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  • Whoever calls the Athaan should call the Iqaamah

    The person who calls adhaan. Does he have to necessarily call iqaamah as well? As in our mosque we do not have a muazzin. so any of the brothers call adhaan. but some times we have this conflict about who should call iqaamah. one particular incident today. one brother call adhaan and another brother came into masjid did not know who called adhaan.. More

  • Different types of voluntary prayers

    Salaam Alaikum Shaikh, How many types of prayers are there in our Deen and can we pray the following prayers? The two rak'ahs of entering into pilgrim sanctity (Ihram) The two rak'ahs of need (Salatul Haajah) The two rak'ahs of leaving the house and entering it, The two rak'ahs of leaving the Prophet's mosque, The two rak'ahs of entering a land.. More

  • Saying "Marhoom" and other questions

    Salaam Alaikum Shaikh, I have 3 questions, Is it permissible to call righteous people who have passed away as Marhoom? And my second question is, when praying funeral for woman should one make dua saying "And give her spouse better than of this world"? And Shaikh, If one sneezes in Salah (prayer), can he say "Alhamdulillah"? Jazaak ALLAHU Khair... More

  • A mosque that has a grave besides it or in front of it

    Two of my friends are not coming to particular two mosques in the City for praying. The reason they say for this is one of the mosque has a small kabr on the left side of the building (outside the building and little away from praying area) and other mosque has the burial ground in front of the praying area which we can see through two windows... More

  • He was delayed in going into Rukoo’ behind the Imaam

    Asalam alaykum. I was prayin with the imam. When the imam went on rukuu, i did not do that on time until he raised up. So, tel me am i going to pay back that rakaat back or no need?.. More

  • Is leaving the Naafilah prayers a sin?

    If a person offers only Furd(Obligatory)prayer and leaves sunnat and nafal i.e He only prays 4 furz of Zohr prayer then Is he 'SINFULL"....or not .. More

  • A latecomer saying Takbeeratul-Ihraam while going down for Rukoo’

    Assalamu alaikum, does it have any effect on the validity of the congregational prayer of the latecomer if the imaam is in rukoo and and then the latecomer makes only one takbeer (takbeeratul ihram) and then he comes down for rukoo but he has not finished the pronunciation of takbeeratul ihram (he says takbeeratul ihram and while he has not finished.. More

  • Having doubts about performing the prostration of forgetfulness

    Assalamu alaikum, what's about a muslim who is affected with waswasah and when he prays he is repeatedly absent-minded and even when he makes sujood as-sahw he is sometimes confused and doubts whether he has prostrated once or twice in sujood as-sahw. What should he do in this case when he doubts in sujood as-sahw? Once he was absent-minded in sujood.. More

  • Tuma'neenah is a pillar of the prayer

    Asalaamu Alaikum, How fast should one make their salat? There are brothers at the mosque who pray 4 rakat in 2-3 minutes, maximum 5 minutes, very quickly, and these are brothers who are known to be knowledgeable about matters of Islam and known to be pious. Then there are some brothers who may take 10 minutes to pray 4 rakat. These brothers always.. More

  • Completing the whole prayer before its time is over

    As salamu alaykum, If little time is left and someone is not shure whether he will have completed Fajr before its expiry time (i.e. sunrise), and after he prayed he checks the time and indeed he completed before its expiry time, is his salaah correct ? To give a example, sunrise is at 08:22 and the currect time on which the salaah is about to commenced.. More

  • He has doubts about reciting Al-Faatihah during his prayer

    Assalamu alaykum, when you are praying and you recite sura al-fatihah, then you has started to recite an ayah, but then you think you has not recitetd the previous ayah correctly and therefore you return to the previous ayah and you recite it again. Have you thereby added something to the prayer which is not a part of it and so you have to do.. More

  • Making up missed 'Ishaa' and Witr prayers

    If i miss isha prayers and perform next day in the morning,how many rakaat should i pray And also should I pray Witr?.. More

  • Doubts he recited Al-Faatihah correctly during prayer

    Assalamu alaykum, shaykh, i have a question regarding a fatwa. It was said if you fail to finish the recitation of Surah al-Faatihah behind an imaam then you are excused for that, because you have to follow the imaam. Means it, that you don't have to do sujood as-sahw in this case, although the recitation of Surah al-Faatihah is a pillar of prayer?.. More

  • This is not an excuse for you to leave the Friday prayer

    We hv 2 small kids (2.5 & 1.5 yrs old) and we dnt hv any 3rd prsn in Qatar to take care of them. Coz of this i'm unable to offer JUMMA PRAYER as we both hv to sleep with one kid in separae rooms. I fear tat if i leave my sleeping kid behind may be my daughter get herself injured. Also, my wife claims its tough to handleboth kids alone coz if.. More

  • Got busy with completing his Wudu until the time for prayer elapsed

    Assalamu alaykum, if you follow the opinion that anybody who misses one prayer out of laziness will be considered as a disbeliever. Does it constitute kufr if you are short in time, because the time of prayer is nearly over and you do your wudoo calmly and don't do only the obligatory parts of wudoo (for example you wash your body parts.. More