Five Daily Prayers
2,075 questions
Does the emission of pus or blood drops from an anal fistula affect the validity of prayer, and what is the ruling on wearing clothes upon which a drop of that blood has fallen for prayer?
Does prayer become invalid by interrupting it immediately after the opening takbeer – due to doubt about the validity of the takbeer – then performing the takbeer again?
Is it permissible to perform the Night Vigil Prayer (Salat al-Layl) after the Witr prayer and before sleeping, due to the inability to perform it in the last part of the night?
How did the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, know the prayer when he led the prophets in prayer during the Isra (Night Journey)?
Is it permissible for a congregant (ma'mum) to become an imam, and what are the proofs for this from the Qur'an and Sunnah?
Is it obligatory to repeat a fard prayer if the affirmation of intention was forgotten before starting it?
Is a woman permitted to seek divorce from her husband who cheats, lies, and engages in cybersex after 22 years of marriage, knowing that she fears God's wrath should she seek divorce? And is she permitted to supplicate for divorce along with ease of matters from God?
Does prayer efface all misdeeds and sins as long as one prays?
Is there anything that prevents a worshiper from praying while wearing a metal watch?
Is my prayer valid after delaying it past the congregational prayer time due to shyness from friends, and is this action of mine considered showing off (riya’)?
Where should one look during prayer?
Is it permissible for a worshipper to praise Allah if he sneezes?
Is investing in a bank that offers a variable daily or monthly profit rate (around 10%), or in an Islamic investment company that offers a variable annual profit rate (around 16%), considered permissible, or does it fall under usury (riba)?
Is the prayer of a patient suffering from fatty liver, irritable bowel syndrome, gases, abdominal fermentation, pain, and constipation, which causes him to lose his devotion and concentration in prayer, valid?
Is it permissible for my eight-year-old son to lead me in prayer, and should I pray with him and then repeat the prayer?
What is the ruling on raising the index finger for supplication between the two prostrations, as mentioned in "Zad al-Ma'ad"?
What is the ruling on vocalizing the recitation aloud in individual prayer for men and women in the five daily prayers?
Is the takbir for standing for the third rak'ah performed when on the ground or upon straightening up?
What is the ruling on money earned if its owner does not pray, or prays with doubts about the the validity and purity of his prayer due to obsessive whispering (waswasah)?
Does prayer become invalid by reciting aloud in a silent prayer due to not reflecting on Al-Fatiha, as the worshiper suffers from GERD, and does this necessitate reciting silently to avoid sin?
Is it obligatory for supplication during prostration to be from the Sunnah supplications, or is it permissible to supplicate with any personal supplication? And can the remembrances of bowing and prostration, such as "Subhan Dhi al-Jabarut wal-Malakut wal-Kibriya wal-'Azamah (Glory be to the Possessor of Omnipotence, Sovereignty, Grandeur, and Might)," be repeated more than once? And is it permissible to combine a number of remembrances and say them at once?
What does the word "awrad" mean? And are the five daily prayers considered among the awrad?
What is the ruling on someone who adheres to the the five daily prayers but delays them past their appointed times for minor reasons? Does the obligation of the prayer fall away from him, coupled with sin, or is his ruling that of one who abandons prayer?
What is the ruling on performing Friday Prayer in a rented apartment for Muslim students, whose number does not exceed forty, in a very cold city far from mosques, with the intention of making it a religious and educational center? And is it better to join Chinese mosques to mix with them and teach them, or to continue with this private gathering? And to what extent is it permissible to conceal this gathering from Chinese authorities who reject religious gatherings?