What are the means which make it easy for Muslims performing the Qiyaam (night voluntary) prayer? How can we avoid Satan's control and urination in our ears during sleep? Would you please advise. May Allaah Reward you.
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I work in a restaurant in the U.K. and I work for two days a week, non-stop (i.e. without any breaks) and thus, I cannot pray ‘Asr at its due time (on these days). I cannot perform prayers during working hours in this non-Muslim country, so I pray ‘Asr one hour before its due time. Is it permissible for me to do so? Advise me in this regard. May.. More
Is it permissible for Muslims in Palestine upon whom a siege is imposed and to whom shells are fired to combine two prayers, especially Maghrib and ‘Ishaa’ in the mosque and Thuhr and ‘Asr during the curfew, knowing that sometimes some civilians can go to the mosque, especially in the villages? However, it is difficult to do so in darkness. We.. More
In the name of Allaah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allaah: I entered the mosque to perform the Thuhr prayer and when the Imaam recited the Takbeerat Al-Ihraam and did not perform the Rukoo‘ (i.e. bowing), I realized that he was performing the funeral prayer, so I changed my intention to that of performing the funeral prayer. After.. More
When I entered the mosque to perform one of the obligatory prayers, I found that the Imaam is the person with whom I had a quarrel before. Because of this quarrel, we no longer speak to one another. Should I perform the congregational prayer behind him or perform it individually? Please advise. .. More
During the first Rak‘ah of the Fajr prayer, I fell asleep in the first prostration and did not wake up until the second. Therefore, I performed only one prostration in the first Rak‘ah and not two: what should I do? Should I perform this Fajr prayer again? Is expiation due, given that this was a long time ago? .. More
I am a young man and give much charity out of my modest wealth. But I strive against myself in order to regularly observe the prayer as I find real difficulty in this regard. Also, I sometimes smoke using a hookah. So I feel despair that Allaah The Almighty does not accept my charity. Please advise. Thank you. .. More
If I ate and did not rinse my mouth before performing the prayer, does swallowing the remnants of food in between my teeth invalidate the prayer? .. More
I am a Muslim residing in Europe and my colleague brings his dog to work. We work in shifts and each of us works alone. I was praying somewhere and then noticed that the dog was sleeping in that place every time I came to work, so I started to pray somewhere else. However, I came to know that the dog would move around and lie down wherever it wanted,.. More