Congregation and Mosque
1,833 questions
Is it permissible to miss performing Fajr prayer in the mosque due to contracting the coronavirus, and what is the expiation for that, and is this considered a covenant or a vow?
What is the ruling on the prayer of someone who comes to the prayer with the smell of garlic and onions emanating from them, while the worshippers are aware of it?
Is it permissible to pray in a congregation (Salat al-Jama'ah) before the main congregational prayer (Iqamat al-Jama'ah al-Kubra) because it clashes with a university lecture?
Is a room designated for prayer considered a mosque? Is it permissible for someone who is late to pray behind a follower? Is it permissible for someone who has already prayed in congregation to repeat the prayer with someone who is late, in order to help them earn the reward of congregational prayer?
Is it permissible to pray in congregation one or two hours after the Adhan?
Is it permissible for a father, who is ill and seated in a wheelchair due to a fractured pelvis, to lead his standing daughter and his wife, who sits only during prostration, in prayer? And should the prayer be repeated? What is the correct posture for their prayer at home after his recovery, given his inability to prostrate due to the presence of screws and plates? Can he lead them in prayer while sitting in a chair during prostration, while they prostrate normally? And would they be deprived of congregational prayer if this is not permissible?
What are the conditions for congregational prayer?
What is the ruling on someone who enters the mosque without performing prayers and leads the congregational prayer?
Do the actions that occur in the mosque during congregational prayer—such as combining the Adhan with adhkar and prayers upon the Prophet, and reciting Al-Fatiha for his soul only on Thursdays, and the Imam changing the letters of some Quranic words due to his Kurdish accent despite his ability to pronounce them correctly—incur sin, or reward, or does it make no difference whether they occur? And is it permissible to speak with them about that if they are mistaken?
What is the Islamic ruling on establishing two separate congregational prayers in one mosque, with a wall separating them, knowing that one of them was established prior?
Is it permissible to pray in the bank since I work there?
Is a father's anger at his son considered acceptable and effective with Allah if its cause is the father's rejection of the son's raising of his garment above the ankles (tashmir al-izar), performing congregational prayer in the mosque at dawn, and growing a beard, due to these actions being considered suspicious and confrontational to oppression? And what is the ruling of Sharia on this?
Is it obligatory for the congregant to recite Al-Fatiha and what is easy of the Qur’an, or is the recitation of the Imam sufficient in congregational prayer? And what is the ruling on the middle Tashahhud after the two Rak'ahs and what is said therein?
Can one consider a year of congregational prayer to be equivalent to twenty-seven years of individual prayer, and ten of those years to be equivalent to 270 years, based on the hadith: "Congregational prayer is superior to individual prayer by twenty-seven degrees"?
What is the ruling on a second congregational prayer in the same mosque after the first congregational prayer has finished, and what is the story of the Companion Mu'adh ibn Jabal concerning the second congregation?
Should one perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) if they accidentally omitted a pillar (rukn) while leading a congregational prayer?
Is it permissible for a university student to delay prayer because its time conflicts with lectures, leading to missing congregational prayer, or is it obligatory for him to leave the lecture and go to prayer in the nearby mosque?
Is it permissible to delay congregational prayer by an hour from its prescribed time in a non-Muslim country due to the presence of school classes, knowing that only a small number are available to pray at the original time?
Is it permissible for a Muslim man to lead the women of his household in prayer after returning from congregational prayer at the mosque, considering it a supererogatory prayer for him? And in the four-rak'ah prayers, does he pray all four rak'ahs consecutively without making taslim between every two rak'ahs, and does he do what the Imam does in the obligatory prayer?
Is it permissible to pray in congregation at home with an elderly father who is unable to leave due to being connected to a medical device?
Is it true what I was told, that I should pray missed (obligatory) prayers with someone who missed the congregational prayer, or with a congregation who missed it, and do I have to repeat what I prayed in this way if it was a mistake?
What is the difference between Fajr prayer and Subh prayer, which of them is the obligatory (Fard) and which is the Sunnah, and are Sunnah prayers performed in congregation?
When does a recommended act become an obligatory one?
Will the disabled person who prays in his home due to a legitimate Shar'i excuse be rewarded with twenty-seven degrees, like one who prays in the mosque?