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  • Prayer of the traveler

    I came to UK to study about four years ago. I hope next year I will finish it. Apart from that I married. Now I have been with my husband for nearly three years. My husband like me is from East Africa. He came here before me. I have a doubt in praying. I heard that since I have an intention of returning home with my husband, I can pray Salat.. More

  • Reciting the Salah aloud when alone, Days the Prophet fasted

    Is right to read out by yourself in Salah in Fajr, Maghrib and Isha out loud when the time is for Salah. Does the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) fast on every Mondays and Thursdays.. Is it sunnah to grow your hair .. More

  • Praying after Fajr

    Is the time of Ishraaq's prayer begins 1 hour and 40 minutes after the time of Fajr? Can you perform any optional or Fard Salah in this time? Can you recite or make any Zikr during this time?.. More

  • Confused about the correctness of his prayer

    One day I was performing Fajr prayer together with some brothers, and I follow the Hanafi Madhab; however, about 2/3 hours later, it went through my mind that I made a wrong Niyyah. Since in the Hanafi Fiqh we have to say "Aqtedeytu Bihazal Imam" when we follow Imam, now I don't know for sure if I forgot these words, it only came to my mind.. More

  • Permissible Istikharah

    For whom is Istikharah permissible? Is it permissible to do Istikharah for an unknown person who is very far away from us in any part of this world? The person doing Istikharah do not know the name of the person for whom he does Istikharah, but seeks his name, and then seek guidance whether he has been bewitched? This is described on a TV program.. More

  • Praying behind a paid Imam

    Can we perform prayers behind a paid Imam and if the Imam is totally commercial... More

  • Effects of eclipses on pregnant woman

    Do the solar and the lunar eclipses have any kind of impact on a pregnant woman or on her child? Please let the answer be based on Qur'anic verses and Hadith... More

  • Forbidden times for prayer

    There is Hadith in Bukhari and Muslim regarding the forbidden time of prayers and it emphasizes not to pray during sunrise or sunset because the SUN is traveling in between the two hones of Satan. According to science every second the sun is rising and setting somewhere in the globe. The question is - according to the above Hadith and science.. More

  • Traveling alone to pray in a mosque

    I have to travel alone at night (by bicycle or foot, at about 25-50 min.) to perform Fajr or Isha prayer in the closest Mosque. Would it be correct to travel alone for the purpose of praying in a mosque?.. More

  • Praying Tahiyyat al-Masjid while outside the Masjid

    Our Masjid is quite small so in Salah Jumua'h many of us have to pray outside the Masjid. Do we have to pray the two Rak'ah of Tahiyat although we are not in the Masjid?.. More

  • Closing One’s Eyes in Prayer

    I am non-Arabic Muslim when I pray Salat in Arabic I also think of the translation, so that the words coming from my mouth have meaning to me. To concentrate in Salat and remember translation I close my eyes. Some say it is not good to close your eyes when praying Salat. Please Advise. .. More

  • Loses concentration while praying

    I pray five times a day regularly behind the Imam in the mosque. The problem is in the beginning of the "Fard" prayer, I can keep my concentration only in the first Raka'ah; then Satan comes in to my mind and I lose concentration and only after the Imam finishes the prayer I realize that I have lost the good deeds of the Salah. If I close my eyes through.. More

  • Praying in rows divided by pillars

    What is the verdict on praying Jamaa' and some rows divided by pillars?.. More

  • Recitation of a Surah after al-Fatiha in Sunnah prayers

    During Sunnah prayers do you have to recite a Surah after Surah al-Fatiha in the third and forth Rak'ah?.. More

  • Helping Muslims in Iraq by Qunut

    I live in England. What is the best way to help the brothers and sisters in Iraq. do we have to recite qunoot in a daily prayer which is i heard a hadith that companions of prophet that used to do qunoot in their five times prayer .. More