Prayer

QUESTION: It happens I pray 3times in different mosques. How many times do I pray tahiyat masjid?

Prayer

29 May

ANSWER: Everytime you enter the masjid, you must pray before sitting down, it can be any prayer, whether 2 specific rakahs of tahiyatul masjid, sunnah before the obligatory prayer or fard prayer itself. If you don’t sit down and immediately join the congregation, you don’t need to offer it.

QUESTION: Is it obligatory to recite fathiha thashahhud and obligatory adhkaar of salah with a sound such that it must be heard by ourselves.Or simple lip moment with no sound enough.

Prayer

28 May

ANSWER: Lip and tongue movement, without sound is sufficient

QUESTION: Is there any hadith saying to not do rafa ul yadain

Prayer, Schools of Thought

25 May

ANSWER: No! This is an authentic sunnah and only people of ignorance oppose it!

QUESTION: Me and my friend prayed in congregation together as two people total. I prayed to the left of him and slightly behind and he is to the right of me, he is the Imam. Is this position correct when praying together as two people. Is my prayer valid? Do I need to repeat my prayer?

Prayer

24 May

ANSWER: What you had done was wrong! You both must stand exactly beside each other in the same row and you must stand to the right side of the imam.

QUESTION: After the jummah khutbah is over, the khateeb takes a while to get down from the mimbar, should we wait for him to get down then stand up and arrange our rows? A sheik told me if i get up before he gets down completely my reward is decreased.

Prayer

24 May

ANSWER: What he said is baseless. You can stand up and fix your rows.

QUESTION: Best way to perform salah behind a hanafi imam?

Prayer, Schools of Thought

21 May

ANSWER: Follow the sunnah to the best of your ability, disregarding what the imam skips from it.

QUESTION: Is the Salaah valid if it is prayed inside a bedroom that contains an ensuite? An ensuite is a toilet inside the actual bedroom but it is separated from the rest of the bedroom by walls and a door (basically a room inside another room). Does the door need to be closed during the Salaah?

Prayer

20 May

ANSWER: No problem in praying in such a room even if the toilet door is not closed.

QUESTION: Sheikh can we go to washroom during azan some people say we cant

Innovations, Prayer

17 May

ANSWER: No problem in this whatsoever! What people are saying is baseless and has nothing to do with Islam.

QUESTION: As you know that praying 2 rakat tah’yatul wudhu is recommended after ablution. What if we perform wudhu in the mosque? should we pray 2rakah tahiyatul wudhu and then 2 rakat tahiyatul masjid?I’m confused.

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer

16 May

ANSWER: Praying tahiyatul wudu would suffice for tahiyatul masjid as well. This is like hitting two birds with one stone.

QUESTION: Can someone pray on the same spot as fard if he says Astagfirullah × 3, Allahumma antas salam wa minkas salam…. and Ayatul Kursi after the fard prayer?

Prayer

16 May

ANSWER: It is an issue of dispute as some scholars say that this is not recommended and makrooh while others say that it is prohibited. I am personally inclined to the opinion that says that this is not permissible even if one says his athkar as he did not speak to someone else nor changed […]

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