Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,358 questions
What is the posture of the hands for worshipers between the Iqama and the opening Takbir before commencing the prayer?
Is it necessary to have the intention overnight (prior to the act) for Wudu and prayer, or is it sufficient to go to the restroom or the mosque for the intention of each?
Is it permissible to sleep with one's feet facing the Qibla if that is the most suitable direction for the bed in the room?
How can a young man who repents from wickedness, disbelief, and abandoning prayer return to God?
Is it permissible for a woman to lead a man in prayer, especially one of her mahrams?
Is the traveler's diligence in determining the Qibla at dawn an excuse for him in his prayer if he prayed facing a direction other than the Qibla, and is he required to repeat it as a traveler or as a resident if he is not excused?
Must one make up prayers that were performed facing the wrong Qibla direction for six months, knowing that the wrong direction was two years prior to the certainty that has now been reached? And what is the opinion of the four madhhabs on this matter?
What is the ruling on wearing loose trousers during prayer?
Is one who missed a rak'ah included in the virtue of the first row, or is that virtue exclusive to whoever caught the opening takbeer?
Must I make up the prayer if I prostrated myself knowing that the Imam had already risen from prostration, and I did not subsequently perform the prostration of forgetfulness?
Is it permissible to pray in a room that contains a real human skeleton?
What is the ruling on praying on a rug made of high pile or shag, or on a high pile carpet? And is it obligatory to interrupt the prayer if the rug is not precisely oriented towards the Qibla?
What is the ruling on supplicating between the final Tashahhud and the Taslim, and what is the ruling on one who interrupted the remembrance, thinking that it invalidates the prayer, and then performed the Taslim?
How does the Imam sit after concluding the prayer?
How is the heart the place of intention, and is it sufficient for it to be a conversation with oneself without uttering it aloud, and is thinking of leaving the prayer due to an impediment, such as a doorbell ringing, considered an intention to leave it?
Is it obligatory to look at the place of prostration during prayer or at the Imam when saying the Takbirat al-Ihram, and must prayers be repeated if one's gaze was incorrect?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who doubts whether madhiy (prostatic fluid) has been discharged, or whose dominant presumption is that it has been discharged? Is it obligatory for him to check before prayer? And is his prayer accepted if he prays without checking? And is it obligatory for him to check his garment every time? And what is the ruling on his prayer if he is with a congregation and there is no time or place to check? And if the fluid does not exit in gushes, is it madhiy and not maniy (semen)? And does the word "gushes" (دفقًا) mean consecutively? And is it obligatory to make water reach under the hair of the penis and testicles when performing istinja’ (washing after relieving oneself)? And what is the solution to the problem of constantly wet clothes due to excessive splashing with water?
Is it legislated to raise the finger during supplication, and is that sufficient in place of raising the hands?
Does anything fall upon the employee concerning the previous years in which he worked under the group system, knowing that the authorized person was aware of it and did not object, and that working with this system ceased immediately upon the issuance of a circular prohibiting it?
Is it permissible to visit one's father at his uncle's house, knowing that the son's mother has invoked a curse upon anyone who visits the father in that place? And is it permissible to recite a surah after Al-Fatiha in the third and fourth rak'ahs of prayer?
Is covering the head during prayer Sunnah?
Is it permissible to pray in shorts?
What is the ruling on praying Maghrib in a car while sitting and not facing the Qibla due to extreme fear of harm?
Is the Tarawih prayer obligatory for women, and is it better for them to perform it at home or in the mosque?