QUESTION: Is it according to the sunnah that the takbir when rising from sujood should start when the head lifts from sujood and end when standing up straight. Pleas dont link any videos it is hard for me to understand.

Prayer
09 Oct

ANSWER: It should be said when rising from sujood, it doesn’t matter when it ends.

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QUESTION: The kandura/thobe i wear for prayer is above my ankle when im standing but ends up covering my ankle when i go in sujood and I have heard we are not allowed to fold or pull up clothes when praying. what is the ruling on this, please advice.

Men Clothing, Prayer
08 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this.  What counts is if it is above your ankle when standing up

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QUESTION: Hello shaykh, are the sideburns apart of a womans hair/awrah, what if they’re short? And does she have to cover it for each prayer?

Prayer, Women clothing
08 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, it is part of her awrah and must be covered.

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QUESTION: When we read dua in Arabic in sujood, after subhana rabbi’al ala, is it only supposed to be read in the last (2nd) sujood of the of the last rakah of prayer ? And can we read multiple Arabic duas in single sujood? Or stick to only one?

Prayer
08 Oct

ANSWER: You can make dua in all your sujoods of all your prayers and can make multiple duas.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to say that 1/4 of the arm can be left uncovered during salah ?

Prayer
07 Oct

ANSWER: Men can pray even with sleeveless shirts. Women on the other hands must not and can’t expose more than the hand to their wrists. Anything over that would render the prayer invalid.

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QUESTION: If I join a congregational prayer late (imam is on the last rakaah), do I include the “As-Salat Al-Ibrahimiya” in my tashahud as I would in my actual last rakaah, or is it not needed for this case?

Prayer
06 Oct

ANSWER: Yes, you should say everything you usually say in the last tashahud until the salam

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QUESTION: In dhuhr prayer,I joined when imam said samiallah huliman hamida of 2nd rakat.I continued with the 2 sujoods and tashahhud.Then the imam got up for his 3rd rakat.Since this 2nd rakat of imam will not be counted as my 1st,do I do raful yadain when he stands up for his 3rd rakat which will be my 1st rakat or should i do it when he finishes his salah and i standup for my 3rd rakat?

Prayer
05 Oct

ANSWER: You should raise your hands when the imam stands for his 3rd rakah as this is the sunnah regardless of which rakah it is actually yours. 

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QUESTION: Some people silently recite along the imam when he recites a surah, is this permissible when for example you are behind him to correct him or this not permissible at all?

Prayer
02 Oct

ANSWER: It is not permissible to recite with him the same surah.  If they are reciting the fatiha while he is reciting his surah, this is permissible.

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QUESTION: If I notice during the Isha prayer that I mistakenly made the intention for Maghrib due to confusion, and I am already in the 3rd rak’ah, do I have to stop, or can I correct my intention in the middle?

Prayer
30 Sep

ANSWER: If you had intended it to be maghreb and you had already prayed Maghreb, your prayer is invalid and you need to restart it again for isha.

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QUESTION: If a person praying salah sees awrah of a person praying next to him or front.

Prayer
29 Sep

ANSWER: This does not impact the validity of his prayer

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