Five Daily Prayers
2,075 questions
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who precedes the Imam in the prayer area?
How did the opinion of the imams differ from the opinion of the Companions — may God be pleased with them — regarding the excommunication (takfir) of one who abandons prayer out of laziness, and were they unaware of that?
What is the ruling regarding prayers performed while doubting the presence of urine droplets, before noticing and taking precautions against them, and must they be made up if their number cannot be determined?
What is the way to remain steadfast in prayer and abandon masturbation despite the overwhelming lust?
Are these secretions considered "madhy" (pre-seminal fluid), and should one follow the Maliki school of thought, performing ablution and praying more than one obligatory prayer with the same ablution, or what should one do?
What is the ruling on the prayers of one who leaned on a wall during prayer out of ignorance, and what if the leaning was for a short period during one of the prayer's pillars?
What is the ruling on someone who pronounces the letters of the first Taslimah incorrectly by mistake, and does the Imam bear that on his behalf?
What are the agreed-upon pillars, duties (wājibāt), obligatory acts (furūḍ), Sunnah acts, recommended acts (mustaḥabbāt), disliked acts (makrūhāt), forbidden acts (muḥarramāt), and permissible acts (mubāḥāt) in prayer and ablution?
Is it permissible for a girl to stipulate as her mahr (dowry) that her fiancé commit to performing the five daily prayers, instead of requesting gold, given that he is lax in prayer due to work, and her aim in this is to encourage him to adhere to them?
What are the instances in prayer when one should raise the hands to the ears, and what is the ruling on one who raises them with every takbeer versus one who raises them only with the takbeerat al-ihram?
Is it obligatory for a Shafiʽi to intend all actions of the prayer along with the intention?
Are the prayers that were performed in clothes acquired from ill-gotten gains valid and acceptable?
Why did you issue a fatwa (religious edict) making it obligatory to deliver water beneath the nail, and does dirt under it prevent the validity of wudu' (ablution), and is this considered an undue hardship?
What is the ruling on praying with objects such as books, socks, shoes, bags, or clothes in front of me or beside me? And does the prayer become null and void if these objects are very close to me when prostrating? And does moving them away for fear of invalidating the prayer have an effect?
Is it permissible for those who missed part of the prayer (masbūqīn), having caught up at different points, to put forward one of them who caught the first rak'ah to lead them after the Imam's salām, especially if some of them have invalidated their ablution?
What should I do about feeling deficient despite my commitment to acts of worship, and my fear of the impact of the sin of smoking, which I cannot quit, on Allah's رضا (pleasure/contentment)?
Would the prayer of a father be accepted if he does not complete his ablution, does not shield himself from urine, and prays under duress out of fear of his son, with the son believing that he will stop praying once he returns to his country?
What is the ruling on enjoying women without committing fornication, through kisses and other acts?
Is there a similarity between the method and timings of prayer in Zoroastrianism and Islam, even though Zoroastrianism is much older?
What is the ruling regarding the Friday prayers of last week, and must they be re-offered as a full Dhuhr prayer, after it became clear that they were invalid due to the lack of settlement (istīṭān) and the incompleteness of the quorum?
What is the opinion regarding the group "Quranists" who claim to follow only the Qur'an?
Is raising both index fingers after ablution, upon reciting the Tashahhud, from the Sunnah, or only the index finger of the right hand? And what is the ruling on that?
What is the ruling on the validity of the i'tikaf of one who intended to perform i'tikaf for ten days in Ramadan, but excluded the time of Isha and Tarawih prayers because he is an Imam at another mosque?
Is the brother's prayer valid if he was led by someone who intended to pray but did not actually pray, rather he only pretended to pray, even though the Imam who pretended was the one who established the prayer and audibly recited the transition takbeers?