Category : Salah (Prayer)

  • Performing Salāh with incorrect intention

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 289

    Assala mualaikum Omar prayed Maghrib Salaah (of that day) with the Intention of Qadha, assuming that the time of Maghrib Salaah had expired. He realised afterwards (after the time of Maghrib expired) in actual fact the time of Maghrib Salaah of that day had not expired. 1) Was his M...


  • Prayer rows of Children

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 284

    Assalamu Alaikum Can a young child perform salaah with Jamaa’ah in the first row? In our masjid they do not allow children to stand in the first row of the congregation even if there are empty spaces. They say that the child has to be mature. In fact, some people who come late drag...


  • Prayers to get a good partner

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 282

    Assalamu alaykum,   I am a female, 26 years of age. Until now, I only got many proposals, but all were from incompatible families. Are there any wazaaif to get a good partner? What can I pray for someone good to come forward and propose? ...


  • Praying Fajr and Witr behind an Imam from another Madhab

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 280

    Assalamu alaykum, Is it permissible for a Hanafi to pray behind a Shafi’i in Fajr with qunut or witr in Ramadan in the Haramayn or will his prayer be invalid? A certain scholar said there is ittifaq that it is not valid in our madhhab. I would like to know what is the Hanafi ruling for t...


  • Qunut Naazila in prayers besides Fajr

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 266

    al-salamu ‘alaykum, I hope your Ramadan is going by well. Ustadh, I had one question, Did anyone from the Hanafi have the opinion that the ‘qunut nazila’ be read in other read in prayers beside Fajr as well? ...


  • Reading Surah Fatiha twice

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 264

    As salaamu alaykum, What is the reason that if in the 1st or 2nd rakah Surah Fatiha is repeated twice (or the half of more) it does require Sajdah Sahw, but if it is repeated in the 3th or 4th rakah, it does not require Sajdah Sahw? ...


  • Reciting aloud during non-fardh prayers in order to teach a child

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 262

    Assala mualaikum Will it be permissible for a male & female to recite aloud in sunnate muakkadah, sunnat e ghair muakkadah and witr wajib salaah to teach a child how and what to pray in salaah? Jazakumullah u khair Assala mualaikum ...


  • Recitation in Tarawih

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 260

    I was really saddened by the alarming speed which our Huffaadh recited in during the Tarawih prayers. Based on this, I have the following queries: 1) Should the mode of recital, postures ad composure which the Imam has in Fardh prayers also be applicable for the Tarawih prayers? 2) ...


  • Sajdah Sahw behind the Imām: Various questions

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 247

    Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Mufti Sahab,   In case sajdah sahw becomes necessary during a Salah in jama’ah due to Imam’s mistake, in the last qad’ah he recites the tashahhud, then gives one salam on the right side, then perform the two sajdatayn of s...


  • Solar heated water

    26 Feb 2018 Ref-No#: 238

    AssalamuAlaikum Is it permissible to use and perform ghusal with water that has been heated with a solar geyser, whereby the rays of the sun are drawn using a hyaline glass in order to heat the water. After talking to the agent of the solar heating company I have learned that solar ...