Prayer Times
1,346 questions
Is it permissible for the ruler to compel shop owners to close their shops during prayer times and to punish those who do not comply?
What is the ruling on missing prayers due to the conflict between university study times and prayer times, knowing that absence leads to failure or exclusion from exams?
How many times should one perform Istikhara, and how is the best decision made after Istikhara in the matter of divorce when there is hesitation?
Does prayer become obligatory immediately upon waking during the period of discrepancy in Fajr prayer times between the two mosques, and is it permissible to eat and drink with the intention of fasting during this period?
What is the ruling on praying two rak'ahs before Maghrib and two rak'ahs before 'Isha at home? And must they be prayed between the Adhan and the Iqamah, or is it permissible to pray them at any time?
Is it necessary to change clothes, wash the body seven times, and perform ablution (wudu') every time one touches a dog to ensure the validity of prayer?
Are the supplications mentioned in the Hadith: "In Your name, O Allah, I die and live" and "Praise be to Allah who revived us after He caused us to die, and to Him is the resurrection," a Sunnah for the Ummah or specific to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him? And what is the evidence for that?
What are the prayers that must be performed on the plane and at home when traveling for nine hours from Algeria to Canada, taking into account the prayer times, and is it permissible to shorten or combine prayers on the plane?
When should a menstruating woman begin to check for the cessation of menstruation, and should she check for it on the days when purity is expected? Is it necessary for her to check at the beginning of every prayer, at the end of prayer times, before sleeping, and before napping?
Is the Istikhara prayer that was performed after Fajr prayer and before sunrise invalid and unanswered, given that it was prayed due to not knowing about the forbidden times for prayer, and will God hold one accountable for this ignorance?
Is it permissible to hang a prayer times board in the mosque that contains the name of a person and his place of work in a usurious bank?
Is an Imam who said, "It's normal to taste a little from Hell, or a couple of times," considered an apostate for belittling the torment of Hell? Is it permissible to pray behind him? And is his saying, "And I repent to Him," after the prayer considered sufficient repentance for this statement?
What is the correct Sunnah regarding Tarawih prayer, what are the bid'ahs (innovations) introduced into it, and is it legislated to make supplication collectively after Tarawih prayer?
Does prayer become invalidated by doubting the prostration of forgetfulness after completing the prayer, then prostrating as a precaution, or by repeating the prostration of forgetfulness due to forgetting to cover the feet, which might lead to prostrating three times?
Is it permissible for a traveler to combine and shorten prayers at the beginning or end of the Dhuhr and Asr times, and should he shorten the prayer if he stops for four days on his way without reaching his original destination?
Is the Fajr prayer caught if the time of sunrise enters while I am in the first rak'ah, and is the Athan application reliable for prayer times, and if the first prayer is valid, is the second considered a supererogatory prayer?
Is it permissible to combine the two forms of remembrance after prayer, so that one says: "Subhan Allah 33 times, Al-Hamdulillah 33 times, Allahu Akbar 34 times, and 'La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa ala kulli shayin qadeer'"? And will the one who does so attain the reward of the Sunnah?
Is it obligatory to secretly give a mentally ill patient medication in their juice, knowing that this medication causes them to sleep through prayers?
How can we understand the sun's rising for a year, a month, or a Friday during the days of the Dajjal? Will this encompass the entire Earth, or is it a sunrise like our current days but for a longer duration? And was this mentioned in the hadith?
What is the ruling on prayer for a woman who has a wound – from an operation – in her vagina, if the doctor advised against using water (istinja') to avoid bleeding from the wound?
How can one purify the soul, the home, and clothing after a dog has been present in the house for one day without moving, and can the soil used for purification be street sand, and is normal ablution (wudu') sufficient for prayer thereafter?
Is it permissible to use wet wipes after wiping three times with dry wipes, and does that invalidate Istinja' and prevent the prayer from being valid?
What is the ruling on frequently repeating ablution — around 20 or 30 times daily — not for prayer, but with the intention of purifying oneself from sins, given the continuous expulsion of gas? And is excessive ablution of this number considered reprehensible extravagance?
What is the ruling on the prayers I performed while my underwear was contaminated with drops of urine due to my remaining for a long time without using the restroom, knowing that I thought I had urinary incontinence, and sometimes I would only wash the contaminated area, and at other times I would take off my underwear for prayer? Do I have to repeat the prayers of those years?