Prayer

QUESTION: If I pray Asr prayer after the sun has started to set hasn’t completely set yet, so the magrib time is not reached yet,…. but without any legitimate reason, just because of laziness, will the prayer be valid????

Prayer

17 May

ANSWER: This is the prayer of a hypocrite. If you manage to offer one full rakah before it sets, the prayer is valid.

QUESTION: I joined the imam in the 2nd rakah of maghrib. He thought it was his last and was about to make Salam but people corrected him. He then prayed the third rakah and performed sajd e sahu. Should I also perform sajd e sahu or not as it is my 2nd rakah.

Prayer

16 May

ANSWER: If he performed it before the salam, you must offer it with him as well. But if he performed it after the salam, you don’t offer it with him as you must stand up to make up your missed rakah and then complete your prayer as usual.

QUESTION: My college school always plans vacational trips on Fridays and it’s just something planned for fun. As a Muslim am I sinful for missing Khutbah to go to this trips.

Prayer

15 May

ANSWER: Yes.

QUESTION: I am student. As a student i always need to study till late night so that i can complete my syllabus. As a result i cannot pray my fazr prayer in time. I pray the fazr prayer after juhur / Asor. Am i sinful? If i am then will Allah forgive me??

Prayer

14 May

ANSWER: Of course you are sinful and committing a major sin. This is a sign of hypocrisy when you skip fajr like this for worldly matters as you are preferring your studies over paradise and over obeying Allah.

QUESTION: When I have fever ,I missed Fajr and offer prayer afer sunrise. Am I sinful?

Prayer

11 May

ANSWER: If you do this deliberately then you’re sinful and it’s a major sin. But if you were asleep and could not wake up, there is no sin on you.

QUESTION: If the imam in the masjid says the starting takbir of the prayer and I’m praying the sunnah prayer but I’m in home and also I didn’t hear the imam, would that sunnah prayer be valid (for example in case of Fajr where you pray sunnah and go and see one rakah has gone) because after the takbir no other prayer is valid.

Prayer

10 May

ANSWER: If you heard the iqamah, you should have rushed to join the congregation. But if you did not hear it and was not aware of it, your voluntary prayer is valid.

QUESTION: Is it true that the Fuqaha recommend skipping Doha prayer occasionally instead of praying it every single day?

Prayer

09 May

ANSWER: You can pray duha everyday without any restrictions. Don’t listen to those who say you should skip it every now and then.

QUESTION: Sheikh, sometimes the masjid would combine prayers due to rain, but sometimes the rain wouldn’t be that heavy, in this case do I pray again when the time of the next prayer starts?

Prayer

09 May

ANSWER: It is not permissible to combine when the rain is not heavy.

QUESTION: Is it necessary to learn meaning of small Surah that we recite in Salah?

Prayer

09 May

ANSWER: This adds value to what you are reading however the prayer is valid without knowing the meaning.

QUESTION: One day while praying ‘Asr in the mosque, the Imam mistakenly sat in the 3rd rakah and recited Tashahhud. I initially got up and stood but later sat down again when I saw that the Imam did not rise up for the “4th rakah” but I did not recite the tashahhud in the 3rd rakah like the Imam. The Imam along with everyone of us offered sujood-as-sahw before concluding the prayer. Did I do anything wrong?

Prayer

08 May

ANSWER: If the imam sat mistakenly in the 3rd, you should notify him by saying subhana Allah If he doesn’t listen and rectify his mistake by standing up to the 4th, you must leave him and stand up to your fourth and finish you prayer alone. It is not permissible to follow him in that […]

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