas, Videos
27 Feb

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I am a mother of 4 months old. Most of the time i miss my obligatory prayers due to my son’s crying. He hardly stays quiet on bed. If i leave him crying on the top of his voice & pray, that too is not worth as my whole attention will be towards my crying son. I am afraid for the punishment that i will get bcz of neglecting my prayers. I don’t know what to do.

Pedagogy education and upbringing, Prayer
25 Feb

ANSWER: What you are doing is absolutely not permissible and missing fard salah deliberately is a major sin!  Let him cry all he wants, put toys in front of him to keep him busy. If you give in to his tantrums like this he will never learn to accept no for an answer.  And besides, […]

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The Imam doesn’t recite the Fateha properly, is my Prayer invalid? – Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem

Articles, Prayer, Q&A/Fatwas, Videos
25 Feb

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Please explain the significance of dua saying “hamdan katheeran tayyiban mubaarakan fee”.. What’s the reward of saying this dua during prayer..

Prayer
24 Feb

ANSWER: Narrated Rifa’a bin Rafi AzZuraqi: One day we were praying behind the Prophet. When he raised his head from bowing, he said, “Sami’a-l-lahu Liman hamida.” A man behind him said, “Rabbana walaka-l hamd hamdan Kathiran taiyiban mubarakan fihi” (O our Lord! All the praises are for You, many good and blessed praises). When the […]

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If a person forgets to bow in the fourth rakah of obligatory prayer & remembers it in the tashadud, then should he stand again & Complete the rakah, considering it as fourth or should he finish of his prayer & again pray the whole Salah? As bowing is one of the Arkan of the salah.

Prayer
24 Feb

ANSWER: He must stand up immediately, perform ruku, stand up for ruku, go to offer his two prostrations and then offer the tashahud to conclude his prayer, offer Salam then offer 2 prostrations of forgetfulness and then offer another salam.  

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