Congregation and Mosque
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Is it permissible for someone who has prayed the obligatory prayer to repeat the prayer with his father in the mosque or alone? And which is better: praying with the father or in the mosque?
What is the ruling on an imam who refuses to pray in the mosque, claiming he prays with his family due to the mosque's distance, yet he harbors doctrinal errors and verbally abuses congregants? Is it permissible to pray behind him?
Is it permissible for a student to miss congregational prayers during exam periods?
What is the ruling on the prayer of someone from whom an involuntary bubble of air exited from the anus during congregational prayer, and he suffers from waswasah (obsessive whispering), and he repeated the prayer as a make-up before Fajr by an hour?
Is it better for a solitary person praying Asr for two people to line up behind him, or for the two to start a new congregation? And does the solitary person receive the reward of congregational prayer if people line up behind him after the opening takbir?
Is alignment in congregational prayer rows done by the feet or by the shoulders?
Should one who intends to pray the Sunnah pray four rak'ahs or two if he prays with a congregation performing the 'Ishā' prayer?
Is it permissible for us—as a group of students—to pray Maghrib and Isha combined and shortened at the university in order to catch the virtue of congregational prayer and maintain the prayer?
What is the ruling on praying in the mosque while wearing a sock that has been touched by the sweat of an unclean foot — with the possibility that the substance of the impurity has been removed — according to the Maliki school of thought, and is re-performing the prayer obligatory for someone who did so out of ignorance of the ruling?
Is it permissible to go to the mosque for Fajr prayer without the father's knowledge, given his refusal due to fear for his son's safety?
What is the ruling on women praying in mosques where they cannot see the the Imam or the congregants, and can only hear the voice?
Is it permissible for a worshiper to stand alone behind a pillar in congregational prayer?
Does a worshipper's delay from the first congregational prayer, his catching the second congregation, and his feeling of embarrassment from his delay contradict sincerity or make him sinful?
Is it permissible for me to put myself forward to lead the prayer in a mosque where no one knows me if I believe I am the most deserving to lead, or should I wait for someone to put me forward, and would I be sinful if I did not put myself forward despite my deservingness?
Is it permissible to perform the obligatory prayer in a shop selling pottery artifacts for a tourist hotel frequented by foreigners, given the impossibility of tourists entering while carrying alcohol?
What should one do if their ablution is nullified while they are in the first row, and it is difficult for them to leave to renew their ablution due to the large number of worshippers?
What should the congregants do in the congregational prayer if the Imam makes a mistake and prays five rak'ahs for Dhuhr, and he is alerted, but he insists that he is correct?
Is it obligatory for one who enters the mosque to stand and wait until the prayer is established if there isn't enough time to perform "Tahiyat Al-Masjid" (two rak'ahs upon entering the mosque)?
Is it recommended to raise one’s voice with the greeting of "peace" (Salam) upon entering the mosque during congregational prayer, and is that permissible even if it disturbs those who are praying?
Does the presence of a boy who has not exceeded the age of seven in the rows of the congregation invalidate the prayer, and does the passing of a boy in front of an individual worshiper invalidate it?
Which is more preferable in terms of prolonging and greater in reward: the Tahajjud prayer or the Fajr prayer, when one is fatigued after performing the night vigil?
Is it permissible to pray in the bedroom?
Does the prohibition against approaching the mosque for those who have eaten garlic, onions, and leeks include anything with an offensive and forbidden odor, such as smoke? And is one excused from attending congregational prayer without sin if one has consumed these things?
Is it permissible to hold two congregational prayers in one place at the same time, such as one congregation praying the ‘Isha’ (night) prayer while another congregation prays Tarawih in the same place? What is your guidance for imams and for those who are late for the ‘Isha’ prayer? And is it permissible for me to pray with the imam with the intention of praying ‘Isha’ while he intends to pray Qiyam (Tarawih)?