Prayer

QUESTION: I live in india,in the masjid, most people follow hanafi, usually don’t pray feet-to-feet leaving small gaps,when joining the congregation, I sometimes find small spots on the extreme sides. I avoid these spots as they are too small, and most probably people won’t move during salah, if i tap them on their shoulders. If I join the second row or form a second row if it’s not there, Is this correct?

Prayer

01 Jul

ANSWER: If there is gap, you must squeeze in & not form another row by standing alone

QUESTION: I have read that it’s not allowed to tuck in our clothes while praying but what if the t shirt goes up and the awrah gets exposed when going into sujood, is it allowed to tuck in our t shirt in that situation?

Men Clothing, Prayer

30 Jun

ANSWER: Who said it’s not permissible to pray with shirt tucked in? When a man tucks in his shirt in the loose pants, there’s nothing wrong in it, whether outside prayer or in it. The hadeeth talks about those who fold their clothes for prayers or gather their clothes for prayer. Those who had folded […]

QUESTION: Sheikh, will my Salah be valid if someone plays music when am praying. This always happens and I can’t tell them no as they will get mad at me.

Prayer, Sports, Entertainment and Music

28 Jun

ANSWER: The music does not impact the validity of the prayer.

QUESTION: What is the best way to pray 3 rakats witr? 3 altogether or 2+1 ?

Prayer

24 Jun

ANSWER: You can choose any of these two but 2+1 is better & you can shift between these two

QUESTION: For the sake of clarification, my question is with regards to the Witr Prayers after Isha. I have heard that it is Bid’ah to pray 2 rakaats, do Tashahhud and no Taslim, and then perform the 3rd rakaat and do Tashahhud and Taslim. Is this indeed Bid’ah? Please advise.

Prayer

23 Jun

ANSWER: This is not permissible as Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam forbade us to pray witr similar to Maghrib prayer.

QUESTION: Can I make dua for myself (like for my exam , my success etc ), in the fard salah before salam and after tashahud?

Prayer

14 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, this is permissible and highly recommended place to make any dua you want.

QUESTION: So I was praying fajr while praying, sum thoughts entered my mind, I was like I Should’ve have said to him that, you do it, in my mind and i don’t know what happend, i verbally said this words in my language, it’s like 4 different words, it’s like i repeated after my thoughts, a just came out,a slipped out of my tongue, so is my salah valid, may allah reward u sheikh

Prayer

14 Jun

ANSWER: If you verbally talked during prayer, it’s invalid

QUESTION: When the prayer started in the masjid someone who came after the takbeer turned off the ceiling fans and thus made us pray uncomfortably. We are in the summer and the masjid is hot. After taslem I reprimanded him and I said something similar to “is it a jinn?” (i.e. are you possessed!). My question is did I wrong that person for what I said later? I think it was not appropriate?

General, Prayer

13 Jun

ANSWER: Yes, what you said to him was wrong and inappropriate! You can’t fix a mistake with another mistake

QUESTION: Sheikh can I recite dua’s like : rabbi zidni ilma, rabbana aatina fidunya hassanatun wafilakhirati hassantun wakina azabannaar, allahumma inni asaluka ilman nafian wa rizqan tayyiban wa amalan mutaqabalan, ya muqallibal qulub thabbit qalbi aladinik, allahumma innaka afuwwun tuhibbul afwa fafu anni. In my fard and voluntary prayers ?

Prayer, Supplications

12 Jun

ANSWER: You can recite these duas in all your prayers (Fard, sunnah, nafil etc) in sujood and in the last tashahhud, before making salam.

QUESTION: My son doesnt pray regularly once or twice a day even though I ask him So he is now 24 yrs old and he is supposed to get married since he has completed his graduation so shall i look for a muslum girl for him or leave him on his own

Fiqh of Marriage, Fiqh of the family, Prayer

12 Jun

ANSWER: Don’t get involved and make it clear to him that you can’t put your reputation on the line in front of others when he doesn’t pray and is not committed to Islam as people would consider this cheating them. Tell him clearly that if you were asked, you would spill the beans and tell […]

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