Congregation and Mosque
1,833 questions
Is it permissible for a resident of Malaysia, whose home is about a 10-minute walk from the mosque and who cannot hear the Adhan, to pray Fajr at home due to fear of stray dogs in the empty streets?
Is it permissible for university students residing in a city other than their hometown to shorten prayers, knowing that they visit their hometown every week or two?
Does the one who prays in the wilderness in the noble Hadith refer to someone who regularly prays in congregation and happened to pray in the desert one day, or to anyone who always prays in the wilderness?
Is it permissible to pray in a mosque where the Fajr prayer is performed a quarter of an hour after the single call to prayer in the town?
Is a corpulent person who feels ashamed to go to the mosque for congregational prayers (except for Fajr and Isha, when the number of worshippers is smaller) excused for not attending congregational prayers at the mosque?
What should we do if the power goes out and the Imam's voice is cut off while we are praying outside the mosque because there is no room inside?
What is the ruling on praying at home for someone who suffers from sinusitis and foul-smelling secretions, which cause him embarrassment in the mosque, in addition to social phobia that compels him to pray in mosques far from the neighborhood?
Is the imam's supplication for himself during congregational prayer considered a betrayal of the congregants, and is it permissible, or should he supplicate for them?
Is it permissible for someone who enters the mosque after the Imam has said the Taslim and finds a latecomer completing his prayer to stand beside him to make him an Imam so that he may attain the reward of congregational prayer, and is his prayer with him valid?
Does the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "Whoever prays during the nights of Ramadan with faith and in the hope of reward, all his previous sins will be forgiven," include one who does not pray Tarawih in the mosque for some nights, or is it a condition to pray all the nights of Ramadan?
Is it permissible for women to pray in a Qur'an memorization center located above a mosque, given the disagreement as to whether it is considered part of the mosque, and is it permissible for them to pray in congregation in this place at the same time as the men's prayer downstairs?
What is the virtue of praying in zawiyas where lessons and recitations are held between Maghrib and 'Isha, and where the Adhan is not called, and does it differ from the virtue of praying in the mosque, knowing that they are close to the mosque?
Must an imam who is late for prayer due to a valid excuse pray with the delayed congregation, or is he permitted to pray at home for fear of being thought ill of?
What is better for you when going to the Haram: praying Maghrib at home immediately after the adhan, or in a mosque along the way as a second congregation, to ensure securing a spot in the Haram? And must I refrain from going with my father to the Haram if he refuses to pray in the mosque as a first congregation?
Should the fluid (discharge) pray in another mosque or abandon the imamate, and was the action of the man who prohibited him from leading the prayer correct, knowing that he (the fluid) is more entitled to the imamate?
Is my quick rising from prostration in congregational prayer, out of fear that my mother might be surprised by my prolonged prostration, considered hypocrisy that invalidates the prayer?
What is the ruling on someone who swore in writing upon himself to recite a section of the Qur’an, pray two rak'ahs, and give charity for every congregational prayer he misses, then did not fulfill it? Is a single expiation for an oath incumbent upon him, or an expiation for each prayer he missed?
When are the two Rak'ahs of the Fajr Sunnah to be prayed by one who missed the congregational Fajr prayer due to sleep or other reasons: Are they to be prayed before or after the Fajr prayer?
Is it sufficient for two men to pray in congregation at home, with one acting as Imam and the other as Ma'mum?
What is the ruling on a second congregational prayer for those outside the Hanbali school of thought?
Is it permissible to perform congregational prayer with a Shiite person, or is it obligatory to pray individually, based on the saying that a Shiite is not a Muslim?
Is it necessary to call the Adhan and Iqamah for someone praying alone because there is no mosque nearby?
What is the ruling on Muslims residing in the West abandoning congregational prayers due to work or study, when they are unable to emigrate?
What is the ruling on not going to congregational prayers—and praying at home instead—when one has a foot injury and a bandage on it, fearing that the injury might worsen by walking to the mosque?