Teaching Faith and Prayer
365 questions
What are the effects of Allah's attributes on faith?
Must a girl inform a suitor about the scar from a surgical operation on her back, knowing that this might affect her chances of marriage?
To what extent is the authenticity of what has been reported that abandoning one prayer leads to Hellfire for sixty thousand years, and abandoning Dhuhr is equivalent to killing a thousand Muslims, and abandoning Asr demolishes the Kaaba, and Maghrib is like committing adultery with one's parents, and Isha removes blessings?
What should I do regarding my desire to marry another woman because my wife does not sufficiently satisfy my needs, given that I know of her intense love and kindness, her complete rejection of the idea of another wife, and my unwillingness to divorce her?
Will a person be held accountable on the Day of Judgment for believing that whoever abandons prayer out of laziness is not a disbeliever, and what is the ruling on him if the opposite becomes clear, and does this belief affect his faith if he is afflicted with scrupulosity (waswas) and uses it to justify doubt in purity and prayer?
What is the ruling on the session of rest?
Is my prayer valid if I doubted the number of Rak'ahs (three or four) during the last Tashahhud of the Asr prayer, and I based it on the lesser number (three), then completed the Tashahhud and said the Taslim, and after that, I performed another Rak'ah and prostrated for forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw)?
What are the best ways to ignore obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that has caused physical illnesses and prevented the reading of the Qur’an and prayer, after 14 years of suffering, and what should the questioner do about the fear that ignoring it will lead to feeling that forbidden things are real?
Is it obligatory to repeat a prayer in which there was no khushu' (devotion) and concentration? And what is the advice when that recurs?
What is the ruling on a Muslim female teacher—living in a European country—teaching the five religions to Muslim children, while being certain of the truth of Islam?
Does delaying the Fajr prayer until after sunrise, due to the assumption that there isn't enough time for both the Sunnah and Fajr prayers together, fall under the category of deliberate delay that expels one from the faith?
How should a newly committed religious man deal with his wife who refuses to remove the television from the house, does not observe prayer, and he wishes to raise his children according to the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger?
What are the ways to reform society and transform it into an Islamic society in light of the current divisions and conflicts?
What is the ruling regarding someone who performs ablution for every minor ritual impurity, despite frequent urination, seeking the virtues of ablution?
Is saying "Samia Allahu liman hamidah" (Allah hears the one who praises Him) and "Rabbana lakal Hamd" (Our Lord, to You be all praise) in prayer obligatory or a Sunnah, and does the congregant say "Samia Allahu liman hamidah"?
What is the ruling on a girl who prays and repeatedly abandons prayer, and fears her inability to consistently maintain it?
How can one strengthen faith and determination in obedience and repentance, especially after repeatedly falling into sin? And does God forgive sins after they are committed again? And what must be done to atone for aborting a fetus?
What is the ruling regarding a mosque imam who opposes the teaching plan, is rumored to practice sorcery, misses the Fajr prayer, uses his phone during lessons, and has been expelled from other mosques due to his misconduct and financial issues? What is the ruling on praying behind him? Should he be expelled? Is the mosque committee sinful if they keep him?
Is it permissible to pray in congregation with a group whose members fight amongst themselves, and whose Imam usurps lands?
What is the ruling on praying Tarawih eleven rak'ahs immediately after 'Isha, as opposed to twenty-one rak'ahs (ten after 'Isha, ten before Fajr, and Witr), and is praying Qiyam before Fajr an innovation?
What is the reward for performing the night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl)?
Is it obligatory to obey a father who orders one to stop raising the hands before and after bowing (in prayer)?
What is the ruling on bringing young children who play and move around in the mosque?
Is the ḥadīth, "Do not refer to me as Sayyid (master) in your prayers," authentic, and is it better to say, "Allāhumma ṣalli 'alā Sayyidinā Muḥammad (O Allah, bless our Master Muḥammad)" in the prayer?