Congregation and Mosque
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If you have prayed the obligatory prayer at home, then went to the mosque and found the congregation, do you pray with them a supererogatory prayer with a taslim after two rak'ahs in the Maghrib and Isha prayers, or do you complete the prayer with the congregation three rak'ahs in Maghrib and four rak'ahs in Isha?
Is the Fajr prayer in Algerian mosques performed before the actual time, thus depriving young people of the reward of praying in congregation?
Is it permissible for me to pray alone to attain khushu' (devotional humility), even if there is a congregation praying or about to begin praying?
Is what the person did—considering the first prayer a supererogatory one and repeating the 'Isha prayer in congregation in another mosque—correct or not?
Is it permissible for the mosque's Imam to continue leading prayers in his mosque alone or with one person, or should he move to another mosque? And to what extent is he entitled to his salary after the worshippers have left his mosque?
Is it permissible to perform the Witr prayer in congregation after twenty rak'ahs of Tarawih, then those who have completed Witr depart, while the Imam completes the remaining rak'ahs with those who remained of the worshipers? And will those who departed be rewarded with the full reward of Qiyam al-Layl?
Does congregational prayer become null for the husband due to childcare, and due to the presence of bidʻah (innovations) in the mosque, such as saying "I intend to pray," believing in the obligation of Qunoot in Fajr, and seeking intercession through the Prophet (peace be upon him)? And is it permissible for the spouses to leave the parents' house despite their disapproval for fear of escalating problems?
Are the sins of performing prayer quickly out of respect for an elder, or delaying it out of obedience to parents, or interrupting it out of preference for friends, forgiven? And are these actions considered disbelief (kufr) or polytheism (shirk)?
What is the ruling on intermittent urination alongside urinary incontinence?
What is better when the time for 'Isha' prayer begins after Maghrib prayer, while alone in an empty mosque: Should one pray 'Isha' alone in the mosque, or leave to pray it in congregation with family at home, and is it better to raise the Adhan before leaving the mosque in the second case, or not?
What is the ruling on an individual praying behind the row when there are vacant spaces?
Do the three hadiths mentioned below refer to one story with differences in wording? And how can one reconcile the second narration, which prefers praying Tarawih at home, with the third narration, which indicates that it is better to pray it in the mosque?
Is it permissible to spit three times to the left to seek refuge from Satan during congregational prayer, or is verbal seeking of refuge sufficient?
Should a fasting person complete their fast, break it, and pray Maghrib according to the time of their original country, or according to the time of the country they traveled to, especially with the difference in night and day between the two countries?
Is it better for a person to pray Fajr in the small mosque to bring the reward of congregational prayer to one man, or in the جامع mosque?
Is it permissible to build a mosque resembling the Prophet's Mosque, along with chambers similar to those of his wives, for the purpose of contemplating his way of life (peace be upon him), while being careful that ignorant people do not take it as a sacred place?
Should a worshipper interrupt his obligatory prayer, or should he intend it as a supererogatory prayer in order to join the congregational prayer that began during his prayer?
Is praying in congregation after Asr considered supererogatory for someone who combined Dhuhr and Asr prayers by advancing the Asr prayer?
Is it permissible to pray with someone who has stopped praying in congregation after Fajr or Asr, intending to earn reward for him?
Is it permissible to pray at home due to an obsessive-compulsive disorder that compels one to hit others?
Is it better to perform the supererogatory (Sunnah) prayers in a hotel room or in the Haram when visiting Mecca and Medina? Does this ruling differ from performing them at home? And is it better for women to perform the obligatory (Fard) prayers at home or in the Haram during this visit, given that they are considered to be in a state of travel?
1. Is it obligatory to repeat the Dhuhr and Asr prayers if they were performed in a city during travel at Dhuhr time, then the muezzin called the Adhan for Dhuhr after the completion of the prayer? 2. Is it obligatory to repeat the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, or only Dhuhr, if they were prayed shortened and combined before leaving a city, then the muezzin called the Adhan for Dhuhr during the Takbir of Asr? 3. What is incumbent upon someone who entered the mosque for Dhuhr prayer and found that he had missed the congregational prayer, so he prayed in a congregation for which no one made the Takbir?
Is a man's prayer with his children at home counted as a congregational prayer? Is his prayer at home with his children sufficient for one who missed the first congregational prayer at the mosque, instead of catching later congregations at the mosque? And is a man's prayer with his wife alone considered a congregational prayer?
Which is more deserving of prayer: the جامع mosque whose imams commit Bidʻah (innovations), or the prayer room in student housing which is free of such innovations, knowing that there is a fatwa stating that praying in prayer rooms is not considered congregational prayer and that the mosque is more deserving?