Five Daily Prayers
1,577 questions
What is the ruling regarding the prayer of the congregants who completed their prayer after the Imam exited to admonish a worshiper whose phone disturbed him during prayer, and should they have exited the prayer following the Imam?
Should I say "Allahu Akbar" for the Ihram and then pat the latecomer on the shoulder, or should I pat him and then say "Allahu Akbar" for the Ihram?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who uses alcoholic (ethanol) perfumes which he does not consider impure, and this is the belief of most people in his country? And what is the ruling on praying behind an Imam when I do not know whether he has perfumed himself or not? And if it is not permissible, should I pray at home, including Friday prayer?
Does the phrase "regular cessation of vaginal moisture" mean that this occurs at specific hours of the day, such as its cessation from four to five o'clock daily?
Does the intention to repeat a prayer upon doubting or making a mistake in it – whether before or during the prayer – invalidate the intention, and is my prayer valid in this case, and how do I renew the intention if the prayer is interrupted?
What is the ruling regarding prayers performed after waking up and finding wetness, without knowing whether it is semen or not, and without recalling a wet dream, and given the uncertainty about the nature of this wetness after several days have passed?
What are the enduring good deeds, and when are they to be recited?
What is the ruling on fasting and prayer for residents of areas where the daytime is long, such as Greenland?
What are the rulings concerning the Adhan? And is it permissible to respond to every Muezzin who observes these rulings?
What is the ruling on someone who forgot the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) and remembered it after finishing the prayer and rolling up the prayer rug; is it permissible for him to return and perform the prostration of forgetfulness?
Is it necessary to remove dust from the feet for ablution and prayer to be valid?
Is it permissible for a person afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (waswās) to lead the prayer (imām) if he informs the congregants of his condition? And what should one do who encounters a similar situation where he interrupted his prayer while leading the people and did not inform them of it?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who pronounces the letter "ض" (ḍād) sometimes as "ظ" (ẓāʾ) and sometimes as "ض" (ḍād), and what should the worshipper do in a silent prayer where he does not know how the Imam pronounces the "ض" (ḍād)?
Why did the noble verse mention only four prayers and not the fifth?
Does prayer in the outer courtyards of the Prophet's Mosque not equal prayer inside it in reward, which is a thousand prayers?
What is the remedy for not feeling sadness or remorse when forgetting a verse from Surat Aal Imran and stopping the revision of the Quran for a long time?
Does doubt about remembering the intention for prayer after waking up, and about completing the ablution, and about the number of rak'ahs affect the validity of the prayer, and does sin result from that?
How and when are supererogatory prayers (Salat al-Nawafil) performed?
What is the ruling regarding frequent doubts concerning prayer, ablution, and the transference of impurity—given the presence of urinary incontinence, prostatic fluid, and flatulence—and what is the validity of past prayers, and what is the ruling on removing hair with a women's cream, and is it permissible to pray sitting on a chair when feeling pain, and what should I do with clothes and money about whose source I have doubts, and must I disregard the obsessive thoughts about driving and what results from them?
Who coined the terms "Mustahab" (desirable/recommended) and "Makrooh" (disliked/reprehensible) based on the criteria of reward and recompense, and what did they rely on from the Qur'an and Sunnah in doing so? And how did jurists differentiate between what is "Haraam" (forbidden) and "Makrooh," and what is "Waajib" (obligatory) and "Mustahab," especially in Hadiths that contain explicit commands and prohibitions?
Is it permissible to pray at home, and is a Muslim sinful for being unable to perform the five daily prayers in congregation at the mosque due to the absence of mosques or insecurity, which leads him to consider returning to his country?
Does praying in a place that combines sunlight and shade affect the validity of the prayer? What is the ruling on previous prayers performed in such a place? And does the ruling of disliking sitting between sunlight and shade apply to sitting between light (from a lamp, for example) and shade?
What is the ruling on dedicating 15 prayers daily to thank Allah? Is it permissible to perform supererogatory prayers after Asr, Maghrib, and Isha? What is better among seeking forgiveness (Istighfar), glorifying Allah (Tasbeeh), praising Allah (Alhamdulillah), reading the Quran, and listening to it? Is specifying certain remembrances (adhkar) after prayer considered an innovation (bid'ah)?
Is a room designated for prayer in a government workplace considered a mosque, based on the stipulated conditions for a mosque, which are: endowment, general permission for prayer, and the establishment of the five daily prayers therein, taking into account that the ownership of the place belongs to the state, and the possibility of establishing the five daily prayers therein even if not everyone prays there?