Prayer

My mom has artheritis. So she cannot sit on the ground. But she can stand and she can sit and prostrate for sujood on a flat elevated surface. Is it correct to be seated on the chair for the whole salah without standing?. Is this method of sujood that she does correct?

Prayer

18 Apr

ANSWER: You cannot offer your prayers sitting without a legitimate reason as standing up in the standing position in salah is a pillar, without which your Salah is invalid. She can can sit on a chair for doing sujood. She should pray standing and do the ruku normally and when she has to make sujood […]

I have to take bus to and fro my home and office.If i do overtime (which is sometimes required) the maghrib prayer falls during that journey.I arrived at home about 20-25 minutes after the azan of maghrib.The surrounding atmosphere is not completely dark while i arrived home.So,is it permissible for me to pray after returning home or should i pray in bus while sitting?

Prayer

18 Apr

ANSWER: In case you arrive before isha time to your home, then you must pray at home, as the time is not over yet. you cannot pray fard salah while you are sitting unless the time is going to expire and you can’t stop the bus.

I came on vacation to India from Qatar for 15 days can I shorten my prayers?

Prayer

16 Apr

ANSWER: If you went on vacation to your home town, where you would one day eventually return back to for good, then you must pray in full.

Sheikh, if we only pray the Fard components & skip the Sunnah without any legitimate reason Are we sinful for it

Prayer

16 Apr

ANSWER: No problem, however it’s highly recommended to pray these sunnah prayers as our fard prayers have a lot of shortcomings and these sunnahs compensate for them.

Its reported in hadith that one among best time for dua is between azan and iqamah,what about women who prey at home can they also make dua and say iqamah

Prayer

16 Apr

ANSWER: For women, it is from the athan until they pray their own prayer.

Shaykh, i have difficulty at the moment doing Rafa yadain with tranquillity because it comes it to my mind that I am showing off and doing minor shirk, this is because ever since I’ve been young I’ve always thought doing it always looked better, the only reason I do it cos I know it’s the Sunnah but these little doubts creeping in to say I’m doing it show off, is this minor shirk

Prayer

15 Apr

ANSWER: Once you open the door for Satan with such justifications, he will ruin your life and force you leave praying completely for the fear of showing off! Instead, keep on always observing the sunnah and raising your hands to anger him and to make his plans fail.