Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,358 questions
Is what the questioner said to his mother and wife in a moment of anger, and as a threat with no intention of divorce, considered a divorce? If so, what should he do? And would it be counted as a future divorce?
What is the ruling for someone who is late for Maghrib prayer due to work and being preoccupied with a train schedule: should he pray it on the train present or wait until he arrives after the entry of the 'Isha' prayer time, and is it permissible for him to pray sitting in the train if he is able to stand, and is he obliged to face the Qiblah in this situation?
Is it permissible to train people in karate inside the mosque?
How can clothes and the house be purified from the droppings of a small mouse that cannot be caught, knowing that it is spreading everywhere?
Why is the Kaaba the Qibla of Muslims and a place for circumambulation, and why was it specifically singled out for this status?
What is the ruling on praying at a grave out of necessity?
Should one who experiences irregular سلس perform ablution once after the time for each prayer begins, or is it necessary for him to examine the place from which urine exits and wait for it to stop, despite the hardship and waste of time involved?
When is it prescribed to say, "May Allah hear him who praises Him"? Is it permissible to complete it after rising from rukūʿ due to lack of time, and is there a fatwa from Ibn ʿUthaymīn regarding this?
Why do we pray facing the Kaaba instead of Jerusalem, and why was the Qibla changed? And why did Allah create the Kaaba on Earth, and what are the scientific miracles in the Qur’an?
What is the ruling on praying behind someone who says "Allah is in every place" if he is an Ash'ari or a Sufi, and is it obligatory to repeat the prayer or to seek another mosque?
Is it considered a Bid'ah (innovation) to determine the Qibla direction for prayer inside a prayer room (musalla) that is not oriented towards it, knowing the necessity of facing it for the prayer to be valid, and given that some people use the noble verse as evidence: "And to Allah belong the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing"?
Is it permissible for a resident in the United States, studying there, to combine the Asr prayer with the Dhuhr prayer by advancing it, given that she cannot find a place to pray and is often forced to shorten the Asr prayer due to her commitment to the study location?
Should we say the Athan and then the Iqama for prayer, or is the Athan from the device sufficient?
Is it necessary to perform ghusl with water if urine or feces exceed the point of exit, and wiping is insufficient, rendering the prayer of one who has not washed invalid?
Is it obligatory to repeat ablution for someone who performed it and inadvertently forgot the intention?
Is it true that whoever builds a mosque for Allah – even if it is the size of a bird's nest – Allah will build for him a house in Paradise, and is it permissible to designate a small place in a room for prayer with the intention of receiving the reward associated with treating it as a mosque?
Is it permissible to prolong the supplication in the last prostration of prayer more than the others, and is this considered an innovation?
Is the prayer of a man in the desert valid if he prays in a direction other than the Qibla due to ignorance of the ruling?
Is it permissible to pray in the bathroom to avoid being seen by people, or should the Dhuhr and Asr prayers be performed after the Maghrib Adhan upon returning home?
Is the prayer invalid in a mosque where there are two walls separating the prayer area of the worshipers from a grave that is in the direction of the Qibla, knowing that the grave is not a shrine and is not sought for blessings?
Is it permissible to drop the hands to the sides during prayer, and what is the reason for some innovators striking their thighs instead of performing the Taslim?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a husband who gets angry and distances himself from his wife if she touches him, claiming that she has nullified his ablution, which has led to the wife becoming averse to prayer and marital life?
Is there a contradiction between Allah Almighty’s command to face the Sacred Mosque (Kaaba) in prayer and some people’s interpretation of the Hadith: “What is between the East and the West is a Qiblah,” which trivializes the matter of precise direction towards the Qiblah, knowing that a mosque in الطارف (El-Tarf), Algeria, deviates 40 degrees towards Ankara from the Qiblah, and the possibility of precisely determining the Qiblah is available today thanks to advancements in astronomy and geography?
What is the ruling on someone who prayed Dhuhr a little before Asr, then Asr individually, and remembered after praying Asr that they had forgotten the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) before the salutation (taslim), and could not determine which prayer they had forgotten it in, whether it was Dhuhr or Asr?