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  • Praying in Jamaa’ah (Congregation) after the Imam Has Completed the First One

    Is it permissible to establish a second Jamaah after the Imam finishes the first one? You see some brothers make another Jamaah when they miss the first Jamaah. Other brothers believe that making another Jamaah is not permissible. Both of them have supporting evidence to their stand. Please clarify me the above matter. .. More

  • Delaying prayers and having photograph

    After Azan, how long should I wait before I perform Salah? Is it Haram if I delay prayer for no very important reason? Another question I have is: is it Halal for me to have a photograph of someone special to me by my bedside... More

  • Delaying prayers due to laziness

    If you delay prayers out of laziness, do you have to do the Shahadatayn all over again, take Ghusl and start performing Islamic rituals or just seek forgiveness from Almighty Allah and never delay the prayers again... More

  • The Tasbeeh Prayer

    I was use to pray Salat al-Tasbeeh but now some one has informed me that some scholars (even in Saudi Arabia) say that it was not a confirmed Sunnah I would like to know if reading Salat al-Tasbeeh is right? .. More

  • Experiencing Difficulty Praying

    I am 20 years old and I started to pray 5 months ago. Sometimes bad thoughts come across my mind and my Iman goes down and I become depressed. This feeling happens to me most of the time. Is it normal at the early stages to feel like that? .. More

  • Made a Mistake in the Prayer

    If someone made a mistake in the Salah, but he didn't recognize it till he finishes Salaam. Should he go back and repeat the whole Salah or should he go back and do two Raka'h. .. More

  • Combining prayers in Jama'at while on a journey

    What is the Fatwa on the following:Jama'at was being conducted for Isha prayers while I was on journey. I stopped to combine Maghrib and Isha prayers. Can I join Jama'at or pray separately since I have to pray Salat al-Maghrib?.. More

  • Paying Interest on Due Payments of a Mosque

    I am from Macedonia and I am now living in Germany. Here we have so many Muslims from the same country. We have bought one mosque but we did not pay the whole price. Now we pay interest every month to the bank. The mosque that we bought is bigger than our need. Is this Haram? The second question is: Can we pay our Zakaat and Sadaqatul-Fitr to this mosque... More

  • Three Muslims Praying Friday Prayer

    We are three Muslims in Japan for three months. Can we pray Salah al-Jumu'ah as a group? .. More

  • Woman praying Without Covering Her Feet

    Is it permissible to perform prayers without covering feet? .. More

  • Rulings on Shortening and Combining the Prayers

    My question is about combining and shortening the prayers. What is the distance for doing so? When we start our return journey say after Asr then can we pray Isha and Magrib combining and shortening them, when we reach home? At the time of Magrib we will be in journey in the bus or train or flight, we will reach home only after Isha. Or should we pray.. More

  • Does schizophrenic perform prayers or not

    1) Is there any Islamic healing like using certain recitals from the Qur'an to cure schizophrenia?2) Should a person who is schizophrenic but not showing the symptoms after treatment practise obligatory prayers, etc.?.. More

  • Scared on missed prayers

    I'm 35 years old and I did not perform prayers regularly but now I started performing the prayers. The truth is that I'm so scared that I will not be forgiven for the past years of disobedience. So, I'm scared I will be in hell forever? What can I do?.. More

  • Delaying prayers due to lectures

    During college time there are almost no gaps between lectures and I find it hard to pray during such a short period of time which might mean "Kadaa al-Salah", so what can I do since I feel guilty for that?.. More

  • Changing the Intention of the Prayer After It Starts

    My question is about changing the intention during prayer. For example I wanted to perform four Raka'h of Duha prayer in two sets. But when I started I made them four Raka'h without separating them with Salaam. Now the question, is it correct to change the intention during the prayer? Like, one intended to pray an obligatory prayer but after beginning.. More