Prayer Times
1,540 questions
Is it disliked (makrooh) or forbidden (haraam) to pray at the time of sunset or sunrise, and why?
What is the ruling on praying Tarawih with four rak’ahs, with two tashahhuds and one salam aloud, repeated five times? Is the Witr prayer permissible if the Imam says the takbir after the Fatiha and a surah in the last rak’ah without raising the hands for du’a before bowing? And is it possible to pray Qiyam al-Layl at home to attain the reward mentioned in the hadith, and what is the minimum number of its rak’ahs?
How does a prisoner pray in a dark underground cell, while shackled, and unaware of prayer times or the start of Ramadan?
Is it true that the Mu'awwidhat (Surahs Al-Falaq and An-Nas) should be recited once after every prayer, and three times after the Fajr and Maghrib prayers, or are they recited only once after all prayers, and are they repeated three times only if they are part of the morning and evening remembrances (adhkar)?
Is it permissible to delay prayer and make it up at a later time due to severe headache and head pain?
Is it permissible to delay Fajr prayer until after sunrise due to studying and being unable to wake up to perform it?
Is it permissible for a resident in Sweden to pray and fast according to the time in Saudi Arabia, or a nearby Arab country, or his country of origin?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to pray more than two rak'ahs after ablution, based on the hadith of Bilal?
Is it permissible to pray in a shirt bearing the logo of a company that engages in unlawful activities, especially given that it has been prayed in numerous times already?
Which prayers are obligatory for me, given that I slept in a state of menstrual impurity and woke up pure after Maghrib, without being certain when I became pure?
How can one overcome the satanic thoughts that plague a worshiper during prayer and worship, which include evil suggestions about God, and cause him to lose reverence and tranquility?
Does Istikhara stop after one feels reassured about the engagement and before the marriage is finalized, or does one continue it due to the possibility of new developments?
What is the ruling on someone whose urinary incontinence stopped during congregational prayer, so he completed his prayer and then exited its time?
What is the ruling regarding someone who prayed Fajr and does not know whether they prayed before or after sunrise?
Is it permissible to pray the Sunnah of Fajr and the Fajr (obligatory) prayer during the prohibited time (after the Fajr prayer has concluded and before sunrise), and would it be considered qada' (a make-up) or ada' (on time), or is it obligatory to wait until after sunrise to perform them as qada'?
What is the approved time for the 'Isha prayer in Germany, and is it permissible to pray the Tarawih with a mosque that has estimated the 'Isha time at 11 o'clock, and is it obligatory to repeat the 'Isha prayer if it was prayed at an early time?
What is the precise and clear interpretation of the phrase: "If it accompanies him all the time, or most of it, or half of it, and the detailed explanation of this according to them is that incontinence does not invalidate if it accompanies half or more of the prayer times, and the prayer times are from Zawāl (midday) until the sunrise of the following day" in the Maliki school of thought, regarding the issue of incontinence?
What is the legitimate time for the 'Isha prayer in Birmingham, UK, during the summer, given the long period between the Maghrib and 'Isha calls to prayer?
Is it permissible to make supplication while sitting after the salutation following the eighth rakʿah in Qiyam al-Layl?
When does the time for the 'Isha prayer end?
What is the ruling on a Tijani Zawiya Imam and some of his followers performing strange movements and spreading a long white cloth after Asr prayer, especially on Friday? Are these actions considered Bid'ah (innovation), and is praying behind this Imam valid?
How can the end times for the Asr and Maghrib prayers be determined if it is not possible to rely on the sun and shadow? Is there a maximum or minimum time limit for the prayer? And is attending private lessons considered an excuse for delaying the Asr prayer until the time of necessity?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who makes a meaning-altering mistake in reciting Al-Fatiha, and there are reprehensible innovations in the mosque after the prayer?
To what extent is the hadith sound that Ibn Kathir narrates in his tafsir of verse 24 of Surat Ibrahim, which refers to the virtue of dhikr after prayer, and does a Muslim receive reward if he acts upon a weak hadith before knowing of its weakness?