Congregation and Mosque
1,833 questions
Considering Sheikh Muhammad bin Saleh Al-Uthaymeen's fatwa that the well-known time for Fajr is incorrect, and the testimony of the specialist committee that Umm Al-Qura's timing is 17 minutes earlier, and the competent authority's advancement of the iqama (call to start prayer) to fifteen minutes from the adhan (call to prayer), is it obligatory to abandon congregational prayer in mosques and limit oneself to praying at home, or to pray before the actual time of Fajr prayer?
Is it permissible to adopt the view of those who say that congregational prayer in the mosque is recommended, and to perform some prayers in the mosque and some at home? And does one sin if he does that? And can one be considered a disbeliever, especially with the existence of views that deem it obligatory or that declare the one who abandons prayer a disbeliever?
What is the ruling on praying behind a latecomer who is praying alone, with the intention of a regular Sunnah prayer and the intention of giving charity?
Is supplicating for complete healing from a chronic genetic disease, enzyme deficiency, considered an transgression in supplication? And is it permissible to pray at home when the intense heat of the sun causes pain to the patient, despite the mosque being close by?
Is it permissible for a wife to pray in congregation beside her husband at home?
What should a worshiper do if he fears prostrating before the Imam in congregational prayer?
Is it unlawful to use pictures taken during the time of the Asr Adhan and Prayer, and must they be destroyed?
Is it a condition for the follower and the imam to stand side by side in congregational prayer, or should the imam stand slightly ahead?
Is it better for women to pray in congregation or individually, given that Islamic law has permitted them to pray in their homes?
What is the ruling on changing the intention of a fard prayer to a nafl prayer after hearing the iqamah for another congregational prayer, in order to catch the virtue of the second congregation?
Which is better and more obligatory for one who suffers from excruciating pain that prevents him from standing in prayer and faces extreme difficulty in going to the mosque: should he pray at home standing, or go to the mosque and pray sitting, or endure the pain and lose his devotion?
1. What is the ruling on praying in a mosque that contains a grave? 2. What is the ruling on supplicating aloud in congregation after every prayer, as is done in India and Pakistan? 3. What is the ruling on praying at home in a undershirt and trousers?
Is the prayer valid if I entered the mosque after having performed the obligatory prayer and prayed with a worshiper who had begun his obligatory prayer, intending it as an obligatory prayer, then completed the missed rak'ah after the Imam's taslim?
Is he who hears the call [to prayer] but cannot respond due to the distance sinful, or he who does not hear the call inside his home because the mosque is surrounded by houses?
Is it obligatory for a Muslim to continue praying in a mosque where those in charge commit innovations (bid'ah) and errors in reciting the Qur'an, hasten in performing the prayer, and read a book containing fabricated hadiths, coupled with the fear of weakening one's faith or falling into shirk, or should one pray alone at home?
What is the opinion of the four madhhabs regarding how women pray in congregation, the position of the imam and the female congregants, and where a female worshipper stands when the last row is not full?
What is the ruling on praying at home due to the absence of worshippers in the adjacent mosque?
Is it a condition for one who wishes to combine prayers due to the excuse of rain that he prays all the prayers in the mosque?
What is the meaning of the saying in the Hadiths: "Prayer is a congregation" (الصلاة جامعة), and does it mean the call to prayer or to gather then speak?
Is a single expiation for an oath sufficient for me, or is an expiation required for each time I miss congregational prayer, based on my vow to pray a number of rak'ahs equal to the missed prayers, with my intention of repetition by saying "whenever I miss a prayer"?
Is it permissible to follow a person performing a fard (obligatory) prayer during his prayer?
Is it permissible to place cotton or a covering over the area from which impure fluids exit and pray with the congregation, or is it obligatory to pray alone before the impurity exits during the prayer time?
What is the fiqh of priorities regarding acts of worship for which no text specifies their precedence, especially when an act of worship involving hardship conflicts with another that brings about greater presence of heart, such as praying behind an imam who prolongs the prayer versus praying alone with more comfort and greater devotion? And do acts of worship that involve striving (jihad) have sweetness, despite the hadiths "Paradise is surrounded by hardships" and the saying of Sheikh al-Islam: "If you do not find sweetness and expansion in your heart for an action, then suspect it"? And is it better to choose hardship in worship (like a tiring Umrah) or to provide comfort to ensure the presence of heart?
Where is it better for me to pray: in the large mosque as a congregant, despite not feeling devotion, or in the small mosque, sometimes as an imam, with a sense of comfort, even if the rows are not straight?