Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,206 questions
Is it permissible to pray in a musalla where music is heard, or is it better to pray alone in the room?
Must the prayer be repeated if the worshiper added an extra rakʿah due to an incorrect ijthihad, thinking that the first rakʿah was not counted?
What is the authenticity of the narration reported from Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with him: "We used to gather in a circle around the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, after the morning — meaning Fajr — prayer, and he would teach us the Noble Qur'an, the Sunnah, and the obligatory duties. Then, when we left him, we would review [what we had learned]"?
What is the ruling on drawing electronic images, and does burning them expiate the sin? Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten prayers for a month, and how is that done? Is prayer valid in fitting rooms in malls?
Are the secretions that come out after ablution upon movement, and are sometimes seen and sometimes not, semen, or prostatic fluid (madhy), or pre-seminal fluid (wady)? And are they an impurity that invalidates ablution and necessitates changing clothes and washing the thighs and around the private parts for every prayer? And is it permissible after cleansing to place an adhesive patch to stop the leakage, and if permissible, what is the allowed duration for removing or changing it?
Is a woman required to wear socks during prayer?
What is the ruling on someone who experienced madhiy (pre-seminal fluid discharge), performed ablution (wudu'), and prayed, having forgotten to wash his private parts, and is he required to repeat his ablution and prayer?
Is the prayer valid if the one led in prayer (ma'mum) pronounces the taslim inadvertently with the Imam, when he was previously deficient by one rak'ah, and then he stood up and completed the rak'ah and performed the prostrations of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) and pronounced the taslim again? And should the takbir be for the rak'ah or takbirat al-ihram (the opening takbir)?
What is the ruling on sitting and praying in a place that is presumed to be dry, but where there is a suspicion that the impurity of urine may have transferred to it from a child's clothes from which the smell of urine emanated?
What is the ruling on praying in a mosque built on a canal that runs through the middle of a village and into which some impurities are cast?
Is the prayer of one who prays alone in a row behind the congregation valid due to the lack of space in the last row?
Is prayer valid in a sports club that has a swimming pool, a jacuzzi, and a sauna?
Can an uncle's wife prevent sustenance or marriage, and is marriage a predetermined provision and time from a specific person, or does a person have a choice in it?
Is it permissible to complete the post-prayer remembrances while walking outside the mosque after finishing the prayer?
Is it permissible to combine the Maghrib and Isha prayers by advancing the Isha prayer, and to shorten the Isha prayer to two rak'ahs, in the airport waiting lounge, with a mahram present, and the place being intermingled with non-mahram men?
Is it permissible for a woman to pray Tarawih at home, following the Tarawih prayer broadcast from Mecca or Medina via television, while she resides in Jordan?
What is the ruling on shortening and combining prayers for a resident of Tanta who works in Cairo three days a week? And is he permitted to shorten prayers for life?
Is it permissible to pray in the interfaith prayer room at the university in Germany?
Does the prayer of one who prays with cologne on his clothes become invalid?
How did the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prostrate?
Is it permissible to build a children's toilet on the upper floor of a mosque designated for Quranic education and occasionally for prayer?
Is it permissible to pray in the dark?
What is the method of purification (tahara) and prayer for someone suffering from second-degree internal hemorrhoids? Is it necessary to wait until the fleshy protrusions retract inward? And are they considered impure even after washing them?
What does the word "حسناء" (hasna') mean in the context of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sitting in his prayer place after the Fajr prayer until the sun rose?