Prayer

QUESTION: If the Imam is doing the khutba and someone tells me assalamualaikum, should I answer or just move my lips without letting the words out

Prayer

21 Sep

ANSWER: You must not answer, not even make a gesture to acknowledge his salam!

QUESTION: Knees are not part of a man Awra, can I pray with Shorts, making sure the shorts cover until the top of my knees (end of thigh)

Men Clothing, Prayer

17 Sep

ANSWER: This is not permissible since they will go up when you go to ruku, sujood & when you sit for tashahhud and expose your awrah! Is prayer this valueless to you !

QUESTION: Are my Salah valid is the place I’m praying on is pure but there is washroom on my right and ppl come and go (answer the call of nature)and sometimes leave the door slightly open or fully open but there is distance between me and washroom ?

Prayer

16 Sep

ANSWER: This has no impact on your prayer!

QUESTION: If i do an unnecesarry sujood as sahw even though i made no mistake in salah. Does that invalidate the salah. Please answer with yes or no.

Prayer

14 Sep

ANSWER: Of course this invalidates your salah! You are playing and not praying!

QUESTION: Can’t recite any faster than this in silent rakahs, all the imams in my area except one muaddin does not let me finish reciting. but they are not super fast this is where i am afraid to complain. but still a lot fast though. i am always missing ruku behind imam. i have tried all to get faster recitation.i can’t go faster than this. and most of the time i am half ayat behind. half.

Prayer

11 Sep

ANSWER: You must practice everyday outside of salah to recite it quicker so that you will be able to recite it before the imam goes to ruku! There is no other way out.

QUESTION: My local barelvi mosque has a muaddhin who says “assalatu wassalamu alaika ya noorallah” and the imam has said that those who have very good deeds can ask ALLAH directly but for us, its better to ask through a wali like Abdul Qadir Jeelani. What is the ruling on praying behind them?

Prayer, Sects

09 Sep

ANSWER: Its not permissible to pray behind such imams.

QUESTION: A relative told me that I pray incorrectly because during sujood my backside rises like a man’s, and said it does not look appropriate in front of men. I wear loose, covering clothes. Is a woman required to perform sujood differently from a man, and is my way of praying wrong?

Prayer

08 Sep

ANSWER: There’s no difference, none whatsoever between the prayers of men and women. Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam said, “Pray as you have seen me praying”. This instruction is not just for men, rather it’s for both men and women. The way some women in the subcontinent pray by placing the whole arm on […]

QUESTION: Sheikh, when I attended the janazah prayer for my grandmother rahimahallah the imam said the second takbir before I could even finish reciting the first ayahs. (I am not a slow reciter) After that, however, I was able to follow everything. Is my janazah prayer valid? What should I do now?

Funerals, Prayer

04 Sep

ANSWER: If you did not recite the fatiha, it is not valid. But if you had managed to complete it and then followed him, it is valid.

QUESTION: will i be sinful for not praying in mosque if i am sleepy and planned laying down for 15 min until next prayer call start, then i slept and before that i knew i shold put an alarm on but didnt? what if the time is very short like 5 minutes?

Prayer

02 Sep

ANSWER: If you knew this would happen and you did not take the precautions such as setting the alarm, of course you are sinful.

QUESTION: Regarding raising the index finger during Tashahhud, if I have finished the Tashahhud and my dua/supplication while the imam is still sitting and has not yet said the Tasleem, should I keep my finger raised until the imam says Tasleem, or should I lower it after completing my dua/supplication? Also, regarding the position of the finger, should the index finger

Prayer

30 Aug

ANSWER: You should keep making dua while moving your index finger until the imam gives his salam to the left, instead of sitting idle.

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