Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,358 questions
What is the ruling on one who prays without looking at the place of prostration?
Does a prayer room designated for Muslims in British universities—which they do not own and is under the university's administration—take the ruling of a mosque, and is it permissible to perform i'tikaf in it?
Is it permissible to shorten the four-rak'ah prayer to two rak'ahs due to the inability to complete it because of frequent urination resulting from taking diuretic medications?
What is the ruling on turning over one's hands during supplication (Du'a)?
What is the origin of the disagreement between Imam Al-Albani and other scholars regarding the obligation of certain matters in prayer that Al-Albani considers obligatory, while others consider them recommended or Sunnah? And what is the preponderant opinion, with the mention of the reason?
Is my prayer valid, knowing that I caught the last rak'ah of Dhuhr prayer with the Imam, and I forgot the first Tashahhud in the second rak'ah, then I remembered and sat for it in the third rak'ah, and I completed the prayer and performed the prostration of forgetfulness (sujūd al-sahw)?
Is expiation (kaffarah) obligatory for every time a person swears by Allah out of anger or in an attempt to ignore a whisper (waswas) that hinders him from prayer, knowing that this oath has become a habit difficult to break? And is it permissible to donate the expiation amount directly to the poor or through charitable organizations whose projects do not include expiation for oaths?
Is reading Surat Al-Kahf or Surat Al-Baqarah during prayer on Friday sufficient for (or in place of) reading them outside of prayer?
Is it possible to respond to the شبهات (misconceptions/specious arguments) raised by a Christian regarding the existence of linguistic and grammatical errors in the Holy Qur’an, such as: 1. Raising the annexed to the منصوب (accusative) in Surat Al-Ma'idah (5:69)? 2. Nominating the subject in Surat Al-Baqarah (2:124)? 3. Masculinizing the predicate of a feminine noun in Surat Al-A'raf (7:56)? 4. Feminizing the number and pluralizing the counted noun in Surat Al-A'raf (7:160)? 5. Pluralizing the pronoun referring to a dual in Surat Al-Hajj (22:19)? 6. Using a singular relative pronoun referring to a plural in Surat At-Tawbah (9:69)? 7. Jussivizing the verb annexed to the منصوب (accusative) in Surat Al-Munafiqun (63:10)? 8. Making the pronoun referring to a singular, plural in Surat Al-Baqarah (2:17)? 9. Nominating the annexed to the مرفوع (nominative) in Surat An-Nisa (4:162)? 10. Nominating the genitive in Surat Hud (11:10)? 11. Using a plural of abundance where scarcity is intended in Surat Al-Baqarah (2:80)? 12. Using a plural of scarcity where abundance is intended in Surat Al-Baqarah (2:183-184)? 13. Pluralizing a proper noun where it should be singular in Surat As-Saffat (37:123-132) and Surat At-Tin (95:1-3)?
Does a female student walking in front of me on the stage, which is located in front of the Qiblah, invalidate my prayer, and must it be repeated?
How does one perform the shortened prayer (salat al-qasr) and combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers by advancing them, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers by delaying them, for a Muslim residing in a foreign country?
What is the lineage of a girl born from an illicit relationship between a Muslim man and a Christian woman, who then married later before her birth? What is her religion, and does she need to renew her Islam if she was not attributed to her father?
Is it obligatory to point one's toes towards the Qiblah while standing in prayer, or is it permissible to keep them slightly apart in a comfortable manner?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who moved his head during prostration to enable himself to prostrate with the largest possible area of his nose and forehead, then the Imam rose before he became still, knowing that he prostrated on his nose and forehead during the movement and recited the tasbeeh? And is momentary stillness with tasbeeh sufficient for the congregant? And what is the ruling on slight head movement resulting from the thickness of the prayer rug?
Is it permissible to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers before departing the city for the mentioned distance, due to the absence of a safe place to pray along the way?
What should a worshipper do if they recite Surat Al-Fatihah or part of it silently in a loud prayer, or loudly in a silent prayer?
What is the reason for the sudden penile erection that occurs when speaking with friends and acquaintances, and is it a normal phenomenon?
Is it permissible to hold the Eid prayer and sermon in a language other than Arabic in a mosque, and then to hold the Eid prayer and sermon in Arabic a short while later, due to differences in languages and customs, the spaciousness of the place, and to enable various communities to perform the prayer?
Is it permissible to supplicate with: "O Allah, forgive me by the intercession of Your Messenger Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him; O Allah, forgive me by the prayer of Your Messenger Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him," due to the established fact of the Prophet's intercession and his prayers for his Ummah?
Is it permissible to pray in the marital bedroom?
Is it permissible for a Muslim girl who works as a nanny in a house that has a dog to pray, knowing that she will sleep in this house and has no other job opportunity?
Does the lifting of a toe or the nose off the ground during prostration – even for a second – invalidate the prayer, especially if grasping a rakʿah before the time expires depends on the validity of the prostration? And is the rakʿah considered grasped upon rising from the second prostration in the first rakʿah, or does that require starting to recite Al-Fatiḥah for the second rakʿah?
Is it permissible to convert the mobile mosque caravan—for which a permanent mosque has been built in its place—into a guard's office?
What is the approximate limit for the "long period" during which the intention for prayer or ghusl should not precede them? And how is the heartfelt intention made for Fajr prayer without uttering it, and is this done by recalling the name of the prayer?