Salat – Prayer



Ritual prayer in Islam, its integral, recommended, disliked and other aspects.


dua during sajdah

Posted on March 8, 2014 by Eshaykh Staff

Is it permissible to recite the dua of davood as (quran aya 9:129 and allahum a’tif qalba …. ” in sujood (prostration) of thahajjud , isthikhara or any other sunnah prayers? Continue reading →

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Praying Tahajjud without Sleeping Before

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

IF I HAVE INSOMNIA & HAVE GONE TO BED AFTER ISHA AND CAN’T SLEEP & TIME REACHES MIDNIGHT AND I FEAR MISSING FAJR. Continue reading →

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Combining Prayers Due to Rain

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

COMBINING DHUHR & ASR DUE TO RAIN.(shafi) MUST THIS ONLY BE DONE IN MASJID, OR CAN IT BE DONE WHEN OUT AND ABOUT VISITING AT FRIEND/FAMILY HOMES, SHOPPING ETC (NOT WHEN HOME!) Continue reading →

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Missing Tahajjud

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

May I please ask: Is it a must that one sleep first for tahajud prayer? If one goes to bed with niyat for tahajjud prayer but has extreme difficulty getting to sleep & after some time gets up (after rest but not sleep) and prays 2 rakaat with niyat of tahajjud is this valid? Continue reading →

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Regarding Tahajjud

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

1: As a Shafi would like to confirm …. Is it true that tahajjud prayer can be performed at ANY time after `Isha as long as one has slept then awoke to perform the prayer ( even if before midnight )? Continue reading →

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Reciting Thana behind the imam – Hanafi

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Shaykh Senad Agic

If the imam does not recite the thana and directly starts al-Fatiha, do we recite thana on our own behind him while he is reciting al-Fatiha? Continue reading →

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Praying while nursing

Posted on February 22, 2014 by Hajjah Faridah

Is it ok to pray while nursing a baby? Continue reading →

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Dua for Study

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Eshaykh Staff

As salamu aliakum,
I am applying to medical programs this year and I am forever stressing over them. I have not heard back from any schools yet and I was wondering if there was any dua or surah I could recite so that I could be more at ease and get accepted into the program of my choice for this fall. Continue reading →

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Regarding Ameen out loud in Namaz

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Eshaykh Staff

I am a murid of sultan maulana sheikh Nazim but my father is not but we are all hanafi my father wants to know why we say “Ameen” out loud in namaz when he says hanafi people don’t say it out loud please explain with detail on why we do Jazakallah Continue reading →

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Who can lead the prayer ?

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Shaykh Senad Agic

I’m a young unmarried person. Sometimes for jama’ah prayer some brothers ask me to lead it. If we are a group of brothers, who leads the prayer? Continue reading →

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