Congregation and Mosque
1,833 questions
Who are the scholars who stated that congregational prayer is a collective obligation (fard kifayah) or a confirmed Sunnah (sunnah mu'akkadah), and what are their proofs for that? Are there any contemporary scholars who hold this view?
Does a Muslim receive the reward of a complete Hajj and Umrah if he recites the adhkar in his home after Fajr prayer until sunrise and Duha prayer, or must this be done in the mosque to attain this reward?
Is it obligatory to join the congregation in mosques that pray Fajr early, even if one misses a rak'ah, or is it better to wait for mosques that delay the prayer until just before sunrise, knowing that I am unable to perform the Sunnah prayer before Fajr in early mosques?
Is it better for me to pray alone, or should I wait for my sister so we can pray together in congregation, knowing that I cannot tolerate delaying the prayer past its prescribed time?
1. What is the ruling on interlacing fingers in the mosque before and after prayer, with supporting evidence? 2. Is it permissible for a Muslim to pray alone at home at the beginning of the prayer time if he is tired, thereby missing the virtue of congregational prayer, along with mentioning the opinions of scholars and their evidence?
Is it permissible for the practices followed in the mosque to close it in the morning and delay the Dhuhr prayer by three hours after its adhān, under the pretext of reviving the Sunnah of cooling, despite the availability of mosques equipped with modern cooling systems and their proximity to the worshippers, and the majority of worshippers complaining about this innovation?
Is it Islamically permissible to pray individually, given that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Prayer in congregation is twenty-seven times superior to prayer performed individually," and he did not state that one who abandons congregational prayer is sinful?
What is the ruling on someone who anticipates the completion of verses during congregational prayer without certainty?
Is it better for a mother to pray in congregation with her daughter at home, or for each of them to pray individually?
Is the prayer performed once with the intention of both Asr and Maghrib when making them up after the time for Maghrib has begun and before the Maghrib prayer, or is it performed twice?
Is it permissible for a woman to pray a supererogatory prayer with her husband who is praying a fard (obligatory) prayer, adducing as evidence the hadith: "Who will be charitable to this one?"
What is the ruling on a foreign male teacher remaining alone with the sister after her brother has left to perform Maghrib prayer, and what should be done in this situation?
What should one do if they made a mistake in the transitional takbeer (takbeerat al-intiqal) during prayer, such as saying: (Allahu Akbar) forgetfully, and remembered their mistake moments before prostrating?
Must I pray despite what is being discharged from me, or should I wait for a medical solution, or what should I do, especially since I am not regular in prayer due to coming out of the restroom and feeling something coming down from below that moistens the opening of the organ, which has made me refrain from praying for fear of not being in a state of purity?
What is the ruling on prayer after entering a swimming pool and sufficing with ablution without performing ghusl? And what should a worshipper do if the congregational prayer begins while he is performing تحية المسجد (two rak'ahs upon entering the mosque), whether he is in the first or second rak'ah?
Is it permissible to wait for the Imam to finish the two taslims in order to join a second congregation, if one missed the bowing of the last raka'ah in the first congregation?
What is the ruling on congregational prayer in the mosque's courtyard while leaving the mosque empty, given the presence of fans and air conditioning inside the mosque and the high temperature?
Should a person pray alone behind the row if he does not find a place in congregational prayer, or should he pull one of the worshippers to pray with him?
Is the aforementioned message, which includes an account of the reward based on the Prophetic Hadith "Prayer in congregation is twenty-seven degrees more virtuous than prayer alone," considered a specification of the reward, and is there any sharia prohibition in this specification?
Is it permissible to designate a specific place for prayer in the home?
Is it permissible for a person afflicted with a fistula, who performs ablution for every prayer, to perform ablution for 'Umrah before the prayer time begins, especially given the presence of an infant and the difficulty in catching congregational prayer at Al-Masjid Al-Haram?
Is it permissible to pray at home for fear of being tempted by young men?
Is establishing a congregational prayer at night restricted to not being an innovation if it is not by prior agreement, or is it permissible sometimes whether it is by prior agreement or not?
To what extent is it true that congregational prayer is accepted one hundred percent, and that a husband's prayer in congregation grants his wife the reward of congregational prayer, and does this include children? And is a Muslim rewarded for performing Sunnah acts even if he did not intend them? And to what extent is the method of the Prophetic prayer movement, as mentioned by Sheikh Waseem Yousef, accurate?