Tag Archives: imam


Meaning of “ameen”

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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Not agreeing with Imam’s takfir

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

Mosque board members have declared that people who don’t consider Deobandis to be kuffar like the Qadianis – in accordance with the fatwas of Mawlana Ahmad Raza Barelwi – are ‘unwanted’ in the Masjid. Continue reading →

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Salat behind salafi Imam?

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

Whether we can pray salat behind salafi Imam in Makkah and Madinah or not? Continue reading →

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Dream: prayer in dream

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Imam Ali Elsayed

Dream: assalam alaykum Saw a dream in the morning hours i am in a certain mosque. And sitting in the first row ( the mosque and all other musallieen are in white dress). Waiting for Imam to come and lead … Continue reading →

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Imam of Khatam Khwajagan

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Taher Siddiqui

I sometimes travel around with my friend that is also a member of Naqshbandy Haqqani muhibbin (just like me). Is it allowed for us to do Khatam Khwajagan in jamaah of only the two of us? How do we choose the imam among us if this is allowed. Continue reading →

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Praying Behind Wahabi Imam
Prier derrière un imam Wahabi

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

Q: I live in Saudi Arabia and here in most of the masjids the imams are either salafi/wahabi and they dont even recite basmala before fathiha. My question is whether we can follow that imam for prayer? [fr]J’habite en Arabie Saoudite et ici la plupart des imams sont wahabi ou salafi…[/fr] Continue reading →

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Prier derrière un imam Wahabi

Joining Congregational Prayer After First Raka`at

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad

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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Why Do the Imams Differ?

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

At times a difference of opinion occurs due to the different narrations that are found with regards to a particular aspect. One Imam gives preference to one narration on the basis of various criteria while the other Imam, in the light of his knowledge, prefers the other narration. Continue reading →

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Why Follow an Imam?

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Eshaykh Staff

This can be answered by posing a counter-question: “Do you know all the various laws of deen, religion? Are you capable of extracting and deriving the laws pertaining to wudu, salah, zakat, etc. directly from the Qur’an and Hadith? Continue reading →

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