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`Ibadat – Worship
Make-up Prayers When Traveling
Q: When we travel 50 miles we only [pray] two rakats. Suppose we don’t do these rakats when we arrived at destination. We go back home. Do we then 2 or we do replace it with the normal number of fard rakaates? Continue reading
Joining Congregational Prayer After First Raka`at
Q: We join the fard prayers after it started, lets say at the second rakaates, when the Imam gives salam we stand up to complete what we are missing. Do I read the thanaa before Alhamdolillah? Continue reading
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Tagged congregation, imam, late, prayer, recitation
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Salams to Woman at Musalla
Question: Asalammualikum Wa Rahamathullah wa Barakatahu One of my friends works in a corporate company and he doesnt find any Masjid near by so he does perform namaz in office itself. He will be go to the top floor and … Continue reading
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Tagged musallah, office, prayer, woman
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Praying in Mosque with People of Different `Aqidah
Q: I live in a community where in mosque every type of people come and offer prayer. Wahabi, Deobandi, Salafi etc. Is it a strong reason to offer prayer in my room?… Continue reading
Posted in Halal & Haram, Salat - Prayer
Tagged `aqidah, congregational prayer, Deobandi, jama`ah, mosque, prayer, Salafi, salat, Wahabi
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Making Prostration (Sajdah)
Questions: “I have two questions. The first concerning sajdah. Do knees touch “the ground first, or do hands? I remember someone quoting a hadith “about not making sajdah like a camel. What does this mean? Answer: The only school that … Continue reading
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Tagged position, prayer, prostration, sajdah
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Fasting: Why Stop Eating 10 Minutes Before Fajr (Imsak)?
Q: Most books of fiqh seem to state that the wajib time to begin fasting is at the true dawn (when the second adhan in pronounced)….?
A: This is not a ‘requirement’ but, rather, a recommendation, for the reason you mentioned… Continue reading
Mash on Socks
A: I’m not very good when it comes to the details of the grades of traditions. Is it a forgery because one of its narrators is rejected? What you think are the reasons an author would include it in his book when the status of a hadith is highly doubtful?
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Tagged Ahl al-Hadith, ghayr muqallid, jawarib, khuffs, mash, taqlid
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Women and Mosque Attendance
Q: Would you please mention the adab (etiquette) of women attending the mosque?
A:…Women should be assertive in forming regular women’s meetings at their local mosques to study Islam and to discuss Islamic solutions to women’s issues… Continue reading
Posted in Family Issues, Salat - Prayer, Women's Issues
Tagged adab, children, disorder, education, etiquette, masjid, meetings, mosque, respect, socialization, women, worship
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Requirements for Women Fasting Ramadan
Q: Please provide some guidelines on the requirements of women fasting during Ramadan.
A: … Allah grants special mercy for women, and requirements of worship are less stringent for them than for men… Continue reading
Posted in Halal & Haram, Siyam - Fasting, Women's Issues
Tagged breast-feeding, exemption, Fasting, haram, hardship, illness, menses, nursing, ramadan, sadaqa, siyam, travel, work
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Differences in Times of Imsak
…I just wanted some background on the issue of why there seems to be so much disparity on the time for when suhur ends and fajr starts… Continue reading
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Tagged calculation, computer, fajr, Fasting, imsak, ramadan, siyam, subh, subh al-kadhib, subh as-sadiq, suhur, timing
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