QUESTION: Sheikh, is the Hadith authentic about sitting in the same position after fajr and maghrib and reciting laa…mulku walahulhamdu yuhyi yumitu wahua alaa kulli …. 10 times there is a huge reward?

Prayer, Supplications
16 Feb

ANSWER: This is authentic. 

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QUESTION: Suppose one lost wudu during congregational salah. However he continued to imitate praying(ruku, sujud etc) out of shyness and thinking what others would think if he sits simply or go to take wudu while the salah was going on … Is this haram or kufr?

Prayer
15 Feb

ANSWER: Some scholars have said that this is kufr.

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QUESTION: Many people don’t come close to us in salah if there is a space between us. So if they don’t can we pull them towards ourselves ?

Prayer
15 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible. Why don’t you wrestle with them as well? 

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QUESTION: As per hadith reciting subhan allahi wabi hamdi reciting 100 times wipes all sins even it’s larger than sea foam. Does this includes skipped prayers too.

Prayer, Supplications
14 Feb

ANSWER: No. This includes only minor sins, major sins require separate repentance while showing deep remorse. 

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QUESTION: I tuck my shirt and sometimes my sweater into my pants very tightly to make sure my back doesn’t show during prayer. I have across a video of yours saying tucking shirt into pants during prayer is not permissible. I wanted to know if what i’m doing is permissible and if not how can i make sure my awrah(back) doesnt show when i make ruku and sujood.

Prayer
13 Feb

ANSWER: You shouldn’t tuck your shirt in and you can wear an undershirt and tuck that in while the outer shirt is loose and not tucked.

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QUESTION: if I am in salah and I lose my wudu. place of wudu is not in the back but rather on the side. an I go between people’s standing and prostration spot as I heard that it is okay to do so but the ruling is same as praying alone for the imam?

Prayer
12 Feb

ANSWER: If you walk in front of worshippers during the congregation, this is fine as their sutrah is their imam’s sutrah.

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QUESTION: Is it true that if we pray in congregation imam will carry the burden for our mistakes ?

Prayer
10 Feb

ANSWER: Correct, as long as you have joined him from the beginning. 

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QUESTION: In the third and fourth rakah if a person finished his recitation before the Imam, what should he do? Remain silent or start another short Surah?

Prayer
10 Feb

ANSWER: Start another surah instead of standing idle.

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QUESTION: In our country as far as I know there is only shia masjid. Is it permissible to skip jummah prayer and do it alone?

Prayer
08 Feb

ANSWER: You must do your due diligence and find out if there are any sunni masjid in your city and if its there, you must pray your Friday there, even if its far off. If there are no sunni masjids at all, not even one then you can gather other sunni brothers and make Friday. […]

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QUESTION: I know that travelling alone as a woman is not permissible. But if she has to because if work and the schedule is strict, is she allowed to combine her prayers?

Prayer
08 Feb

ANSWER: No, as she is sinful in her travels.

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