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  • Matters of Tahajjud prayer

    Should the Surah in Tahajjud prayer be recited loudly? Is Qunoot in the last Raka'h Sunnah or Fardh? i.e. if we forget to recite Qunoot do we have to do sujoodussaahwah? Hope you will answer this question. .. More

  • Taraaweeh prayer during Ramadan

    I have 3 questions about Ramadhaan according to Hanafi Madhab. I had an argument with a friend about these topics recently. 1. I know to go for Taraaweeh is not Fardh on anyone but Sunnah, but can you tell me the benefits for men to go to the Masjid and pray? 2) Is it necessary for Muslims to finish the Qur'aan during Ramadhaan? 3) And last,.. More

  • Praying on a rug with a picture of Masjid Al-Haraam

    I asked you several questions and received answers from you. Now I have another question about prayingRukoo' (Sajadah). On of our Muslim brothers read an Islaamic book recently and learnt it is prohibited to pray on a Sajadah which pattern on it is like Masjid Al-Haraam. After reading that brother suspicious of that and let me ask you about.. More

  • Taraaweeh prayers

    1) Taraaweeh prayer is there any Hadeeth that indicates that whole Qur'aan should be recited in these prayers? 2) Isn't better to recite few Surah slowly and with Khushou', than the whole Juz' and fast and sometimes nobody understands anything .. More

  • Rewards when arriving for Friday prayer

    I understand that it is preferable to go to the mosque even before Adhaan and it entails huge reward. But the narration says that the angels stop writing down after the Imaam rises on the pulpit and the Adhaan is given. This seems to suggest that there is no reward for persons who come after Adhaan and your answer to one of the previous.. More

  • Confused about innovations in a Bralwiya mosque

    I have two questions: 1) The mosque I go to, to read Qur'aan I think is a Bralwiya mosque. There is a man there they call Peer Saab, and they say he controls the jinn, and knows when one is lying and telling the truth, just by placing his hand over their forehead. And also they celebrate something they call Meelaad an-Nabi, where.. More

  • Dealing in Ribaa and leading the prayers in Ramadan

    If a Muslim deals in Ribaa in his business, can he lead the prayers in a mosque in Ramadhaan?.. More

  • Prayers of the traveler

    I was on a recent business trip where my flight left the country of my residence at 9:00 am on a Saturday. I arrived at my destination 2 hours later and proceeded to shortening my prayers and joining them for the duration of my trip. My trip ended on Wednesday, which according to my count means I stayed 4 days and 4 nights away from.. More

  • Husband and wife praying together

    Can a husband and wife pray side by side or should a wife pray behind her husband? .. More

  • Praying Maghrib behind an Imaam who is praying Ishaa

    I want to know if I can pray the Maghrib prayer with an Imaam who is praying 'Ishaa' prayer, then do Tahiyyat in the third Rak'ah, say salaam and stand up to pray with the Imaam the Rak'ah left. When they says salaam I stand up to continue 'Ishaa' on my own. This is when I am traveling and I enter a mosque at 'Ishaa' time and I.. More

  • Raising funds for a Masjid

    We have a Masjid in the suburbs of New York, and is about to be complete, Al-hamdu Lillaah. My question is in order to raise funds for the Masjidcommittee holds fundraising event in a place where men and women mix. First is that money Halaal to build the house of Allaah (since collecting it involved Maasiah)? Second, is it wrong to attend.. More

  • Prayed all day then realized he had a wet dream earlier

    One day I woke normally like any other day and performed my prayers as normal until the evening prayer, when I came to realize that I had wet dreams because I found a sign of it on my clothes. Should I then repeat the prayer for that whole day? .. More

  • Performing a missed Raka'h

    In case one came in late to prayer and has to pray one or more Raka'h after the congregation, is it permissible for him/her to step forward from the line toward a Sutra after the Imaam makes the salaam? .. More

  • Attendance at Jumu'ah (Friday) prayer

    This question regards Jumu'ah prayer. I am a 17-year-old going to a high school, here in the US. Every week a brother comes to pick us Muslims up for Salat al-Jumu'ah. However, there is one brother who doesn't come. I showed him the Fataawa from www.islam-qa.com which states that if the Adhaan cannot be heard, he doesn't have to attend.. More

  • Woman Praying in a House of a Non-Muslim

    Can a woman pray in a house of a mushrik when the time due for Congregational prayers? .. More