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  • Reciting the Salah aloud when alone, Days the Prophet fasted

    Is right to read out by yourself in Salah in Fajr, Maghrib and Isha out loud when the time is for Salah. Does the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) fast on every Mondays and Thursdays.. Is it sunnah to grow your hair .. More

  • Confused about the correctness of his prayer

    One day I was performing Fajr prayer together with some brothers, and I follow the Hanafi Madhab; however, about 2/3 hours later, it went through my mind that I made a wrong Niyyah. Since in the Hanafi Fiqh we have to say "Aqtedeytu Bihazal Imam" when we follow Imam, now I don't know for sure if I forgot these words, it only came to my mind.. More

  • Closing One’s Eyes in Prayer

    I am non-Arabic Muslim when I pray Salat in Arabic I also think of the translation, so that the words coming from my mouth have meaning to me. To concentrate in Salat and remember translation I close my eyes. Some say it is not good to close your eyes when praying Salat. Please Advise. .. More

  • Loses concentration while praying

    I pray five times a day regularly behind the Imam in the mosque. The problem is in the beginning of the "Fard" prayer, I can keep my concentration only in the first Raka'ah; then Satan comes in to my mind and I lose concentration and only after the Imam finishes the prayer I realize that I have lost the good deeds of the Salah. If I close my eyes through.. More

  • Recitation of a Surah after al-Fatiha in Sunnah prayers

    During Sunnah prayers do you have to recite a Surah after Surah al-Fatiha in the third and forth Rak'ah?.. More

  • Helping Muslims in Iraq by Qunut

    I live in England. What is the best way to help the brothers and sisters in Iraq. do we have to recite qunoot in a daily prayer which is i heard a hadith that companions of prophet that used to do qunoot in their five times prayer .. More

  • Turning Off a Cell Phone During Prayer

    In the Hanafi School of jurisprudence, we can't do anything during the prayer (Salah) which shows that we are not in Salah. So if one's cell phone rings during Salah, can he pull it out of his pocket and turn it off according to Hanafi School of jurisprudence? Please give me a detailed answer. .. More

  • Recitation of Qur'an in the prayers

    In all prayers Fard, Sunnah, Nafil it is compulsory to recite three verses of the Holy Qur’an. My question is, is the three verses to be recited in each Rak’ah or divided into other Rak’ah. For example, in Fard prayers are the three verses to be recited in each Rak’ah or in two Rak’ah? .. More

  • Praying while wearing clean shoes

    Is it alright to pray with clean shoes on?.. More

  • Raising the hands in prayer

    What is the way according to the Sunnah to raise hands: When (while) rising from Ruku’ or after rising from Ruku’? How the hands should be raised: all the time (if rising from Ruku’) until completely straightening up or only once (putting them down before straightening up)?.. More

  • Cracking the knuckles

    Is cracking one's knuckles Haram? Is it mentioned in Hadith? .. More

  • Basmala in Surah Al-Fatihah

    Is ‘Bismillah’ the first Ayah of Surah Fatihah and should it be read aloud in the Fard prayers? Why is Ayah 5 followed by Ayah 7 in Surah Fatihah in those Qur’an which do not list ‘Bismillah’ as the first Ayah of Surah Fatihah?.. More

  • Wearing jewelry while praying

    Can a person wear jewelry when praying?.. More

  • Raising hands before and after Ruku'

    I had a question concerning Raful Yadain (raising hands before and after Ruku’). It has come to my knowledge that it was originally commanded by the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) because the Muslims used to hide idols under their arms, and this "raising of hands" would drop the idols. Later after the Muslims realized that.. More

  • Hadith about getting up in prayer from the second prostration

    Can I use this Hadith as a proof that it is Sunnah to support on the ground when we are getting up in prayer: Narrated Ayub: ‘Abu Qilaba said, "Malik bin Huwairith came to us and led us in the prayer in this mosque of ours and said, 'I lead you in prayer but I do not want to offer the prayer but just to show you how Allah's Apostle performed.. More