Five Daily Prayers
1,577 questions
What is the view of Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen regarding someone who unknowingly omitted a condition for the validity of prayer, such as one who reached puberty and experienced seminal discharge but did not know what semen was or what its discharge entailed, and thus prayed without performing ghusl? Is he required to make up these prayers after he gains knowledge, or not?
Is it permissible for a worshipper to conceal his knowledge that the dawn call to prayer (adhan al-fajr) is made before its actual time, and to pray the obligatory prayer alone at home after the correct time, knowing that he prays in the mosque with the intention of performing the Sunnah prayer?
Is it permissible to borrow five kilograms of wheat on condition that the like be returned upon the caravan's return?
What is the ruling on the insistence of the sole imam of a mosque in a European city to perform a long and audible supplication (du'a) daily after rising from the second rak'ah of the Fajr prayer, and shortening the recitation for its sake, with some of the worshippers saying "Ameen" loudly? What is the ruling on concluding the daily Quranic study circle with a supplication? What is the ruling on an imam praying in clothes that may be tight? And how can the worshippers be advised regarding these matters?
What is the ruling on recurring doubts and whispers concerning the pronunciation of the Takbir, Taslim, recitation of Al-Fatiha, and the Tashahhud in prayer, especially when performed silently, and what are the implications for the validity of the prayer if one disregards these doubts?
What is the ruling on benzyl alcohol found in perfumes, deodorants, soaps, and medical products? Is it impure, necessitating washing the area where it was used to make prayer permissible? And is it an intoxicant?
Is the prayer of a sick person valid if he prays sitting down, even though he is able to prostrate, for the purpose of a wound healing?
Is it permissible to set a specific time for performing supererogatory prayers daily – such as twenty minutes – with the aim of maintaining them and avoiding fatigue, while not believing in its Sunnah, and is this considered an innovation (bid‘ah)?
Does the Prophet’s — may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him — saying apply to me: "If a woman prays her five [daily prayers], fasts her month [Ramadan], guards her chastity, and obeys her husband, it will be said to her: Enter Paradise from any of its gates you wish," knowing that I engaged in sexual activity when I was young and do not know if I was mature [of age], and that I am now a repentant single woman, 21 years old? And am I entitled to enter Paradise from any of its gates I wish?
Is the story of Sulaiman (upon him be peace) and his call to feed creation authentic?
What is the ruling on the prayers performed by someone who continuously finds traces of faeces in their underwear after using water for purification, and what should be done about it?
Is standing for the opening Takbir (Takbirat al-Ihram) for the latecomer (masbuq) who finds the Imam bowing (raki') or prostrating (sajid) a matter of jurisprudential dispute, especially given what was mentioned in the book "Aqrab al-Masalik" regarding the validity of the latecomer's prayer if he performs the Takbir while descending?
What is the ruling on a man divorcing his third wife over the phone while he is on his way to Fajr prayer, with no witnesses to his anger, and does the hadith: "There is no divorce and no manumission in a state of duress (ighlaq)" apply to his situation?
What is the ruling on repeating the letter Raa (ر) in the remembrances (adhkar) of prayer, such as during standing (qiyam) and bowing (ruku'), and what is the effect of that on the validity of the prayer?
Is it permissible to pray Tahajjud daily at home individually, whether during or outside of Ramadan?
When do the optional and necessary times for prayers begin and end, and is it permissible to pray only during the necessary time when there is an excuse? What are the excuses that permit this? How long is the optional time for the Asr prayer? And does the optional Dhuhr time extend for four rak'ahs after the Asr time begins?
Must prayers offered in a transparent garment unknowingly be repeated, and if so, must only that prayer be repeated, or all five obligatory prayers if there is doubt in specifying them?
Is praying daily as fulfillment of a vow an innovation (bid‘ah)? Is it permissible to vow to recite the Quran? Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for not fulfilling it?
Is a wife sinful if she is so preoccupied with her infant children and household chores that it affects her treatment of her husband and causes her to occasionally leave his bed with his permission?
Is it permissible to daily delay the Dhuhr, Asr, and Maghrib prayers and combine and make them up on the following day due to the nature of one's work?
What is the ruling on someone who embraced Islam but continued to eat pork due to their inability to give it up, and are their prayers, fasting, and fulfillment of Islamic obligations permissible in this situation?
Is it permissible to discuss Allah's command to facilitate worship, as occurred in the narration of the reduction of the number of prayers from fifty to five after the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, reviewed it with our master Musa, peace be upon him? And what is the opinion regarding the one who claimed that this hadith is fabricated?
Does one have to repeat a prayer in which the worshiper delayed in the prostration of forgetfulness for ten minutes, knowing that he does not remember which prayer it was?
Is it obligatory to repeat all of the day's prayers if a piece of nail fell off during ablution and I doubted when it was on my finger?