Prayer

If a couple got a proper Nikah but the man didn’t pray although he didn’t know the ruling on abandoning salah and assumed himself to be a Muslim, is the marriage valid and are the children that resulted from the marriage legitimate. What if the man had weak general beliefs? What should the kids do if they grew up with and were raised by this figure their whole life?

Fiqh of Marriage, Invalid Marriages, Prayer

02 Jul

ANSWER: If he was considered muslim and was not labeled by scholars to be a disbeliever, the marriage is valid but he must pray now or she must leave him if he doesn’t.

Dear Sheikh,my sister does the ghusl 2 sometimes 3 days after she’s done with her period out of laziness.Then she takes it and prays.She feels guilty for this,but due to her low iman she is reckless.Does this behaviour take her out of fold of islam and does she need to make up for the prayers she was supposed to pray right after her period ended?

Menstruation and post-natal bleeding, Prayer

29 Jun

ANSWER: Some scholars say that this takes her out of the fold of Islam due to willingly abandoning a prayer without a legitimate reason. However, the most authentic opinion is that she is sinful and had committed a major sin but she is not yet Kafir. She can’t make up any of those prayers as […]

Sheikh in pakistan the athaan of asr is given late .So as being a woman I don’t have to pray in congregation so sheikh what is best to pray , at its actual time or after the athaan?

Prayer

29 Jun

ANSWER: You can pray as long as the time has entered, irrespective of when the adhan is given in the masjid.

What is the ruling on sticking shoulder to shoulder and feet to feet in congregation prayer ? Is it Sunnah or Mandatory ?

Prayer

28 Jun

ANSWER: It is a highly recommended sunnah but it won’t invalidate the prayer when not done.

If I say only “at-tahiyat” then realize I am supposed to go 2nd rak’ah then I go immediately to 2nd rak’ah while saying allahu akbar, do I need to offer sujud as-shau? If yes, is it after or before salam? Is it correct to say allahu akbar again or just stand up and start 2nd rak’ah?

Prayer

28 Jun

ANSWER: You should do sujood as sahu for this mistake and should do it after salam and do another set of salam after sujood as sahu. Sujood As Sahu (Prostrations of Forgetfulness)

After reciting Surah Fatiha in the 1st and 2nd rak’ahs of the prayers and forgetting to recite another Surah, the prayers should be completed with Sahu Sijdah in the last sitting. But in this situation, if I forget to Sahu Sijdah and finish the prayers, do ihave to perform the prayers again?

Prayer

27 Jun

ANSWER: Reciting another surah after fateha is not mandatory, even if you skip that deliberately, still your prayer would be valid, hence there is no sujood as sahu for skipping it.

In isha prayer i made a mistake i joined imam at 4th rakah after the salam i have to stand up and pray my 2nd rakah and sit at tashahhud but i forgot to sit at tashahhud and stand up straight for my 3rd rakah after standing i realised i forgot to sit so i sat down did tashahhud and completed my 3rd and 4th rakah at the end i did sajda sahu before salam is my prayer valid

Prayer

27 Jun

ANSWER: What you did was wrong. It’s not permissible to sit down when you have already stood up for the rakah. You should have continued your 3rd rakah and after completing the final tashahhud, before salam you should have made sujood as sahu for missing the 1st tashahhud and then made salam. Sujood As Sahu […]

Sheikh if i find the imam already risen from the ruku in the last rakah and joined him will I still be considered as someone who prayed in congregation or not

Prayer

26 Jun

ANSWER: You didn’t catch the congregational prayer which is 27 times better than praying alone. However, you will be rewarded for whatever you caught with him and the other worshippers in Sha Allah.

As I’m doing an alimiyah course online from out of my home country, salah time is different…dye to classes my maghrib salah gets late almost by hour… but pray within the time. Am I sinful? Which one should I give priority to salah or knowledge of deen?

Knowledge & Propagation, Prayer

25 Jun

ANSWER: Of course you must first give preference to praying on time. What is the use of knowledge if it is not being practiced? This is the knowledge of the hypocrites.

While in prayer if by mistake you started reciting something which is not supposed to be recited at that position do you stop as soon as you realize or complete the verse and then stop? For example, reciting Alhamdulillahi Rabbil… but you’re in the sitting position and supposed to recite Attahiyyatu Lillaahil… so should one stop immediately or after completing the verse?

Prayer

25 Jun

ANSWER: Stop immediately.

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