Congregation and Mosque
1,833 questions
What is the ruling on congregational prayer—for both the Imam and the follower—with a person who, after the prayer, turned out to be a polytheistic grave worshiper? And is it obligatory to repeat it?
1. Is it permissible for a divorced woman to marry before the end of the period mentioned in the divorce certificate if she has completed her legal waiting period (iddah) by experiencing three menstrual cycles? 2. Will the reward for Umrah be recorded for both the son who pushes his mother in a wheelchair and the mother herself while they are performing Umrah? 3. Is it permissible for someone who has performed some rounds of circumambulation (tawaf) and then the prayer is called to complete his tawaf after the prayer, or should he pray and then complete the sa'i, or should he complete his Umrah?
Is congregational prayer permissible behind an Imam who does not vocalize the "Takbir" (Allahu Akbar) and "Sami' Allahu liman Hamidah" (Allah hears those who praise Him), and what is the ruling on prayer if the Imam is mute?
Is it obligatory to perform the Sunnah Rawatib before the Dhuhr prayer, or can it be made up later, especially when joining the congregation after the time for performing it before the prayer has passed?
What is the ruling on congregational prayer in the mosque for someone who is bothered by the smells or behaviors of other worshippers, or the crying of children, or the imam's prolonged recitation, or who feels the gaze of others, or hears voices in his head commenting on the mistakes of the worshippers and the imam, and is it permissible for him to leave an imam who prolongs the prayer?
Is the wife sinful for refusing her husband's request for intimacy after the Adhan if that would lead to him missing congregational prayer?
What is the ruling on congregational prayer led by a person who replaces the letter "rā’" with a "wāw," while the congregants are unaware of the invalidity of the lisping imam's leadership? And what is the ruling on the imam's own prayer, and is he sinful for his ignorance? And what is the ruling on the lisping imam leading someone who is also lisping, but with a different letter of substitution or type of lisp?
Is it permissible to set the phone ringtone to Surat Al-Nas, and to pray two Rak'ahs of unconditional Sunnah prayer as an expiation for missing Fajr?
What is the ruling on congregational prayer in the mosque when there are health conditions (reflux and hiatal hernia) that prevent prostration for an extended period, thus limiting it to a single glorification (tasbih), and what are the implications of this, such as the possibility of the Imam rising before one prostrates or prostrating after he has risen? Is it better to pray at home, continue with this manner of prayer, or join the congregation only for the final tashahhud?
Is it permissible for someone who has a football match to leave the prayer in the mosque after the Adhan or Iqamah to pray with his group on the field, and does the second congregation receive the same reward as the first congregation?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who wishes to urinate, fearing the loss of congregational prayer, knowing that he suffers from urinary incontinence?
Is shunning a brother who does not pray in congregation, delays his prayers, sleeps through them, and commits sins considered ill-mannered and a severance of kin ties? What should be done towards him? And is obedience to the father obligatory if he orders one to sit with him or prevents one from leaving the house to avoid witnessing his disobedience?
What is the ruling on a man praying in his home after he used to pray in the mosque, out of fear for his wife who has become afraid to stay alone in the house after they were subjected to theft?
Is it permissible to remove papers containing the name of Allah the Almighty from the trash and set them aside in order to catch the congregational prayer, or must they be burned even if that means missing the congregational prayer, and is it permissible to use a liquid accelerant to ignite them if it is difficult to do so?
Is a father's hitting his son for not praying with him, knowing that the son prays with his siblings before the prayer time ends, considered an injustice from the father or a mistake from the son?
How can one reconcile commitment to religiosity, jurisprudential knowledge, and performing acts of obedience, with falling into sins such as enjoying foreign women for money and watching pornography, and the fear that this might be a contradiction leading to one's deeds becoming scattered dust?
Does delaying prayers until a time of necessity, without a valid excuse, invalidate them or merely incur sin?
Is it permissible for a mother to pray beside her son or behind him when performing congregational prayers with the family during a trip?
How can my son become attached to the mosque and regularly perform prayers there, especially since he loves to pray and desires to go to the mosque, given that there is no one from the family to accompany him to the mosque?
What is the ruling on delaying the Dhuhr prayer – whose time begins during school hours – until after the end of the school day in order to perform it in a second congregation in a nearby mosque? And what is the best option among praying individually in the mosque, or in a second congregation, or in congregations at home, or in a congregation at school? And is studying considered an excuse for delaying the prayer? And is it valid to use the hadith "when you are free and healthy" as evidence in this case? And what is the strength of the opinion that delaying the second congregation is considered an innovation, and does the Imam's permission change this ruling?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who prayed the 'Isha prayer in congregation after its time had expired, and in it there was: movement among the worshippers, a woman passing in front of the Imam, and forgetting the rukn (pillar) of bowing and performing it after the Tasleem, with doubt about reciting Al-Fatiha in the supererogatory rak'ah?
Is the young man considered sinful for what he did with the man who invited him to indecent acts, especially if the man abandoned prayer because of him?
When is the Sunnah of Fajr prayed, is it after the first Adhan or the second Adhan? And is praying between the two Adhans considered part of Qiyam al-Layl? And is "Quran al-Fajr" recited after the Fajr prayer or before it?
Is the intention for the 'Isha prayer, made at home for the purpose of praying in the mosque, sufficient, or must the prayer be repeated if the congregational prayer commenced while the worshipper was performing the two rak'ahs of greeting the mosque, and then joined the congregational prayer without renewing the intention?