Five Daily Prayers
1,577 questions
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who intentionally separates from the Imam without a reason, whether he completely قطع his prayer or completed it alone?
What is the remedy for a man who has excessive desire that extends to unlawful relations (maharem), knowing that he observes the five daily prayers in the mosque, fasts on Mondays and Thursdays, and has a portion of night prayer?
Is pausing at certain words in Surat Al-Fatiha during prayer, unintentionally, considered an unseemly pause, and what is its effect on the validity of the prayer?
A question regarding combining prayers for a person who suffers from involuntary flatulence, as he performs ablution for each prayer. He read a fatwa that permits combining prayers due to hardship, then he read that the majority of scholars do not permit it. He has been utilizing the concession of combining prayers in some cases since July 2009, especially because he spends a long time performing ablution, which causes psychological stress. He asks about the validity of his past prayers and whether he needs to repeat them, knowing that he followed the fatwa believing that taking the concession of combining prayers is better than neglecting prayer.
Does a 13-year-old who omits prayer out of shyness and embarrassment while visiting relatives cease to be a Muslim?
What is the difference between the five daily prayers in terms of the surahs and supplications recited in them, or is the difference limited to the number of rak'ahs only?
Is it true that a man's rising at night and waking his wife for the night vigil prayer (Qiyam al-Layl) are actions that make the Lord of the Worlds laugh, and that if Allah laughs at a servant, He will not hold him accountable? And is it permissible for a man to lead his wife in Qiyam al-Layl daily?
What is the ruling on praying Fajr between the first and second calls to prayer, and sufficing with it without repeating it after the second call to prayer?
Is it permissible for a university student to shorten or combine prayers daily at the university if it is 80 kilometers away, and he spends long hours there, and it is difficult for him to perform and maintain ablution?
Does wiping water quickly with a towel after Wudu -to avoid the effect of cold water- affect the validity of Wudu or the reward of prayer, especially when suffering from cold sensitivity?
How can God's forgiveness of those who commit grave sins be reconciled with the hadiths that exclude those who openly commit sins and those who secretly violate God's prohibitions?
Is it permissible to combine the Maghrib and Isha prayers due to heavy snowfall if dinner is eaten and one remains in the mosque for approximately an hour after the Maghrib prayer?
Is the feeling of losing the meaning of life, being preoccupied with daily routines, and the sense of impending death, an illusion or a reality, and how can one differentiate between the two and act accordingly?
What is the ruling on intentionally delaying a prayer until its time has expired: does this constitute disbelief, and is his abandoning prayer without an excuse considered disbelief that necessitates not making it up? And is it obligatory to make up a prayer at home if one misses congregational prayer at the mosque without an excuse?
Is it true that Musa al-Kadhim, grandson of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was killed by Al-Sindi ibn Shahak at the command of Harun al-Rashid? And was Al-Rashid in the right or in the wrong? What is the stance of Ahl al-Sunnah wal Jama'ah regarding him? Was he righteous, and do we ask Allah to have mercy on him?
Is it obligatory to repeat the Fajr prayers that were performed after an Adhan that is most likely to have been called before the true dawn (Al-Fajr Al-Sadiq)?
Which is the correct way to pray Isha combined and shortened behind an Imam who is praying Maghrib, and what are the rulings for the prayer of each of the five individuals mentioned?
How can one escape the cycle of unrequited love?
Do copious discharges, indistinguishable between maniyy and madhy, as well as vaginal gas, affect the validity of wudu and salat, and do they invalidate ‘umrah?
Is it valid to combine the Maghrib and Isha prayers as a delayed combination (jam' ta'khir), praying them an hour or more after the Isha prayer [time has begun], by starting with the Maghrib prayer first then the Isha prayer, and what is the fundamental principle regarding combining prayers?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a man who is semi-illiterate, rarely attends the Fajr and 'Isha prayers, yet steps forward to lead the other prayers without being asked, requests those who have memorized the Quran to establish the prayer so that he may lead it, and frequently recites Quranic verses in an inverted order?
Does standing up immediately after the prayer, without the prescribed remembrances, invalidate the prayer, and is it permissible to perform the remembrances after standing up?
Is it permissible for someone who does not intend to shorten the prayer (qasr) to complete his four-rak'ah prayer behind an Imam who intended to shorten it and made the tasleem after two rak'ahs?
What is the advantage of praying inside the Kaaba?