Prayer
This topic gathers questions about salah, the daily prayer. Most of them are practical rather than theoretical. Readers ask when a prayer begins and ends, and what happens to one that was missed. Others ask what to do when something goes wrong partway through. The pages below cover the five daily prayers, prayer times, congregation and the mosque, Friday prayer, and travel. Every answer here is a sourced summary of a fatwa published on Ftawy, with the full ruling one tap away. Start with the five daily prayers if you are unsure where your question belongs.
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What is the ruling on someone who remembers the forgotten Fajr prayer due to a mistake in ablution, while making up other subsequent prayers?
Did the Prophets come back to life from their graves to pray when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led them in prayer in Jerusalem on the Night of Isra'?
Is it permissible to rescue an injured dog and shelter it temporarily with the intention of selling it later, and is prayer valid in this situation?
Is prayer obligatory to be repeated if some of its pillars - such as devotion - were missed due to the imam's speed?
Which is better: sitting in the first row far from the preacher, or in the second or third row directly in front of the preacher, to attain closeness to the preacher on the Day of Judgment?
How does one make up two combined prayers for an excuse after their invalidity becomes apparent: Is it obligatory to combine them with the intention of combining when making them up, or is it permissible to make up each prayer separately without the intention of combining?
Are the prayers, Friday prayers, and Ramadan atonements for the sins committed between them, if major sins are avoided, or are all sins—major and minor—recorded if major sins are not avoided, especially since missing some prayers is not considered a major sin?
Does the belief that one should prioritize the performance of Sunnah and voluntary prayers over what one deems better for one's livelihood and bodily health, based on the understanding that whoever believes there is guidance better than that of the Prophet commits an act of disbelief (kufr), render a person a disbeliever?
How can one atone for the sins of masturbation and abandoning prayer due to ritual impurity (janabah), and what is required after breaking an oath to quit masturbation?
What should I do regarding the prayers I performed while menstrual blood was on my clothes without having performed ghusl, and the prayers in which I was unaware of the necessity of ghusl or wudu from semen (mani) and pre-seminal fluid (madhy), and the fasting days I missed, given the difficulty of making up all these days, my inability to offer expiation, and my family preventing me from fasting?
What do you do in the case of a paternal cousin's daughter possessed by a jinn who speaks through her and refuses to leave, claiming to love her, especially since taking her for ruqyah has been repeatedly fruitless?
Must I continue in a marriage that was contracted with a person who only prays on Fridays, after I discovered this to be contrary to what I was told about him before the marriage?
What is the ruling on praying Tahiyyat al-Masjid (greeting the mosque prayer) in a rented mosque?
What is the ruling on prayer after a dog licks one's foot, whether intentionally or unintentionally?
What is the scholarly response to the claim made by one of the shaykhs regarding the permissibility of Sufi dance, citing as evidence: 1. The hadiths about the dance (Hajl) and the Abyssinians' dancing. 2. The verse: "And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah standing, sitting, or [lying] on your sides." 3. The original permissibility due to the absence of a text prohibiting it?
What is the ruling on wiping over short socks due to ignorance for a year or more?
How does a quadriplegic who cannot speak perform his prayer? Is it by intention while lying down, or must he be seated for the prayer?
Is the communal recitation of Surat Yasin specifically on Thursdays, and repeating it as many times as possible for the sake of Palestine, a sound and legitimate act in Islamic law?
Is it permissible to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers in advance (taqdim) in Japan due to the difficulty of finding places for prayer and ablution, and to avoid the Asr prayer time expiring, knowing that the distance is shorter than a travel distance but traffic congestion prolongs the arrival time?
What should I do if I wake up 15 minutes before sunrise and need 3 to 5 minutes for ablution; should I pray or not?
What is the ruling on one who prays intending to repeat the prayer after doing something that invalidates it, out of shyness to interrupt it, and is this considered mockery and disbelief?
What is the ruling on Friday prayer for fishermen who remain at sea for weeks? And how is the distance of their travel at sea estimated to permit Qasr (shortening prayers) and Jam' (combining prayers)?
What is the authenticity and meaning of the phrase "The good deeds of the righteous are the evil deeds of those drawn near (to God)"?
What is the ruling on intrusive thoughts during prayer? And what is the ruling on shaving hair in a way that one fears might be considered Qaza’ (partial shaving)?