In the name of Allaah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allaah: I entered the mosque to perform the Thuhr prayer and when the Imaam recited the Takbeerat Al-Ihraam and did not perform the Rukoo‘ (i.e. bowing), I realized that he was performing the funeral prayer, so I changed my intention to that of performing the funeral prayer. After.. More
When I entered the mosque to perform one of the obligatory prayers, I found that the Imaam is the person with whom I had a quarrel before. Because of this quarrel, we no longer speak to one another. Should I perform the congregational prayer behind him or perform it individually? Please advise. .. More
During the first Rak‘ah of the Fajr prayer, I fell asleep in the first prostration and did not wake up until the second. Therefore, I performed only one prostration in the first Rak‘ah and not two: what should I do? Should I perform this Fajr prayer again? Is expiation due, given that this was a long time ago? .. More
I am a young man and give much charity out of my modest wealth. But I strive against myself in order to regularly observe the prayer as I find real difficulty in this regard. Also, I sometimes smoke using a hookah. So I feel despair that Allaah The Almighty does not accept my charity. Please advise. Thank you. .. More
If I ate and did not rinse my mouth before performing the prayer, does swallowing the remnants of food in between my teeth invalidate the prayer? .. More
I am a Muslim residing in Europe and my colleague brings his dog to work. We work in shifts and each of us works alone. I was praying somewhere and then noticed that the dog was sleeping in that place every time I came to work, so I started to pray somewhere else. However, I came to know that the dog would move around and lie down wherever it wanted,.. More
I learned how to pray when I was a child, but without saying Takbeerat Al-Ihraam (saying 'Allaahu Akbar' while one is standing at the beginning of prayer). I did not know that it is one of the pillars of the prayer. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on my past prayers? In a Hadeeth, the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: "My Ummah is forgiven.. More