QUESTION: Is our prayer valid prayer with half- sleeve shirt or t-shirt ? Or is it must to pray with full sleeves?

Prayer, Women clothing
05 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this, the prayer is valid. 

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QUESTION: (At home) Can I start praying as soon as I hear the first adhan or do I wait until all the adhans have been called and then start praying?

Prayer
05 Oct

ANSWER: No need to wait for the athan to finish.  You can begin to pray as soon as the time enters, even if the athan is called late.

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QUESTION: My mom is about 67, she have problem with knees, back, numb feet is usual stuff due to diabetes, losing balance while bending for washing feet.But she is all fine with water, she goes to washroom of her own etc.For 2-3 years she got this input from her sister for doing the Tayammum and she does it regularly, is it okay?

Ablution (Wudhu), Prayer
04 Oct

ANSWER: No, this is not permissible at all when she’s able to use water. Her prayers are invalid

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QUESTION: Whenever i pray fard salat i make mistakes. for example starting to recite a sura on the 3rd rakat. Before i used to restart the salat. Now i do sahu sijda since i do not know if it is permissible to stop a salat  midway and restart it. Even after Sahu sijda i feel shame and regret. please let me know if there is a way to get rid of saitan’s whispering during salat.

Prayer
01 Oct

ANSWER: If you read a surah in the 3rd rakah, this is permissible and no need for prostrations of forgetfulness.

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QUESTION: Does تحية المسجد require a specific intention? or is it sufficient if I go in a masjid and pray 2 rakahs of between adhaan and iqaamah without thinking about تحية المسجد

Prayer
30 Sep

ANSWER: No specific intention is required. Any 2 rakah you pray would suffice.

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QUESTION: Can I pray tahajjud by staying up all night then pray Fajr prayer and then sleep?

Prayer
29 Sep

ANSWER: No problem as long as you are able to get up and pray all the rest of the 4 prayers on time and function normally while fulfilling your other day to day responsibilities. 

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QUESTION: Can men and women stand side by side while offering the salah?

Prayer
18 Sep

ANSWER: If they are praying in congregation, this is totally prohibited. Women must stand behind men. But if they are praying alone and they are mahram to one another, this is permissible. 

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QUESTION: Is sitting on the same same spot after fardh prayer is limited to those who pray in masjid or women praying at home also get similar rewards?

Prayer
18 Sep

ANSWER: This is including the ones praying at home.

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QUESTION: If one hour after we prayed, we find asmall food particle that wasapparently stuck and didn’t come outwhen we made wudu for that prayer,is the prayer valid? 

Prayer
16 Sep

ANSWER: This does not impact your prayer as long as you didn’t swallow it while praying. 

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QUESTION: In Ramadan, at iftar, I follow the Sunnah by eating three dates, drinking water, praying Maghrib (alone), and then continue eating. My whole family finish eating first and then pray Maghrib in congregation just before Isha prayer. Should I abandon that Sunnah and pray with them Maghrib after I finish eating?

Prayer
15 Sep

ANSWER: It’s more in reward for you to pray in congregation, as long as you all pray before the time finishes, providing you are not able to go to the masjid for any valid reason, otherwise praying in the masjid is obligatory for men.

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