Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,358 questions
What is the ruling on prayer if there is a transparent glass wall between the worshipper and someone passing in front of him?
Is it permissible to pray in sleepwear?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who places a book to prostrate on it, if the blanket he is praying on is soft and his face would sink into it if he were to prostrate on it?
What is the ruling on one who deliberately completes "Sami' Allahu liman hamidah" (Allah hears the one who praises Him) after rising from bowing, or completes the takbir of prostration while already prostrating?
If the Imam prays deviating from the Qibla, and those praying behind him do likewise, should a latecomer complete his prayer facing the Qibla or in the same direction he began with the Imam?
Is it permissible for a woman who suffers from the discharge of fluid from the anus due to irritable bowel syndrome and cannot perform ablution at her workplace to delay the prayer and combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers?
Is it permissible for a woman to seek a divorce (khulʿ) and is that valid, and is she sinful for what she did, especially since she has come to resent Islam due to her husband's domination and her feeling of injustice?
Is it obligatory to look at the Imam when he bows and prostrates in order to follow his actions, or is following him based on his words and relying on his pronouncement of "Allahu Akbar" after he finishes saying it, while directing one's gaze towards the place of prostration?
Must I repeat the prayers I performed for a year and a half facing the wrong qiblah based on personal ijtihad, and is this ijtihad sufficient to exempt me from repeating them, knowing that I did not imitate or ask anyone, but it was possible for me to ask someone who prays?
Is it permissible to perform ablution and prayer with urinary retention due to the unavailability of a place for purification?
Is it valid to perform the prostration of forgetfulness a short while after the prayer for someone who was unaware of the place of the takbir, so he said the takbir after rising from prostration to the second rak'ah while he was upright?
Is it permissible for i'tikaf (spiritual retreat) to take place in two secluded locations outside the mosque that were formerly used for prayer before the completion of the mosque's construction?
How should the intention be made for spontaneous actions that occur impulsively? Is a general intention to help sufficient, or must the intention be brought to mind before each act?
Is spitting towards the Qiblah during prayer—while acknowledging its impermissibility—one of the acts that invalidate the prayer? And what is the criterion that makes a forbidden act also invalidate the prayer?
Is it permissible to pray in the bathing area which is surrounded by raised edges and next to the toilet, due to the unavailability of any other place to pray in the kindergarten?
What is the ruling on someone who has a wet dream twice in one night, when the night was cold and rainy, and he performed ghusl the first time, then had a wet dream a second time? Is he obligated to perform ghusl again within a short period?
What is the ruling on saying "Allahu Akbar" for the prostration of forgetfulness after the salutation while rising from the first prostration and while descending for the second, with the first "Allahu Akbar" being said only before descending for the first prostration, and what is the ruling on prayers performed in this manner?
Is it sufficient to place a tissue or wear two layers of underwear to guard against madhy (prostatic fluid) leakage resulting from prostatitis? And is the contamination of the testicles with madhy considered a failure to guard against it? Is it permissible to follow the Maliki school of thought regarding the purity (wudu') not being invalidated by the efflux of time for madhy leakage, knowing that we follow the Hanbali school of thought regarding not needing to wash the affected area for every prayer? And will this lead to torment on the Day of Judgment?
What did the Imams mean by "Masjid al-Bayt" (Mosque of the House), what is the difference between it and a regular mosque, are there criteria for applying this description to a place, and what are the rulings associated with it?
Is it necessary to repeat the prayer if the tissue used to guard against constant secretions disintegrated after the prayer, and its pieces scattered on the clothes, with uncertainty about the source of these pieces?
Is prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) obligatory after the salutation (taslim) when there is constant doubt in prayer regarding the number of prostrations and rak'ahs, and is it permissible to spit and seek refuge [in Allah] during bowing (ruku') or prostration (sujud)?
Is it permissible for a person who has recently embraced Islam, and whose parents prevent him from seeking knowledge out of fear of extremist groups, to combine prayers for this reason?
Is a prostrating follower required to perform the prostration of forgetfulness if he made a mistake in reciting Al-Fatihah then corrected his mistake, and if it is obligatory, should he prostrate before or after the salaam with the imam?
What should the questioner do regarding her prayer and purification given the difficult circumstances she is experiencing?