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Fighting urge to laugh while praying
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I often feel the urge to laugh during my prayer, without any reason. So if I interrupt my recitation while attempting not to laugh and then restart it, is my prayer valid? May Allaah reward you.
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Praying while wearing watch on left wrist
Assalaamu alaykum. Is it ok to pray with a watch on your left wrist as you cannot grab the wrist as well? Also, several hundredfish oil capsules contain the same amount of alcohol as a light beer, so one capsule contains the same as a glass of orange juice. Are fish oil pills halal?
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Pausing in prayer to regain concentration
I try to focus in my prayers, but the problem is that sometimes my mind goes elsewhere and I then try to get back in concentration. Doing these activities, I sometimes understand that I have reached the end of the prayer while not having been concentrating. So is it permissible for me to pause sometimes, like five to ten seconds, during the prayer,.. More
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Talking to a praying person to correct his mistakes
Assalaamu alaykum. May Allaah reward you for your service to the Muslim world. Sir, my father is a cancer patient. He spent his whole life preaching religion and hence there is no question that he failed to perform any prayer or fast. His cancer is in the last stages and it has occupied his whole body with pain and other serious problems. His mental.. More
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A man may pray individually behind his wife who is also praying individually
Can a husband pray behind his wife individually while his wife prays individuallyin front in the room, meaning that they are both praying individually but the man is standing behind in the room?
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Driving to mosque in car purchased with interest money
assalamulaikum I want to know if I go salat in a car which is paid with interest money is my salat valid. secondlly I once got benefits which i think i should'nt have because when i work a certain amount of hours i get tax credits (benefits) i used the tax credit money to pay for installing parking sensors in my car. But that week I called in sick from.. More
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The status of prayer affected by showing off
Salam alaikum,i have some questions regarding showing off. 1. Is it showing off, when you are entering the masjid and you are ashamed of not praying tahiyat al-masjid, because it would be very unusal and strange for the others? If yes, what is, if you are thinking at that moment, that praying tahiyat is better anyway, because it is sunnah and so you.. More
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Permissibility for women to pray with their jewelry
Is it permissible for a woman to adorn herself and pray in her jewelry? Is her prayer valid if the rattling of her jewelry is heard during the prayer?
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A praying person alerting another beside him in prayer
While prostrating in prayer, a man beside me raised my arm, thinking that I had placed my forearms on the ground; as such an act is forbidden. Was that man's action sound?
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Praying in the presence of a Bible
What is the Sharee'ah-ruling on praying in a house in which there is a Bible?
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Leaving the recommended acts of the prayer if time only allows for the obligatory ones
Salam alaikum, Ihave two questions regarding "Fatwa No 177145". 1. You said, that it is not allowed to engage in things before prayer, which are unnecessary, when prayer time is near to expiry. Does it also apply to sunan, which are related to the prayer itself? For example, you would recite the seeking of refuge from shaytan or the basmala before al-fatihah... More
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He is forced to pray at home or sitting in the car because of father's mental illness
11- My father has a slight mental illness of doubts. He would not allow me to go out in the rain, even if it is only drizzling or it just seems likely that it would rain, saying that he would throw away my clothes if he sees them wet, as he would not know where the water came from. This pertains to his illness of strong doubts. My father is the authority.. More
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Interrupting obligatory prayer to be checked up by the doctor
Salam Alaikoum, I was in the hospital in the US for few weeks and couldn't move from my hospital bed. I was interrupted during my salat couple of times by my doctor or nurses who come to check on me and I had to break my salat to let them do a check up or run tests. Was breaking my salat haram in this case?. After they left my room , was I supposed.. More
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Rinsing the mouth after eating and drinking before praying
salaam aleikoum, i see that a lot of muslims including myself pray directly after eating or drinking something but when praying the taste is still in the mouth. Is it musta7ab, recommended to wash the mouth inside before praying or only in specific cases like drinking milk? jazaka Allahu gairan. wassalamoe 3alayka
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When the person who comes late to prayer raise his hands when getting up for the third Rak'ah
if one missed some rakat of the prayer, must he perform raf'ul yadein on the third rakat of the imaam or according to his own number of rakat?
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