Congregation and Mosque
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Is the prayer valid if led by a 16-year-old, despite the presence of someone more qualified? What is the Maliki school's view on a congregation that finds the regular imam has finished praying, so they put someone else forward and pray? Is it permissible to put forward a disabled person to lead the congregation in prayer?
Which is better: performing the prayer on time, or combining it and then performing it again at its original time?
What is the ruling on congregational prayer behind the regular Imam appointed by the Awqaf [Endowments Ministry], who is absent from the prayer and the muezzin deputizes for him, and is that prayer valid or not?
What is the ruling on a group of workers praying in two separate congregations in two different places in the warehouse, knowing that the reason for this is laziness?
Should I maintain the time of the Ishā' prayer or congregational prayer if the Imām performs it before its correct time?
What is the ruling on the prayer of the muezzin if he prays behind the rows for the protection of the mosque and the worshippers?
Is a man and his wife's prayer considered a complete congregational prayer or an incomplete one?
What is the ruling on religious anasheed (chanted poetry) with and without the daff (tambourine), and is bad breath an excuse for missing congregational prayer?
What is the ruling on filling gaps and spaces in congregational prayer, what is its evidence, and do the Hanafis dislike it?
Which is better: praying Tarawih in the mosque or at home, as the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed it?
What is Salat al-Ayat, how is it performed, and what is the evidence for its legitimacy from the actions of Ibn Abbas?
Is it permissible to delay the Isha prayer past the time of the Adhan and perform it in congregation at the mosque after finishing playing football, even if doing so means missing the first congregational prayer?
Is it permissible for us to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers in a capital city congested with cars, such that traversing a distance of one hundred meters takes a full hour, and we might not be able to return to the mosque after the Dhuhr prayer to perform the Asr prayer?
Does the ruling remain the same if the intention is preparation, and that cannot be achieved except at the aforementioned time?
Is my prayer and the director's imamate valid, taking into account the director's audible recitation during prayer to teach the students?
Is going to a mosque that one's mother did not wish for one to go to considered disobedience to her, and how can one repent from that?
What is the ruling on combining and shortening prayers in Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Madinah Al-Munawwarah while residing in Jeddah?
What is the ruling on delaying joining the Imam in congregational prayer, whether the Imam is fast or not, and what is the ruling on prolonging the prayer (whether Sunnah or obligatory) if that delays others?
What should an imam do who has been praying Fajr alone for more than 18 years in a small village whose inhabitants are from one family and include 24 men?
Is it permissible to move to live near the university to facilitate eating and studying, and to pray at home, even though the current residence is close to the mosque?
What is the ruling on the prayer of someone who entered the mosque after the Maghrib prayer had concluded, and one of the worshippers prayed with him with the intention of supererogation to attain the reward of congregational prayer? And what is the intention of the one performing supererogatory prayer? And what is the ruling on two congregations praying in one mosque? And what is the ruling on our prayer if we were the first congregation? And must the other congregation interrupt their prayer if they have said the opening takbeer? And is it permissible for a follower to interrupt his prayer to pray with the first congregation and abandon his imam?
Is it permissible for a man afflicted with hemorrhoids, from whom liquid is discharged involuntarily, and who prays the obligatory and supererogatory prayers with a single ablution after the time for prayer has begun, to repeat the prayer with his initial ablution after pretending to pray behind an unlettered imam and then intending to pray another congregational prayer? And does intentionally sitting in postures that increase the discharge from hemorrhoids invalidate the ablution, even if those postures are out of necessity? And is he obligated to force himself into specific postures to reduce the discharge from hemorrhoids, or is it sufficient for him to perform ablution after the time for prayer has begun and act naturally, even with his knowledge that some postures increase the discharge? And is there a view that the discharge from hemorrhoids does not invalidate ablution?
What is the ruling on the intention of someone who is late for congregational prayer at school, and who performed ablution and prayed in congregation with his friend at a nearby mosque?
Is it permissible for a wife to refuse praying in congregation with her husband and children at home when the mosque is directly opposite their house?