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Standing while touching pillar of masjid in prayer
Assalaamu alaykum. If someome stands while touching a pillar of the masjid with his side of backside without a necessity while praying, is his prayer valid?
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Praying in masjid in which grave is attached to Qiblah wall
Assalaamu alaykum. Please answer my question briefly, and do not refer to another fatwa. There is a masjid in our locality. After the death of the person who gave the land for that masjid, that person was buried in front of the masjid. However, the grave is attached to the wall of the Qiblah (prayer direction). Not every praying person of the first.. More
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Sitting on chair with back support while praying
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. Is it permissible to use a chair that has a back support whilst praying? I pray on a sitting tool due to an illness in the knees and feet, and it does not have a back support. It is a sitting tool. However, now I suffer pain in my upper back, below the shoulders, and it hurts me if I do not.. More
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Leaving mosque during Friday sermon to make a non-Muslim utter the Shahaadah
Assalaamu alaykum. Can you go out of the mosque while the Friday sermon is ongoingto have a non-Muslim who wants to be Muslimsay the Shahadah (the two testimonies of Faith)?
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Performing prayer again to help someone earn reward of congregation
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wabarakaatuhu. I am unable to pray the Thuhr prayer in the masijd because of my exams. If my father/mother have already prayed the Sunnah of the Thuhr and the Thuhr itself already, can they still pray with me so that I can get the reward of the congregation and the reward of attending the beginning of the prayer? If.. More
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Stories about night prayer
Assalaamu alaykum, Scholar. Since I have not been able to perform the voluntary night prayer for months, I would love to hear stories like the one of Sufyaan Ath-Thawri, which says that he could not pray night prayers because of one sin. So, please, if you can tell me stories of Tabi'een (generation following that of the Companions) or Companions or.. More
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Fingers are spread in bowing and joined in prostration
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I have the following question: when one bows when prayingwhile sitting on a chair or on ground, should the hands that are placed on the kneeshave their fingers spread or should they be joined together? I have the same question for the prostration when one does it without touching the ground;.. More
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I‘tikaf of one who goes to work and goes home to bathe
My husband wants to observe i‘tikaf (ritual seclusion in the mosque) in Ramadan, Allah Almighty, willing. He will observe it in a masjid near our house. Is it valid that he comes home after finishing work and takes a bath and then goes to the masjid and repeats this process throughout the period of i‘tikaf? He also comes home before he goes to work.. More
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Difficulty pronouncing Athkaar in prayer
Assalaamu alaykum. I have difficulty pronouncing the Athkaar (pl. of Thikr [expressions of remembrance of Allaah]) silently. Therefore, most times, when I pray behind the imam, I am unable to complete the recitation of the Athkhaar before he moves on to the next position. That said, when this occurs, I sometimes try to force the recitation of the Athkhaarso.. More
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Praying ‘Asr when shadow of object is twice its height
Do you know of any scholar who said that the ‘Asr prayer that is prayed after the shadow of an object becomes twice the height of the object (the time when Hanafis pray ‘Asr) will be completely invalid and unacceptable?
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Performing Sujood as-Sahw with imaam before finishing Tashahhud
Assalaamu alaykum. I was praying the ‘Asr prayer and got to the last unit of prayer and was saying the Tahiyyaat. Because I have a speech problem, I got delayed on the Tahiyyaat, and the imam performed Sujood Sahw(prostration of forgetfulness). I performed the Sujood Sahw with him and the congregation but then afterwards (before the Salam) did the.. More
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Standing after first Tashahhud not obligation when praying while sitting
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I sit and pray even for the obligatory prayer due to pain in my feet, but I bow while standing and start praying while standing as it is a short period of standing. I know that standing is an essential pillar of the prayer, but I am confused on whether I must stand after the first Tashahhud.. More
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Praying with a shirt that reveals the shoulder
What are the limits of the ‘awrah (what should be covered of the body) during the prayer? Is it permissible to pray in a basketball shirt that partially reveals the shoulder? May Allah bless you.
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Prayer of someone who cannot pronounce a letter correctly
What is the ruling on pronouncing the letter Daal (corresponding to D in English) in a way that sounds to people like Taa’ (corresponding to T in English) while reciting Al-Fatihah? I sometimes pronounce it correctly as I keep on repeating the verses to the extent that I frequently miss bowing with the Imam. When I bowing, he would be prostrating.. More
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Why the Imam of Al-Masjid Al-Haram stands opposite to the door of Al-Ka‘bah
I noticed that the Imam who leads the Muslims in prayer in Makkah prays toward one direction only, which is that opposite to the door of the honorable Ka‘bah. Why does he not pray towards the other three directions of the Ka‘bah, since, as I know, it is valid to pray towards all four directions?
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