Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,358 questions
What are the rulings concerning the sutrah (barrier) for one praying, in terms of its width; and does the prayer get interrupted if something passes outside of it, if the sutrah is a pillar much narrower than the worshipper; and what is the ruling on a sutrah that is open from the bottom, like a chair or a table?
What is the ruling on saying "Sami' Allahu liman hamidah" (Allah hears the one who praises Him) and "Rabbana wa lakal-hamd" (Our Lord, to You be all praise) outside their designated places, whether by omission, addition, or error in timing, knowing that some of them are said during transition and some after completing the standing (i'tidal)?
What should a Muslim girl do who has recently converted to Islam, and her non-Muslim parents prevent her from praying and compel her to stay with them, which sometimes forces her to pray in the bathroom for fear of missing the prayer time?
Is the call to prayer (adhan) obligatory for every prayer when praying alone due to the absence of congregants or a nearby mosque, and is it permissible to pray in a place that dogs enter?
Is there a special reward for ascending Mount of Mercy (Jabal Ar-Rahmah) and praying on it on the day of Arafat?
Is it permissible to pray facing a man in front of me who is facing me with his face and body, and is it obligatory to place a sutrah between us, or does that not matter?
Is it permissible to pray in clothes that have been touched by alcohol, and does touching alcohol invalidate ablution?
If a Muslim doubts the existence of something forbidden in an item he uses, or impurity in his place of prayer, and he is not certain: Is he obliged to ask and verify, or should he rely on the original presumption (purity or permissibility)? And is his doubt treated the same as ignorance or forgetfulness if the matter becomes clear later?
Is the position of tawarruk in the final tashahhud for every prayer, or only for the four-rak'ah prayer?
What should I say when I catch up with the Imam while he is rising from bowing?
Is it obligatory to raise one's voice in an audible prayer when praying alone, and what is the ruling on the Adhan and Iqamah in that case?
What is the ruling regarding a ship's captain who carries a cargo of alcohol or pork, and how does he pray when he is at sea for a long time?
What is the evidence for the obligation of staying overnight in Muzdalifah?
Is it permissible to place copies of the Quran and play Quranic recitations in a room that was formerly a bathroom and has been converted into a dressing room after renovation?
Is it permissible to pray while having dirty items in one's pocket, and does the location of these items differ during prayer?
What is the ruling on a white, viscous fluid exiting after urination by some time, and what are the implications of that for acts of worship that require ritual purity?
What should a Korean Muslim do if they find a difference between the qibla direction of the mosque and the qibla direction of the compass?
Is the prayer valid for someone who prayed Fajr on an airplane, sitting, with the possibility of the time having expired, and uncertainty about the Qibla, and flight attendants and passengers passing in front of her without a proper sutra?
What is the correct direction of the Qibla at the University of California, given the difference in opinion between Southeast and Northeast?
What should one do if they doubt the omission of a pillar like prostration or bowing, and what should one do if they forget a pillar before the prostration of forgetfulness?
What should a doctor do if they are called during prayer—obligatory or supererogatory—and they do not know whether the caller is concerning a critical case or not?
What is the ruling on combining or shortening prayers for a female traveler whose journey takes a full day, given the difficulty of performing them at the airport or on the road?
Is it permissible for a worshiper to move forward or backward to pick up the phone, or to raise his voice in recitation, in order to inform the caller that he is praying, by analogy with opening the door for a knocker or raising one’s voice for him, when the phone rings for a long time during prayer?
What is the ruling on placing a trash can in front of worshippers in the mosque, and does the ruling differ between placing it in front of them or behind them, and what is the ruling on placing it next to the Imam in the mihrab with dirty tissues in it?