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  • Commuting to and Back from Work Daily: Can He Shorten Prayers?

    If a person travels every day for work(leave morning them come home at night), or perhaps he does this for some period of time but not always, then can he combine his prayers at his destination? .. More

  • Meaning of Verse: {And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers}

    assalam alikum in 10:94 it says to ask those who have read the book before thee meaning christions and jews about story of noah and moses but the storys in the bible of noah and moses are different than the storys in the quran like bible says ark landed on mount arat but quran says mount judi and bible says noah was a drunk but quran says no .. More

  • Performing Only Obligatory Prayer

    What is the ruling on praying only fard prayers? I used to always only perform the fard prayers for each prayer. Is all of the prayers I performed invalid? .. More

  • Lacks Khushoo’ in Prayer

    Assalamu Alaikum I do not know how to tell my story. Since I was little i was taught everything about Islam. And, praise be to Allah, I believe in Him, and that there is no God but Him, His messengers, may peace be with them all, His books, the day of judgment and in His decree. I also believe that prayer is obligatory, as well as zakat, etc. The.. More

  • Praying the Three-Rak’ah Witr Prayer Two Rak’ahs and Then One

    assalamu alaykum. I have a question: Is it permissible to pray 2 rakkas of witr at the masjid and then pray the one rakaa left at home? i read that the prophet used to seperate the thrid and second rakaa of witr for a certain matter in saheeh al bukhari. What about If i m not a hanafi but the masjid people are hanafis, then is it permissible? .. More

  • Students Holding Multiple Jumu'ah Prayers Because of Lectures

    Asalamu Alkium, I organize Jummah Prayers at my University in Canada. Within the time for Dhur we usually do 2 Jummahs to best accommodate students. However every year. We get about 25-30 students that are unable to make it to both Jummahs due to classes or a lab that span the time for both. The idea of making a 3rd Jummah comes up which divides our.. More

  • Lives Far; Is He Obliged To Attend Congregation?

    Here in Germany the Masaajid are not allowed to make the Adhan loudly. The nearest Masjid to my home as per beeline (linear distance) is 1.27km away but the actual walking distance is 2.4km because the way is not straight and I have to walk through the city. Then there is another Masjid that is around 1.6km away, both linear distance and actual walking.. More

  • Commended to Perform All Sunnah Acts of The Prayer

    When I pray, I do the minimum that's required. I aim for validity instead of reward. For example I do the obligatory actions and miss out probably most of the sunnah actions. And I slouch and cross my arms. I still respect Salah fully though, I just make it as easy as possible. Am I sinful for this in any way? And what about the Hadith about prayer.. More

  • Overcome by Sleep in Prayer

    If a person is very sleepy while praying, for example, he can barely stand or keep his eyes open, he keeps forgetting or does not know at which point of the prayer in which he is, he doesn't know that which he is saying, etc., then can he take a nap, even if he thinks that he will most likely miss the time of the prayer, and then perform it later? Especially.. More

  • Combining and Shortening Prayers Before Starting Journey

    Assalamo alaikum, Could you please tell me whether i can pray zuhar and asar together before leaving for airport if time for zohar has entered? Jazakallahu khairan .. More

  • A Repentant Apostate Makes Up Missed Prayers

    السلام عليكم و رحمة الله وبركاته.. My question is : If a person commited kufr, and he wants to repeat his prayers and fasts. How to repeat the prayers? Can we pray after asr (disallowed time to pray) ? Can we pray alot, maybe like 20 prayers (4 days worth of prayers) in one time, or more? Does the prayers have to be in orders.. More

  • Praying with Pants Shaping The ‘Awrah

    Assalaamu alaikum wa Rahmatullah We most of Bangladeshis wear pants over shirts in offices. So the shape of our waists (below the navel) becomes visible to others. Particularly when we bow and prostrate in Salah, the shape of our backs and private parts become clear to others. In such a case, performing salah with these dresses would be correct or.. More

  • What Matters is Leaving The Mus-haf in The Mosque

    If i borrow something from place A and then i put it back on other place but still in the same area, is that okay?. Example is in a masjid i took a quran from a shelf in the right side of the masjid. But after finished using it, i put it in another shelf but still in that masjid. .. More

  • Great Reward for Praying In The Mosque

    Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakathuhu My home is far away from masjid, usually adhaan I will not be audible in my home,Am I obliged to pray in masjid? I know the adhaan and salaat times. it will take 5 minutes to go masjid in vehicle. Will I get extra rewards I pray in masjid .. More

  • Prayed 2 Years Without Ritual Purity

    As Salamu alaykum wr wb, this issue has been bothering me for some time. I'm a revert and started praying my salah maybe 2 years ago. In the beginning there were some things I did wrong during salah like not covering my head properly and not pronouncing the Arabic correctly, however I was still learning. There was this one period of time I would do.. More