Five Daily Prayers
1,577 questions
Does Hajj expiate sins, including major ones?
Is the assumption that the five daily prayers expiate sins, based on the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "Allah thereby erases sins," correct?
What is the difference between obsessive whispering (waswasah) during prayer towards the Kaaba, with the imagination that the worshipper is prostrating to it, and weather forecasts and zodiac sign descriptions? And is there a physical science in the latter that makes them influence characteristics?
Is the movement made by the worshipper, after hearing the imam's takbir to rise from bowing, and before the imam straightens up, then returning to bowing again, considered a violation that invalidates the prayer?
Is it permissible to delay ghusl for days after intercourse without an excuse, given the lack of commitment to prayer, and is the person considered najis (impure) or in a state of impurity during this period?
Is reciting specific surahs after the Fajr and Maghrib prayers to expel the dominion of Satan considered a Bid‘ah (innovation), or is it knowledge bestowed by Allah upon one of His servants?
What is the ruling on the congregants praying entirely while seated, even though their only impediment is in prostrating?
Is the prayer called "Salat al-Shukr" (Prayer of Gratitude), which is performed five times daily, before each obligatory prayer, and in which one prostrates after the final tashahhud and before the taslim to repeat "Praise be to You, and thanks be to You, and forgiveness be to You" twenty times, Islamically valid?
What is the ruling concerning the prayers I have performed since the age of eighteen, while experiencing discharge, and being unaware that it invalidates wudu'? And what is the ruling concerning the prayers I was unable to make up due to my ignorance of how to perform wudu' for them? Is it permissible for me to make up a missed prayer along with a current prayer with a single wudu'? What is the ruling concerning my fasting before reaching the age of eighteen without praying? And what is the ruling concerning my fasting while being unaware of the signs of purity from menstruation?
Is it permissible to put one man before another who is more knowledgeable than him, such as putting a child before an older and more knowledgeable man, in order to teach him or for him to get used to leading the prayer (Imamah) in supererogatory (nafilah) or obligatory (fardh) prayers?
Are the hadiths that mention that prayer in the Sacred Mosque is equivalent to one hundred thousand prayers, and in the Prophet’s Mosque, ten thousand, and in the Mosque of Kufa and Al-Aqsa Mosque, one thousand prayers, and in the congregational mosque, one hundred, and in the tribal mosque, twenty-five, and in the market mosque, twelve, authentic, and do these immense prayers suffice for the supererogatory prayers?
Is there a text that mentions that prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque is equivalent to five hundred prayers? And are there other hadiths besides what you mentioned in Al-Bazzar and Al-Tabarani?
What is the reason for a person to feel chest tightness and a lack of trust in God and in the answer to prayer, despite their increasing knowledge and understanding of religion, and their diligence in acts of obedience and avoidance of sins?
What is the virtue of seeking forgiveness (Istighfar)? And is its abundance a reason for the supplication (Du'a) to be answered? And did the Prophet, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, mention a specific number of daily Istighfar that is recommended to be recited, such as five hundred, a thousand, or two thousand, which are said to have great virtue?
Is it permissible to pray while driving a car, by analogy with the Prophet's prayer (peace be upon him) atop his she-camel?
What should I do now, knowing that I doubted the number of prostrations in the Fajr prayer, and it became preponderant in my mind that I had prostrated twice, so I completed my prayer and did not perform the prostration of forgetfulness, based on my assumption that it was a whisper from Satan, then I found the saying of Ibn Uthaymeen: "If one of you doubts in his prayer, let him seek what is correct and complete his prayer based on it, then let him give the salutation of peace, then prostrate twice"?
Is it permissible for an engineer residing at a desert oil site in Saudi Arabia for a period exceeding or less than a month, working 12 hours a day, to combine and shorten the four prayers together, or to shorten without combining, or to combine without shortening? And if that is not permissible, is it permissible for him to perform the Asr, Maghrib, and Isha prayers consecutively due to night work and sleeping after noon?
Is a person who drank alcohol three weeks before Ramadan, but did not become intoxicated—even if the amount was less than half a glass—forbidden from praying and fasting? And is it permissible for him to fast Ramadan after his repentance and remorse?
Does the prayer become void by adding an alif to the Takbirat al-Ihram (Allahu Akbar), and must it be repeated?
Is breast milk impure, and is prayer not permissible in clothing that it has touched?
Is it permissible to perform Salat after drinking semen, knowing that no semen was discharged from the woman?
Why do people stand at Arafat on a specific day and not on any other day?
What are the consequences of masturbating multiple times during the daytime in Ramadan over many long years, and is the fast valid when delaying the ghusl from menstruation or masturbation?
Does Fajr prayer and the prayer of those led by the Imam become invalidated if the Imam suspects the presence of a slight trace of stool resulting from a previous release of gas, and then this becomes clear to him after the prayer?