Congregation and Mosque
1,833 questions
Is it permissible for me to stop praying Fajr in the mosque and suffice with praying at home if there is a risk of arrest and torture due to consistently performing it in the mosque in a foreign country?
Is the imamate of a man valid if he abandoned the pillar of Hajj and did not pay Zakat for previous years, while admitting to that, and is the prayer of those led by him acceptable?
To what extent is the understanding derived from the fatwas on the website regarding congregational prayer accurate, which states that it is an individual obligation (fard ayn) upon whoever hears the call unless there is an excuse, and that the mosque is a condition for it unless there is an excuse, and that praying individually without an excuse is valid though sinful, and likewise praying in congregation at home or work without an excuse is valid with less sin, and that fear of financial loss is a temporary excuse for praying individually? And if the employer prevents congregational prayer in the mosque, is it permissible for the worshiper to pray in congregation with colleagues in the mosque provided the time does not expire? And if the employer refuses congregational prayer anywhere, should one leave the job if one is not in need of it, or pray individually while searching for another job if leaving it would cause harm?
Is it permissible for someone who experiences severe depression during congregational prayer but not when praying alone to pray individually, and what should they do?
What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding prohibiting black and colored people from praying in the first row in mosques, and what is the ruling on boycotting mosques because of that?
Is the son obligated to lighten his acts of worship, such as night prayers (qiyam al-layl), at the father's request, knowing that the son sometimes prays outside the mosque?
What is the ruling on someone who suffers from continuous flatulence and wants to go to the mosque before the Adhan after renewing their ablution?
How do spouses stand during congregational prayer, and does the method of standing differ if the husband prays with his wife, and his male and female children?
Is it permissible to pray behind a muezzin who brought a Christian woman of the People of the Book to his home with the intention of inviting her to Islam, but it is not yet clear whether she has converted to Islam?
Does the prayer of one who prays behind an Imam intending to pray alone become invalidated?
Is it permissible to pray Dhuhr in congregation in the mosque half an hour before the Asr prayer?
Is my prayer valid if I entered the mosque and found someone praying, so I completed my prayer behind him, while there was another congregation praying in a corner of the mosque, and I refused to leave my prayer to join them?
What is the ruling on balancing the obligation of working for the religion, which may cause a person to miss Fajr prayer in congregation, and the obligation of performing prayer in congregation?
What is the ruling on a man performing most of the obligatory prayers at home in congregation with his family, and is it permissible for him to be absent from congregational prayer in the mosque?
What is the ruling on someone who missed congregational prayer, so he prayed alone, then another congregation was established and he prayed with them; which of the two prayers is counted for him?
Is it permissible for us to delay the congregational prayer in the prayer hall by half an hour after the unified Adhan, or should we pray immediately after the Adhan, knowing that most employees are outside? And is it permissible for me to pray alone after the Adhan if I wait an hour for them?
Is it permissible to raise one's voice with the takbir and tasmi' in congregational prayer, and what is the ruling on that, especially since the imam has forbidden it, and does that diminish the reward of the prayer?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who spies on congregants and relays false information about them to the authorities, and what is the ruling on praying Tarawih behind an Imam who rushes his recitation of the Quran, thereby distorting the meaning and omitting some words?
Is it permissible for a person afflicted with urinary incontinence, who cannot determine the duration of urine cessation after urinating, to perform istinja (cleansing), cover the affected area, and pray with the congregation, knowing that the drops might stop before the end of the prayer time? And is it obligatory for him to repeat istinja if he performed istinja and covered the area more than an hour before the prayer, and then the prayer time commenced?
Is it permissible to perform Tarawih prayers immediately after Isha prayers, then Tahajjud prayers in the last third of the night after the end of Ramadan?
What is the ruling on putting forward someone who does not master Al-Fatihah to lead the prayer, and what is the ruling on repeating the congregational prayer individually after doubting the imamate of a non-Arab?
Is it permissible to cross someone else's land to go to the mosque without the owner's permission, if this land is uncultivated and is the shortest way to the mosque, in order to avoid missing congregational prayer, especially the dawn prayer?
Which is better: performing the Ramadan congregational prayer at home or individually, and at home or in the mosque? And does praying the Fajr prayer in congregation at home make the worshipper under the protection of Allah, or is that exclusive to the mosque?
Is the collective raising of voices in Takbir inside the mosque for an hour or so before the Eid prayers from the Sunnah and Islamically acceptable?