Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,358 questions
What is the ruling on shortening the prayer for a traveler who works for two weeks or less in an area approximately four hours away from his home, and what is the ruling on praying behind followers of differing madhahib who believe in the creation of the Qur’an and associate partners with Allah?
What is the ruling regarding the Imam praying in the street in front of the mosque due to the mosque's small size and the large number of worshippers, and to avoid the congregants preceding him if he were to pray inside the mosque?
Is my prayer valid, knowing that I forgot a prostration in the first rakʿah, then performed it intentionally in the second rakʿah, then performed a third rakʿah in lieu of the one in which I did not prostrate, and then performed the two prostrations of forgetfulness (sujūd al-sahw)?
What is the ruling on praying behind an Imam who commits an obvious grammatical error (lahn jali) that changes the meaning in parts other than Al-Fatihah? Is it permissible to step forward to lead the prayer in his place, or to complete the prayer individually, or to repeat it after completing it with him, if the Imam insists on his error which has fundamentally altered the meaning?
What is the ruling on drawing lines in the mosque to facilitate the straightening of the rows of worshippers, and is that considered an innovation (bid'ah)?
Is it permissible to continue simulating prayer without intention, takbir, or recitation in a place suspected of being impure due to waswas, then to repeat it after its time has elapsed with the intention of performance (ada') not making up (qada'), and does deliberately delaying prayer until its time has elapsed due to waswas constitute disbelief (kufr), and is it permissible to adopt the view of those who do not consider that disbelief?
Is it sufficient for one from whom pus or prostatic fluid (wadi) continuously issues to place tissues tied with a string after purification, without stuffing the penis internally?
What is the ruling on closing one's eyes during prayer?
What is the ruling regarding a woman urinating in a cup and then disposing of it into the running Zamzam water from the spouts in the Haram because she is unable to control her urine?
What is the ruling on a latecomer (masbuq) who, after the imam’s salām, delays moving to the empty back row where he is standing to leave a gap for those who have completed their prayer?
Is it permissible for a group approximately thirty miles away from the Eid prayer hall to perform the Eid prayer in their mosque, given the availability of transportation, and is it better to gather most Muslims in one place for the Eid prayer?
Does an uncomfortable feeling of a kind of wind inside the vagina and anus, without it exiting, invalidate the ablution and necessitate its constant repetition?
What is the significance of Mecca to the Islamic world?
What is the ruling on a Muslim praying in a room containing crosses, and is it permissible to remove crosses hung in the family home for the purpose of prayer, knowing that the non-Muslim mother would be bothered by that, especially since she accepts the presence of Qur’anic verses in Muslim homes without their removal?
Does one become deprived of the angels' presence and their attendance at his prayers and recitation of the Qur'an due to the presence of pictures and cartoon drawings on his sister's clothes in the same room, and is he sinful for praying in this room despite the availability of other rooms?
Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten the prayer for six months, five days a week, returning to his city on the weekly holiday?
Why do Muslims turn towards the East in prayer?
What is the ruling on praying in the house of an apostate before and after knowing of his apostasy, and is re-performing the prayer obligatory? And what is the ruling on praying in his house after his death and inheritance, knowing that the house is jointly owned?
What is the ruling on moving the finger during the Tashahhud when uttering "al-Tahiyyat" instead of "Allah" by mistake? Is this considered an addition or a reduction that necessitates Sujud al-Sahw? Does the ruling that a person suffering from incontinence (sahib al-sils) is not required to perform a new ablution for each prayer apply to a woman suffering from incontinence of discharge (sahibat sils al-rutubah) if she performs ablution without Istinja' and her ablution remains valid for the next obligatory prayer unless invalidated by another factor?
When is it permissible for the worshipper to move after the Tasleem in congregational prayer, is it before the Imam turns around or after?
Which is better for residence, Madinah or Makkah, and what are the aspects of preference between them, besides the virtue of prayer in the Two Holy Mosques?
What is the evidence for the obligation of covering one's 'awrah during prayer, and why do scholars obligate covering the entire body even though the hadiths only mention the khimar? And what is the reason for adopting the weak hadith from Al-Muwatta' while abandoning other hadiths due to the same defect?
How can one deal with the problem of frequent absentmindedness during prayer and forgetting the number of rak'ahs? And is what happens considered a form of waswas (whispers from Shaytan) or mere absentmindedness, especially given the recitation of Quranic verses in the wrong place, along with an inability to firmly memorize the Quran?
Should I perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) before or after the salutation (taslim) if I utter a remembrance (dhikr) in the wrong place, and should I raise my hands when standing to complete a missed prayer as they are raised for the opening takbir (takbirat al-ihram)?