Qibla and Place of Prayer
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ماذا تفعل الأخت الكبرى إذا تعذر عليها الاغتسال بعد الحيض في المستشفى حيث ترافق طفلها المريض ولا تستطيع الخروج أو تركه وحيدًا؟
Is the Hadith, "We, the community of prophets, have been commanded to convey our journeys and to place our right hands over our left hands in prayer," authentic? And who narrated it, and in which Hadith books was it mentioned?
What is the ruling on not shortening prayers and performing Sunnah prayers during travel, and does a traveler returning home shorten prayers, and is it sufficient for a traveler to recite the supplication for leaving the home only upon departing his home, or should he say it every time he leaves his lodging during travel?
Is it permissible to walk in front of girls who are praying in the company's prayer room in order to perform salah individually, knowing that there is ample space in front of them?
Is the hadith mentioned in Al-Tabarani Al-Kabeer concerning the description of the Prophet's prayer, which states: "The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when he was in his prayer, would raise his hands opposite his ears, then when he said 'Allahu Akbar', he would let them down, then he would be silent, and sometimes I saw him place his right hand over his left...," a fabricated or very weak hadith, as judged by a student of knowledge?
Is it permissible to pray in a mosque built on the westernmost side of a graveyard, such that the graves are in the direction of the Qibla, knowing that the mosque was not built over the graves?
If the Imam made a wrong intention and then repeated it, must the congregants repeat theirs?
How can we reconcile the Hadith of the blind man whom the Prophet permitted to pray in his house, with the Hadith of the other blind man for whom the Prophet prayed in a spot in his house to be taken as a place of prayer?
How authentic is the Hadith: "And he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to invoke blessings upon himself in the first tashahhud and other instances," and what is its meaning?
Is it permissible for someone who intends to make up the Asr prayer to lead someone who is praying Maghrib, and in the event of leading, should he recite aloud or silently, and what is the position of the congregants then?
What is the ruling on praying directly on the tiles?
Is the prayer of the questioner valid after she combined the Asr and Dhuhr prayers due to the train schedule, and delayed the Maghrib prayer until she arrived home, so she prayed it before the Adhan of the Isha prayer, given the train's delay?
What is the ruling on praying in a prayer nook established in a house that is disputed among heirs, and the ex-wife of the deceased homeowner, who left behind another wife and children, relinquished her claim to it?
What did the disbelievers do at the Kaaba during the جاهلية (Age of Ignorance)?
Is there a crack in the Kaaba wall that was sealed with lead, and was the Maqam Ibrahim a scaffold used to raise the Kaaba's stones?
Is it permissible for the worshiper to extend his hands after completing the Abrahamic prayer and the Tashahhud in the second Rak'ah, or must they remain in the Qabd position?
How can one reconcile the two rules: "Addition (al-idafa) necessitates specification" and "A singular noun, when added, signifies generality," and what is the implication of addition in examples such as "Zayd's servant attended" and his (PBUH) saying: "Then he sat in his prayer place"?
What is the ruling of the Maliki school regarding purifying clothes from urine drops that continue to fall for a period after urinating, given the difficulty of purifying or changing them?
Is the prayer valid if I joined the Imam in the last rak'ah of the Dhuhr prayer, then stood up for the second rak'ah after the Imam had said the Taslim, and prayed two rak'ahs and sat for the Tashahhud, then stood up for the last rak'ah and sat for the Tashahhud?
What is the ruling concerning a salaried imam who calls the Adhan, then the Iqamah, and then leads the people in prayer, when there is someone present who has a better voice than him but is prevented from calling the Adhan and Iqamah because he is not employed by the mosque?
Is it permissible to warn two girls against their friend who slanders them and impugns their honor, especially since there is an intention to propose to one of them for the brother, and the family is hesitant due to prior information about these slanders?
Is it necessary to change one's place between the Shaf' and Witr prayers?
Is prolonging the last prostration in prayer for supplication a Sunnah?
Is it permissible to pray two Rak'ahs or more aboard an airplane while it is in flight, with the intention of worshipping Allah in a new place so that the sky may bear witness for him on the Day of Resurrection, and is this intention considered permissible or an innovation (Bid'ah)?