Five Daily Prayers
1,577 questions
How can we reconcile God Almighty's ordination of the five daily prayers, making them five after they had been fifty, with the Prophet's (PBUH) saying concerning the Tarawih prayer: "I feared it would be made obligatory for you"?
Does a woman's prayer become nullified if a strange man sees her, especially since women pray amidst men in Mecca?
What is the ruling on abandoning the Witr prayer entirely?
What are the obligatory prayers, their times, and the number of their Rak'ahs?
Can it be said that what diverted the prohibition of "käft" (tucking up clothes) during prayer from being about corruption was the action of Ibn Abbas and Abu Rafe', and does the prohibition not include underwear or any garment that does not touch the ground during prostration?
Is the prayer of the congregant valid if the Imam intentionally does something in his prayer that the Imam considers reprehensible and the congregant considers invalid? And is it obligatory for the Imam to inform the congregant of his lack of intention to lead the prayer if the Imam does not consider it a prerequisite?
How are the Fajr prayers, which were prayed at the first call to prayer without knowing the (correct) number (of rak'ahs), to be made up? And are the current prayers accepted before making them up?
Is it obligatory to perform the five daily prayers in the mosque, and is it permissible to perform them at home or some of them during the examination period?
Do grave sins fall away with Hajj, Umrah, and sincere repentance?
Was the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, known as "Katham bin Abd al-Lat", and what is the authenticity of this name?
ما الدليل على أن صلاة الصبح هي الفرض وصلاة الفجر هي النافلة؟
Is it permissible to pray behind two imams who differ to such an extent that one leaves the mosque when the other enters?
1- What is the ruling on praying in a garment stained with animal blood?
Is it permissible to combine prayers without an excuse? And did the Prophet (peace be upon him) pray the five daily prayers at their prescribed times, or did he combine them? And what is the evidence for that?
Is it permissible to pray Isha as a shortened prayer (qasr) and combined with Maghrib (jam’ taqdim) upon returning from a journey, or must it be repeated after arriving if its time is still valid?
What is the ruling on praying behind an imam who treats himself with sorcery?
Is it permissible to combine and advance the Asr prayer with the Dhuhr prayer due to traveling a distance of 100 kilometers, knowing that the Dhuhr prayer was performed in congregation and half an hour before the Adhan of Asr?
What should the Imam do if he says the Takbir for prayer with the intention of performing a different prayer?
Is it permissible to audibly supplicate in the third and fourth rak'ahs with the intention of praying for oneself and for the Palestinian people's victory, especially since some people do this in some mosques?
What is the ruling on praying in trousers that have small holes that reveal the skin of the thigh during prostration, knowing that they are sometimes covered by hand? And is it obligatory to make up previous prayers that were performed in these trousers, even if their number is unknown? And is previous ignorance of the ruling excusable?
What should someone who suffers from obsessive doubts do concerning recurring doubts during prayer and ablution, such as doubts about the intention, the recitation of Al-Fatiha, movements, the direction of the Qiblah, and sitting between the two prostrations? And are these doubts considered pervasive whispers (waswas) that should be ignored, even if they do not recur daily, especially since they cause the re-performance of prayers and lead to feelings of exhaustion and fatigue?
How can a worshiper perform a one-hour daily Night Vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) in Norway, knowing that the time between the Isha and Fajr prayers may shrink to half an hour at certain times of the year?
Do the hadiths regarding the virtue of praying in Al-Aqsa Mosque — that it is equivalent to 500 or 1000 prayers — include individual prayer, or are they restricted to obligatory congregational prayers?
How can the five daily prayers be performed with their supererogatory (nafl) prayers, and what is recited in them, emulating the prayer of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him)?