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  • Fate of one who believes that missing prayers deliberately is only sin and not Kufr

    Respected Shaykh, In fatwa no. 83724, you have mentioned that the scholars differed with regards to a person becoming a disbeliever if they deliberately miss a prayer (or prayers) out of laziness. Some said that this person still remains a believer while others said that he has become a disbeliever. Each group has their evidences. My question is.. More

  • Slight movement while praying does not negate Tuma'neenah

    Assalaam alaykum. I have a few more questions about ease in prayer. These answers will help me very much, Allaah willing: 1. In each position, does the praying person have to recite the required Athkaar (plural of Thikr [expressions of remembrance of Allaah]) while simultaneously being completely still? If a person recites while not being completely.. More

  • Imaam left prayer and second imaam started Al-Faatihah from beginning

    Assalaamu alaykum. While praying the Maghrib prayer, the imam's ablution broke, and another person took the lead with a new recitation of Al-Faatihah. When we finished, it was said that we should prostrate because the previous imam had commenced reciting Al-Faatihah and that the second imam, instead of continuing from where the first one had stopped,.. More

  • Swallowing phlegm during the prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. I thank you for your responses regarding previous questions about the prayers. I keep trying to get better in my worship. I often catch a cold just because of the weather or just because of taking a bath. During prayers, the mucus bothers me, and I have some minor difficulty breathing. So then I sniff the mucus so that it does not.. More

  • 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

  • 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