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  • A drop of urine emitted during prayer invalidates the prayer

    Salamu walikum, Since becoming pregnant i have had the problem that if i sneeze or cough a drop of urine comes out. During salah i was in tashahhud and i had coughed in my sitting position and a drop of urine came out. I repeated the prayer but was unsure what the ruling was regarding this situation. in future instances, should i just repeat the prayer.. More

  • Rinsing the mouth after eating and drinking before praying

    salaam aleikoum, i see that a lot of muslims including myself pray directly after eating or drinking something but when praying the taste is still in the mouth. Is it musta7ab, recommended to wash the mouth inside before praying or only in specific cases like drinking milk? jazaka Allahu gairan. wassalamoe 3alayka .. More

  • Praying with a pack of cigarettes in one's pocket

    As salam u 'alaikum... Can we pray in clothes having pack of cigarettes in pocket?.. More

  • Wudhoo’ is not valid without washing the feet

    Asalaaamu `Alaikum, My father has been completely away from the deen for many years, maybe 30-40 years he has not made a single salah. Now by the mercy of Allah, he has all of the sudden started trying to go to Jumu'ah and he is trying to go to masjid on a daily basis for other salahs. He is very elderly and it is very hard for him to make wudu. He.. More

  • Confused about prayer times in Sweden

    I am confused about prayer times. I live in Stockholm,Sweden and i have seen so many different prayer times when it comes to fajr and isha. Some of these time tables differ over one hour from eachother sometimes and i don't know which one to follow. And on your website, the prayer times for my area today are like this: Fajr = 12:48 am, Maghrib = 10:05.. More

  • Praying behind someone who predicts the future

    There is a form of shrik in my country whereby people gather sand on a platform and recite some incantations in other to be able to predict, see what will happen to someone or know the future. Is it permissible to observe salat behind an imam that practices such? .. More

  • Praying night prayer right after ‘Ishaa'

    Salamu aleikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. I have heard that Abu Bakr (ra) started to pray qiyam al-layl right after isha prayer. The question is: did he not pray qiyam at the last 1/3 part of the night which the best time for qiyam? Is there any evidences about how he prayed qiyam? wa Jazak Allahu kheiran .. More

  • Compulsive feelings that ‘Awrah is not covered in prayer

    Salam Alaikum. Is pulling down the shirt or shorts in order to cover awrah during prayer invalidate the prayer? Since I receive waswas that my awrah is revealed and I keep on pulling down my shirt or shorts when I perform salah. .. More

  • Validity of prayer whose Athaan is called before its prescribed time starts

    Asalamu alikum We here in Srinagar Kashmir follow a particular salah timing chart. According to that chart, for example, the Asr salah begins at 4:19 and Isha Salah begins at 8:55. But unfortunately, the masjid committee allows the mu'adin to pronounce Adhan at 4:15 for Asr Salah and at 8:45 for Isha Salah. Though we offer salah well after the beginning.. More

  • Sitting with the back slightly bent in Tashahhud

    As-Salaamu Alaykum. As you may know from my previous questions, I am a person heavily affected by severe waswasah. Alhamdulillaah, over the years I have gradually been overcoming this problem but one aspect has remained and intensified so much that thoughts of abandoning this blessed ibaadah have often occured and that is salaah. No doubt the shaytaan.. More

  • Ruling on bringing newspapers containing indecent pictures into the mosque

    How is reading newspapers of all languages English ,urdu, arabic,hindi in mosque? Can newapapers be put under the books,Quran, Ahaadees books in the mosque?whereas some of them contains porn pictures. .. More

  • Ruling on congratulating over ‘Eed after it ends

    Respected Shaikh, Assalam oalaikum. My question is regarding greeting muslims borthers on the second, third or fourth day of Eid by saying Eid Mubarrak ! is allowed or Not ? As one of our muslim brother told me that it is not permissible to greet after the Eid Day as people my fast in the month of Shawal. Jazak Allah Khair. .. More

  • Ruling on producing sounds during prayer

    is making a hmn sound in prayer okay due to thinking about Allah? or as a relief of stress? or as a relief of anger? when in prayer and I am meditating about the verses and a really lovely feeling occurs i make this sound.. but similar sounds in other situations.. .. More

  • Ruling on building a mosque which has apartments above it

    There is a big room in the basement of our 7 story apartment and it was not reserved for any specific purpose by the builders and I presume that this room is the common property of all the 244 flat owners.. Uptill now it was being used as a Musalla. Now some people want to convert it into a Sharaee masjid. Can they do so when there are residences above.. More

  • Offering the prayer in congregation in the mosque is not specific to Ramadan

    In our place many people pray and fast in Radaman regularly and the mosque is always full. But we cannot see these people near Mosque after 30th of Ramadan. What we can say and think about them? One of our Imams said we should not talk anything about their behavior, and if we talk our prayer during the whole year will go waste. Is it right? Also in.. More