Prayer

Shaikh If I am traveling and reached my city after maghrib and there is still half an hour for isha should I combine isha or should I pray it after going to home in the local masjid with imam? And Shaikh when does the travel completes at reaching your city or home?

Prayer

25 Oct

ANSWER: Once you have entered into your city limits you are not considered a traveler anymore and you must pray all your prayers on time and complete. But if you prayed Maghreb on the way before entering your city and you combined Isha to it 2 Rakah, this is permissible and it suffices you.

I am a working professional, and I wear a formal dress in the office. What is the general ruling on praying while tucking the shirt in the trousers? For prayer, should I keep the shirt loose and later again tuck in after I finish the prayer?

Prayer

25 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in praying with your shirt tucked in as this is how you wear it and you are not doing this for prayers.

Can we pray in the dark?

Prayer

24 Oct

ANSWER: It is recommended not to pray in darkness as this is not from the sunnah and one doesn’t know what will crawl under him or in front of him.

Inshallah i am going to umrah next week, for 12 days. Do i read qasar salah or do i read full salah with the jamaat. If I should read qasar salah, then how shall i read it?.

Hajj and Umrah, Prayer

22 Oct

ANSWER: If you’re praying behind the Imam in the Masjid, then you must follow him and pray full.

Sheikh, I’ve learnt from you that the best way to pray the 4 rak’ah Sunnah of Zuhr is 2+2. Is this only for Zuhr or does that apply to the 4 rak’ah Sunnah in Asr

Prayer

21 Oct

ANSWER: It is for all Sunnahs.

Can we pray in front of a MIRROR?

Prayer

21 Oct

ANSWER: This is permissible but not recommended.

The masjid near my place doesn’t always give azaan, I don’t know why. So I follow the time available on internet. What will be iqamah for me? Is it from that time till i offer my prayer at home? Or is it 2-5 minutes after that time like in a masjid?

Prayer

18 Oct

ANSWER: If the time was due according to Umm Al Qura timetable, you can pray even if the masjid didn’t give athan.

I know only a few short surah and, because of that, my salah is very short and I don’t get peace and calmness when praying. The salah is finish before I could focus. The longer I stay in salah, the more I benefit from it. For this reason, is it permissible to hold a book that has the arabic script of juz amma as well as the translitteration of the ayat during Salah in order to read longer suras?

Prayer

18 Oct

ANSWER: You must not do that in Fard prayer. In voluntary prayers, you can do that providing you only read the Arabic. Reading the translation would nullify your prayers.

I am from India, the city I live having mosques but almost all the mosques having graves inside its compound. The Imams who leads the prayers having the believes that–. Compulsory to follow one of the four Imams otherwise he will be deviant.Died people listen and guide the living people.Prophet review deeds of muslims on every monday and thursday.Should I pray behind them.

Prayer, Rulings on mosques

17 Oct

ANSWER: You must not pray in a masjid with a grave in it.

Ya shaikh, is it permissable to pray seated the sunnah and nafl prayer without any excuse?

Prayer

17 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, but he will get only half of the reward of standing up.

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