Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

QUESTION: Can I pray tahajjud on days when I missed my Isha Fardh prayer?

31 Mar

ANSWER: If you missed it due to menses and were clean after midnight, you can offer tahajjud without a problem.

QUESTION: Shaykh, is it okay to pray taraweeh with 4+4+3 rakaah?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

31 Mar

ANSWER: The majority of scholars say that this is not permissible and some say that it is makrooh and others say that the prayer is invalid. It has to be 2×2 and not 4

QUESTION: Sheikh, in the mosques in my neighborhood/city, they lead 20 raka’ts for taraweeh, in groups of 4 raka’ts. Is it okay to join this kind of taraweeh Salah? Or should we just pray the right way at home?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

20 Mar

ANSWER: If they pray 4 rakah like isha, do not pray with them and pray home.

QUESTION: Is it permissible to open the Qur’an and listen to the recitation during Taraweeh while looking at it?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

17 Mar

ANSWER: It is not permissible for the follower to do so. They should listen to the imam without distracting others next to them and must put the right hand over the left and to look at the spot of prostration.

QUESTION: Can i perform other nafls after witr?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

07 Aug

ANSWER: No problem. However, Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam prescribed us to pray witr as the last prayer of the night but if you happen to stay up late after offering witr and wish to pray night prayers later on or if you got up after praying witr (after isha) and wish to pray […]

QUESTION: If we want to pray Tahajjud longer can we repeat surah… like can we recite surah ikhlas 21time or more times? or any other surah can we repeat ?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

03 May

ANSWER: You can hold the Quran or phone and read longer surahs from it.

QUESTION: During Taraweeh at the mosque. Is it permissible for me to read Quran or follow the imam using my phone. If yes, is it permissible to read the translation aswell to better understand the meaning of the Quran you are hearing?

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

17 Apr

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

QUESTION: Sheikh I’m a woman and when we are praying taraweeh in women section and a women passes in front of me while praying does my prayer breaks Or she has to go in front of imam so the prayer breaks

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

15 Apr

ANSWER: As long as you are praying in congregation, your prayer is not broken as Imam’s sutra is sutra for all behind him.

QUESTION: Taraweeh is prayed at a local hotel where the men and women are in the same room. The women are in the rows located in the back, but there is no barrier between the last row of the men and the first row of the women. Is it permissible to pray in this setting?

Prayer, Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

14 Apr

ANSWER: This is the sunnah and this is how prayers were held during the times of the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam.

QUESTION: Shaykh I pray isha at home when I go to the masjid I found the imam still praying isha the last rakah I prayed with them as the prophet s.c.w pray it would nafil but how should I pray the other rakats I missed the imam don’t give enough time to pray he immediately starts taraweeh should I pray when they finish taraweeh

Taraweeh, Tahajjud and Qiyam-ul-Layl

13 Apr

ANSWER: No, you must complete your isha first and then join the imam in taraweeh even if you missed some of it. It is your fault for being this late for isha.

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