Prayer Times
1,346 questions
How can I accept my husband marrying another, knowing that the reason for not having children is due to me, and we have tried many times without success?
Is saying "A'udhu billahi minash-shaitanir-rajeem" (I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan) before prayer with the intention of warding off Satan considered an innovation (bid'ah)?
Are the sins forgiven for whoever says, "SubhanAllah" 33 times, "Alhamdulillah" 33 times, and "Allahu Akbar" 33 times, and concludes with "La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lahu, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu, wa huwa 'ala kulli shayin qadir," inclusive of all sins, including major sins?
How is the two-rak'ah prayer performed, with the recitation of Surat Al-Fath on the first night of Ramadan, to obtain the mentioned reward?
Is it sufficient to wash the hand with water and soap once or twice after a dog licks the hand, or is it obligatory to wash it seven times, one of them with earth? And does the prayer of one who did not wash the impurity seven times become invalidated?
What is the ruling on repeating after the unified Adhan (call to prayer) if it is sometimes a real Adhan and sometimes a recorded tape?
Is Surat al-Ikhlas and the Two Protector Surahs to be recited three times each separately, or is each surah to be recited once and then this repeated twice?
Is the feeling that one will fail an exam if they do a certain thing, or excessive thinking about how to close a door, or linking the position of a toilet lock to exam results, or feeling that God is punishing a person for quitting masturbation, or postponing supplication and prayer until after the exam so that the supplication is not a supplication of self-interest—is all of this considered waswasah (whisperings/obsessive thoughts)?
Is the precise timing of the prayers mentioned in the Holy Quran?
What is the ruling regarding a husband praying alone at his workplace (a factory) during break times, without combining prayers, knowing that he cannot find another job and that he has a beard, in France where it is difficult to find work?
What is the ruling on offering the Dhuhr prayer with Fajr due to the lack of time between lectures and the difficulty of performing it at its prescribed time?
Is it considered disbelief to return to sleep—after waking up and a short time before the prayer's deadline, a time insufficient for ablution and prayer due to obsessive doubts (waswas)—?
Does one who establishes a playground next to a mosque, where children play during prayer times and miss prayers because of it, bear sin, and will his intention of entertaining the children intercede on his behalf?
What is the ruling on repeating the Dhuhr prayer three times due to obsessive doubts about reciting Al-Fatihah, and what are the consequences of interrupting the intention of prayer while continuing to follow the Imam, and is it obligatory to inform the Imam that one did not complete the prayer with him?
Must one adhere to a single formula of Tashahhud in prayer, or is it permissible to vary it between the Tashahhud with the Imam and the worshipper's own Tashahhud?
Is it valid to perform the Night Vigil Prayer (Qiyam al-Layl) and Witr prayer in the middle of the night, and then pray two rak'ahs a quarter of an hour before Fajr?
Is it permissible to pray behind an imam who commits immoral acts, steals mosque property, deliberately performs ablution poorly, disrespects prayer times, and gives the call to prayer without ablution?
Is it permissible to pray between Asr and Maghrib?
Is it permissible to raise the finger after prayer when reciting "There is no god but Allah alone, He has no partner. To Him belongs sovereignty, and to Him belongs all praise, and He is over all things competent" one hundred times?
What is the proper way to perform prayer on an airplane if the flight is long and follows the sun, or is in the opposite direction, knowing the takeoff and arrival times?
Is delaying the 'Isha prayer until just before its time expires considered procrastination and a sin, and will repentance for that be accepted, especially if the delay goes beyond the designated prayer time with knowledge of this, and is it obligatory to prioritize the fard (obligatory) prayer over the sunnah (supererogatory) prayer if the prayer time is short?
Do the detested times for prayer not apply to Mecca, that is, after Fajr until the sun rises to the height of a spear and before Dhuhr, and after Asr until sunset? And can supererogatory prayers be performed during these times throughout Mecca or only in the Grand Mosque? And is it true that the Shafi'is exempted Mecca from the detested times, and what is their evidence for that if the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, did not exempt Mecca?
Do the whispers I experience in my prayer and when I sit alone, and those useless thoughts, and the feeling of someone speaking inside me, and the desire to cry, indicate the presence of jinn possession (mass) or the evil eye ('ayn)?
Is it permissible for me to say: "O Allah, bestow [Your] prayers upon our master Muhammad, as many times as those who have invoked prayers upon him and as many times as those who have not invoked prayers upon him, and as You have commanded me to invoke prayers upon him, and as You love that I invoke prayers upon him"?