I used to go to bed after 11:00 p.m. & sleep late maybe 12:30 or after it.But fajr prayer was 4 to 5 hours after my sleeping time.Sometimes I could wake in in time for fajr and sometimes I used to miss Fajr time.But I prayed sometimes even it was out of time for fajr prayer thinking I slept 4 or 5 hourse ago.Are my prayers valid?

Prayer
17 Feb

ANSWER: You’re sinful for sleeping so late when you know you might not be able to get up for fajr on time!

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My cousin texted me saying that she thinks her room is “haunted”, that things move around and such. Her and her family don’t pray, listen to music, etc. I have previously advised them many times with salah, Quran, and leaving the haram. However, they ignore. Yet they continuously say they have jinns and ask me for a solution. should I instruct them to do salah or ruqya?

Jinn, Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Evil Eye, Prayer
17 Feb

ANSWER: You should tell them that jinn inhabits places of sins and where people do not pray as the angels abandons such places. 

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Is it okay to do sujood as sahw after tasleem in any case? Even in the cases that prescribe us to do sujood as sahw before tasleem (Like if someone forgets something obligatory in prayer)?

Prayer
17 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible as one would deliberately go agains the Sunnah for no justifiable reason!  Sujood As Sahu (Prostrations of Forgetfulness)

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My question is that if you are with 1 person and you want to pray in jam’a do you pray side by side but following the other person or do you pray behind the person like you usually do in jam’a.

Prayer
16 Feb

ANSWER: You both pray side by side, in the same row.

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I pray in front of my bed in my bedroom. Is it permissible to lean my back against the bed during tashahudd or lean against pillar in mosque when i sit down or does this have an effect on the prayer

Prayer
16 Feb

ANSWER: This is not permissible. 

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At the last Rakah of Witr prayer, I stand up from the Ruku and raise my hands to recite dua Qunoot (Allahummah dini fiman hadait..). After finishing reciting that particular dua, I make dua to Allah in my language as well. Am I allowed to do this, respected Sheikh?

Prayer
15 Feb

ANSWER: No problem.

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Can you please confirm as somebody was attending some party she was in her makeup and her wudhu broke and she knew it but she offerred salah regardless. As her Salah is invalid so can you please tell what should she do, either repentance or qaza or both.

Apostasy, Prayer
14 Feb

ANSWER: Some scholars have said that this is kufr and she had committed an act of apostasy for praying without wudhu as if she is mocking Allah when she knows He doesn’t accept that prayer! She must sincerely repent to Allah while showing deep remorse and she can’t repeat the prayer as she missed it […]

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How to recite the sunnah prayers? Is it mandatory to read subhanaka allahummma wa bi hamdika watabarakasmuka wataala jadduk while offering the sunnah prayer or of it only limited to the fard prayers?

Prayer
14 Feb

ANSWER: The inaugural dua is not mandatory for even fard prayers, it’s a recommended sunnah for fard as well as voluntary prayers.

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Sheikh, my prayer abaya has wide sleeves. So whenever I pray my hand is totally covered and cannot be seen from front. But it can be seen from beneath when I do ruku because it has a wide opening. Do I have to wear an abaya which has elastic sleeves? I hope you got my question.

Prayer
13 Feb

ANSWER: Yes, you must wear an Abaya that has long and tight sleeves near the wrists so that nothing is exposed during any movements of the prayer.

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If i enter the masjid lets say during dhuhar azaan is called should pray 6 rakah 2+2 of dhuhar and 2 of while entering the masjid before setting or 4 rakah is enough.

Prayer
10 Feb

ANSWER: Praying the sunnah suffices for tahiyatul masjid.

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