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  • Doubting correctness of prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum, my Brothers and Sisters. I am a 16-year-old boy. Allaah, The Exalted, guided me to the right path during the 10 last days of Ramadan, praise be to Allaah. So ever since, I have done my prayers and read the Quran. However, Brothers, everytime I pray, I try to pray like our prophet, Muhammed  sallallaahu  `alayhi  wa  sallam ( may  Allaah exalt his mention ) but everytime.. More

  • Detailed account of Salat At-Tawbah (prayer of repentance)

    How exactly do you pray Salaat At-Tawbah? I have seen your other fatwas, but I do not know what you say during this specific prayer. When do you supplicate? During the prayer? If so, then when during the prayer? Also, do we generalise in the supplication? Is it a specific supplication that we say? How many times do we say it? How long should the prayer.. More

  • Making up years of missed prayers according to one's ability

    With reference to fatwa 105182, it was mentioned that a person must pray two days worth of Qadha prayers, each day, in order to not be considered negligent. I have been trying to complete my past Qadha prayers (missed over the years), but I am not able to complete two days worth of Qadha prayers every day. Am I considered sinful and blameworthy as a.. More

  • Small part of woman's legs or arms revealed in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. If I wear loose pants during the prayer, then the leg holes at the bottom are loose as well, so when I prostrate, if someone stands behind me and lies down and puts their face close to the floor, then they might be able to see a little bit of my leg by looking inside the leg holes, would that invalidate my prayer? Similarly, when.. More

  • Missing Taraaweeh prayer not sin

    Do you know of any scholar who would have said that not praying Taraweeh (night prayers in the month of Ramadan) at all is a sin? .. More

  • Raising hands before and after Rukoo’

    Can we claim with 100% certainty that doing Raf'ul Yadayn (raising hands before and after Rukoo’) was never abrogated? Or is it an issue about which difference of opinions is permissible? .. More

  • Saying ‘Assalaamu Alaykum’ in Tasleem

    Assalaamu 'alaykum. If the imam of the mosque, following Tasleem, says, "Salam 'alaykum wa rahmatullah" or "Assalam 'alaykum wa rahmatullah" or "Salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullah,"is the prayer valid?Can you pray behind such an imam? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Supplication between Athaan and Iqaamah

    About how long is a good supplication between the azan and the Iqaamah (second, small call to prayer)? And would the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,supplicate between the azan and the Iqaamah of every prayer? Please answer my exact question. .. More

  • Weeping loudly in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. This time, my question is regarding weeping loudly during the Qunoot supplication or while listening to the Quran recitation during the prayer; is that permissible or does it constitute innovation? .. More

  • Maaliki position on raising hands in prayer and saying Aameen aloud

    What is the position of the Maaliki School of Thought regarding raising the hands in the prayer and saying 'Aameen' (amen) out loud? .. More

  • Building new mosque next to old one

    We are constructing a new mosque in our village, just next to the old mosque. The old mosque is closed now, but it has not been demolished yet, and we have already started praying in the new mosque, which has been under construction foralmost three years now. However, some scholars and a group of people in our village say that we have to connect the.. More

  • Catching time of prayer with one Rak'ah

    Our honourable scholars, assalaamu alaykum, my question is about this hadith: Whoever catches a Rak'ah (unit of prayer) of a prayer before its time has expired has caught the entire prayer in its time. Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet, sallallaahu ʻalayhi wa sallam,said, "Whoever catches one Rak'ah of the prayer has caught the prayer.".. More

  • Pronouncing Takbeerat Al-Ihraam incorrectly

    Assalamu alaykum. I was told recently that in the pronunciation of Takbeerat Al-Ihraam, onemust pronounce it 'Allaahu Akbar' and not 'Allaahuwakbar' or else it invalidates your prayer. I have much difficulty in telling the two apart, sometimes I repeat my Takbeerat Al-Ihraam because I cannot tell whether I said it right or not. .. More

  • Two Rak'ahs before Fajr not obligatory

    Are there any scholars who think that it is obligatory to offer the two-Rak‘ah (units of prayer) prayer before the two-Rak‘ahobligatory prayer of Fajr? .. More

  • Staying up late and missing Fajr prayer

    Please answer this simple question as soon as possible. I read other questions on the site, but they did not address the issue. What is the ruling on one who wakes up at Fajr most of the time but sometimes unnecessarily stays up till late at night and sets an alarm and asks others to wake him but still sleeps throughout the Fajr. Is he sinning while.. More