Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion (Q-102) Is it permissible to perform Qaḍā of Ṣalāh (make up for missed prayers) after Fajr time has started and after performing Ṣalāh Al-ʿAṣr? Answer: The Answer with the Help of the Almighty King, the Bestower. So long as the makrūh (disliked) time does not enter i.e. the time for sunset and the time ..
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Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion (Q-101) What do the Scholars of the Ahl al-Sunnah state in relation to the following matter; if someone did not manage to perform ʿIshā with Jamāʿah (congregation) in Ramaḍān then can he join the Jamāʿah (congregation) of Witr or will he have to read Witr alone? Kindly provide guidance in relation to the details ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-100) What is the wisdom behind the necessitation of Sajdah al-Tilāwah? Answer: Answer with the Help of the Almighty King, the All Knowing There are fourteen Blessed Verses of the Noble Qur’ān which when recited or heard, necessitate Sajdah al-Tilāwah (prostration of recitation). The wisdom behind this is either that the Verse in which ..
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion (Q-98) Due to the heat, the youth attend the Masjid in vests instead of wearing shirts. When we ask them they say that the body parts that have to be hidden are only those between the naval and the knees. My question is whether Ṣalāh is valid in this situation. Answer:When a bondsman performs ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-82) Is sleeping and then waking up necessary in order for Tahajjud to be performed or can one perform Tahajjud without having slept? Answer: Salāt-ul-Layl (Night Prayer) refers to every Nafl (voluntary) Salāh performed after Salāt-ul-‘Ishā regardless of whether one slept before performing the Salāh or not. Tahajjud is a specific type of Salāt-ul-Layl. ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-77)We are renovating a hall for our Masjid and wish to set the rows in such a way that they face towards the front wall of the building so that there is room for more rows thus allowing more people to congregate in the hall during congregational prayer. This will lead to the rows ..
Reading Time: < 1 minuteQuestion (Q-76) By the Grace of Allah, I perform all five prayers punctually. However, my wife only performs some prayers. I encourage her to perform all the prayers but she still fails to perform all five prayers. What is your advice in relation to this? Answer: The wife of the questioner is a disobedient person ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-45)A person mentioned that he wished for a certain personality to lead his Funeral Prayer (Salāt ul Janāzah). Is this wish to be taken into consideration according to the Sharī’ah? If the local Imām leads the Funeral Prayer (Salāt ul Janāzah), does the closest relative (Walī) have the right to perform the Janāzah a ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-44)Is it permissible for Jumu’ah to be performed in several places within the same city? Answer:It is permissible for Jumu’ah to be performed in several places within the same city. The verdict (Fatwā) within the Hanafī school is given in accordance with this statement. It is stated in Al Fatāwā Al Hindiyyah, Volume 1, ..
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuestion (Q-43)After the Friday Sermon (Khutbah), should the Imām listen to the Iqāmah standing up or sitting down? Should he stand at حَىَّ عَلى الفَلاح? At which point should the Imām stand when about to lead other Prayers besides Jumu’ah? Answer:The Imām may remain stood up at the time when Iqāmah is being recited after ..