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Praying behind innovators
Salam Aleikum,JazakAllah for your previous replies. What is the ruling on praying behind people who follow naqshbandi and also those who read burdah. If they are laymen can we say it’s ignorance?JazakAllah khayr
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This Prayer for the Deceased Is an Innovation
Assalamu alaikum. Someone told me that a dead person will be relieved during his stay in the grave if I do the following the first day he was taken to the grave:Pray two raka’ats, and in each raka’at I recite; Fatiha-1, Ayatul kursiy-1, Suratul Takathur-1, Suratul Ikhlas-11. Please Sheikh is this permissible?
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Praying behind an Innovator Imam
Assalam Alaikum, I am following shafi imam and sunni, where i work there imam is following an innovator imam. That is the reason I skip Juma because having doubt that my prayer wont be correct if I pray behind them. Can I skip Juma and pray 4 rakat normal luhur?
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Inability to leave mosque when imaam is committing innovation
What should I do when the imam of the masjid starts doing innovations? I cannot leave because there are people in the back rows, and it is troublesome to go past them.
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Red light in masjid to alert people before time of Iqaamah
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. In some masjids, they switch on a red light a few minutes before the Iqaamah(second call to the prayer) in order to inform the people that it is no longer allowed to start praying then. What is the ruling on this?
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Refraining from joining group supplication with imaam
Assalaamu alaykum. In our masjids, the imam supplicates together with the congregation (which is considered a religious innovation) after the prayer. So some brothers leave the masjid as the imam starts supplicating in order to show their dislike towards religious innovations. However, in that case, they do not complete their Thikr (remembrance of Allah).. More
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Reciting Faatihah to solve problems possibly innovation
Assalaamu alaykum. Here at our local masjid, there is a tendency that whoever has a problem, like sickness, drought, etc., comes to the imam and asks him to request the believers to recite Surat Al-Faatihah for them after the prayerso that Allaah, The Exalted, may sort out the problem. Is this according to the Shariah, or is it just a fabrication?
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Refuting a claim concerning prostration on a rock of clay
Al salaam 'alaykom wa rahmat Allah wa barakatoh. I have one question, a shi'a brother which I am trying to do daw'ah on says that they pray on a rock of clay because the prophet sall Allahu aleyhi wa sallam used to pray on clay. I cannot deny this, because he (saaws) used to do so, but how can I prove with evidence that it is wrong (or maybe bid'ah)?.. More
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Placing one's right hand on his head after obligatory prayer
after completing farad prayer few people put their right hand on their heads. is it compulsory.? thanks and regards
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The Imaam gives a sermon every day before Maghrib prayer
The Imam of our local mosque has made a system to deliver short speeches on various islamic topics say for 5-10 minutes before starting the maghrib salat in jamat almost everyday. Is it ok according to sunnah or is it Bidah? .. More
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It is a Bid'ah to avoid stepping on places of prostration
Assalamu alaikum, I read in some places that when folding a prayer mat, one should be careful that the part where one stands and the part where one does Sajdah should not contact with each other. Is there any reference to it? Also, when we walk in a mosque, should we avoid stepping on places where the Sajdah is made? I mean, it is really hard to avoid.. More
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Ruling on arranging a monthly gathering for performing night prayers
Is it considered a religious innovation for a group of people to arrange a monthly meeting to gather in the mosque in order to perform late night prayers, have dinner and have a religious lesson? Is it permissible to recite the Qunoot (i.e. supplication during prayers) in the five obligatory prayers or is it only permissible in one or two prayers or.. More
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Prostrating a single prostration in other than prayer
Is it permissible to make prostration outside of prayer, meaning to prostate facing the Qiblah without praying? .. More
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Prolonged Du'aa' in final Sujood is not part of Sunnah
Daily by the end of the Fitr prayer (in the third rakath) in the Sujooth position I used to make my dua for nearly 4 minutes. Is it OK? (I am the only man in the mosque following this way).. More
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Salatul Ghausia
Salamualaikum
Dear scholar kindly throw some light on 'Salatul Ghausia' which the Barelwis offer and how one can prove it to be wrong?
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