Question:
Salaamalaykum.
1.According to Hanafi madhab, when a woman does Sajdah, do her shins have to touch the ground? If not how should a woman perform sajdah? And according to what authority?
2.Could you also recommend books/websites to learn fiqh according to the Hanafi madhab?
3.If salah timings clash when one is in school- r they allowed to join their salah? for example, sometimes i miss asr (at around 3:00) because i am in a lesson and i join it with zuhr.. what would be recommended to do in this situation because i don’t think its a valid situation in which one may join their salah. What should be done?
4.What parts must be covered for one to be fulfilling the condition of Hijab? and does covering the chin hold any importance because many Shia women do it for some reason..
5.Also-why is it important to learn Arabic?
JAZAKALLAH KHAYR :)
Answer:
wa `alaykum salam,
1. During Sujood (prostration) her body should be drawn together with the front of the thighs touching the stomach and the back placed on the calves, the shins placed flat on the ground and buttocks should touch the heels of the feet.
2. Al-Fiqh Al-Islami According to the Hanafi Madhhab by Shaykh Akram Nadwi
3. If you do all that you can but still not able to offer the prayer on time, there is nothing wrong with joining two prayers, so you may join
Zuhr and ‘Asr, and Maghrib and ‘Isha’, because of the report narrated by Muslim (705) from Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) joined Zuhr and ‘Asr, and Maghrib and ‘Isha’, in Madinah when there was no fear and no rain. According to the hadeeth of Wakee’ he said: I said to Ibn ‘Abbas: Why did he do that? He said: So that his ummah would not be subjected to hardship, i.e., so that they would not face any difficulty.
4. It is not necessary for her to cover that part of her face which is washed while performing Wudhu, or the hands up to the wrists, or the upper feet up to the ankles.
5.. Arabic is the language of the Qur’an. Muslims are to study Arabic on some level in order to read Qur’an in its original form and in order to pray.
Imam Senad Agic
Head Imam (IABNA)
The Islamic Association of Bosniaks in North America
American Islamic Center – Chicago
