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  • Listening to Friday sermon not obligatory on women

    This is a trivial question, but there is a mosque nearby my house, and they always hold the Friday prayer there. I am a woman, and I can vaguely hear the sermon becaise they use a loud speaker. What is the ruling on listening to it for me? Is it obligatory or optional? .. More

  • Putting pictures of graves of Awliyaa' on mosque walls

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am from South India. In my neighborhood mosque, the walls of the northern and southern sides are decorated with pictures of various tombs of graves of certain well-known persons called 'valiullahs'. To what extent is this new trend justifiable? I personally objected it. Kindly guide us in the light of the Quran and the Sunnah. May.. More

  • Praying among people while crying and shaking

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I weep at times during the prayer, without making sound, but my body moves when I cry, and hence my shoulders, who are in physical contact with other people, move; is there any harm if I pray in the masjid? I like to pray in the two Holy Mosques (Makkah and Al-Madinah). I have more Khushoo (humble.. More

  • Men covering head while praying

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. If I do not cover my head during prayer to show that it is not obligatory in Islam, is that good or not? Our elders in the Salafi masjid raise questions about it. What should I do. How should I correct my intention? If I cover my head, is it for the people? And if I do not do so, then questions will.. More

  • Ending time of ‘Ishaa’ prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. I heard that there is a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding the ending time of the ‘Ishaa’ prayer, but I did not know what the right or most correct opinion on this is (which is till midnight and not till dawn), and Allah knows best. I read it a few days ago, and I want to.. More

  • Praying behind imaam whose creed might be defective

    Assalaamu alaykum. I hope you are in the best of health. The following isue has arisen in my life. I know that it is impermissible to pray behind a disbeliever. I live in a Barelvi area. I read that it is permissible to pray behind them if they do not have any beliefs that include Kufr (disbelief) or Shirk (polytheism). I have been praying behind the.. More

  • Wearing nice clothes in 'Eed

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. If I keep a separate dress for eid and go to the masjid in it but without it being displayed, wearing an abaya and being properly covered, for the eid prayer, will I have the reward of following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam? I read the following: "It was narrated.. More

  • Praying on plane

    What is the ruling on praying the ‘Isha on a plane when you could have joined it with the Maghrib? .. More

  • Waswaas about correct pronunciation of letters in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please do not refer to other questions. It takes me about 10 times to pronounce the letter ‘Aayn correctly in Surah Al-Faatihah and the Tashahhud when I am praying by myself. It is often replaced with 'hamza'. Shall I keep repeating it till I get it correct, or shall I proceed? .. More

  • Supplication against distraction in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum, dear, respected Shaykh. My question is regarding the prayer. I read a hadith that says that when one is distracted from the prayer, it is because of a devil called Khuzan (may Allah, the Exalted, curse him). I read that the solution to this is to recite, "A‘oothu billaahi min ash-shaytaan-ir-rajeem," (I seek refuge in Allah from.. More

  • Replying to both athaans of Fajr and both athaans of Friday

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Do we reply to both azans of the Fajr (Azan of Tahajjud and azan of the Fajr)? Do we reply to both azans of the Friday prayer? Do we reply to the Iqaamah (second, small call to prayer)? .. More

  • Missing Takbeers at beginning of 'Eed prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykhs. If I miss one or a few Takbeers (saying: Allahu Akbar) at the beginning of the Eid prayer, am I required to do something? May Allah reward you. .. More

  • Praying behind imaam who moves much in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. What is the ruilling regarding praying behind an imam that moves a lot, especially while reciting aloud. By moving, I mean rocking back and forth and side to side and fidgeting with the hands on the chest. Is the prayer behind them invalid? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Praying Sunnah and Fajr at home or Fajr only at mosque

    Assalaamu alaykum. Which is better, praying the Sunnah prayer and the Fajr prayer at home, or praying only the obligatory prayer at the mosque? I just wanted to know that. .. More

  • Imaam not allowed to ban people for difference over prayer Sunnah acts

    Is it compliant with the Sunnah to say Aameen out loud (without startling the people around) once the imam completes Surat-ul-Faatihah in the obligatory prayer according to all the Schools of Thought? (Sadly, the small differences in the opinions regarding the Sunnah rituals of the prayers, specifically the obligatory ones, are becoming a cause of problems.. More