Qibla and Place of Prayer
1,358 questions
What is the origin concerning prayer: is it letting the hands hang loose, or placing them on the chest, and why do some let their hands hang loose in prayer?
What is the ruling on someone who, after rising from the second prostration in the first rak'ah, sat for the tashahhud momentarily out of forgetfulness, then stood up? And is their prayer valid if they did not say the takbir when standing up? And what is the ruling on someone who did that while hesitating about the imam's intention?
What is the ruling regarding my prayer, given that I remembered during it the possibility of ritual impurity (madhy) on my body without certainty, and what is the ruling regarding semen found on the bedding after intercourse, and is it considered pure or not if there is a possibility of it being mixed with madhy?
Is it obligatory to immediately remove the sand adhering to the forehead after prostrating on a sandy ground, or should it be left until after the prayer, and is its removal considered movement during prayer? Is there any harm in leveling the place of prostration while descending to it?
Is one who prayed, but then doubted whether he had omitted a pillar or doubted his ritual purity, considered to have abandoned prayer?
Is it necessary to wash the penis and anus for every ablution, even if there is no urine or feces, and is it sufficient to wash one of them without the other before ablution?
Is it permissible to pray the 'Isha prayer half an hour before its adhan, based on the fact that its time extends from the redness of the sun at sunset until before the Fajr prayer?
Is the prayer of one who prays in a room where children who wet their beds sleep valid, due to the severe cold and the high cost of heating fuel?
Should I be concerned about urine leakage due to incontinence onto undergarments and its effect on the validity of prayer, knowing that I cannot control it, and I suspect that I am intentionally letting urine out?
Which verses coincided with 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb's statements upon their revelation, and which are the Prophetic traditions in which the Prophet (peace be upon him) singled out 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, as well as some of the Companions?
Isn't covering a woman's face and wearing the niqab and gloves during prayer more important than covering it when leaving the house, by analogy with a woman covering her feet during prayer, if the niqab is obligatory?
What is the ruling on someone who said to his wife, "If you return to drinking alcohol, then you are divorced," intending not divorce but rather to put an end to the argument, and then she returned to drinking alcohol, knowing that this would be the third divorce and they have four children?
Is it permissible to place a patch on the glans of the penis for someone who sometimes suffers from excessive discharge of prostatic fluid (madhiy), and is it permissible to do so during Ihram, and is it obligatory to perform Wudu and change the patch before every prayer, even if one does not feel the discharge of madhiy, and what is the reason for the excessive discharge of madhiy and its treatment?
Is it obligatory to perform Istinja (washing the private parts) for the next prayer's Wudu (ablution) after passing wind?
Is it permissible to pray in a mosque that has "O Allah - O Muhammad" written on its qiblah?
What is the ruling on one who does not supplicate to Allah during prostration, but rather praises Him instead, and is supplication obligatory during prostration?
Is it permissible for a Muslim to perform ablution and pray with semi-continuous excrement issuing from him with every obligatory prayer, and is his prayer valid in this case, and is the fundamental principle in religion hardship or ease, and what is the evidence for the acceptance of his prayer?
Is one sinful for interrupting prayer due to an inability to concentrate in it, because of people talking, and what is the correct action in such a situation?
What is the ruling on the muezzin's call to prayer if he is not in a state of ritual purity (wudu') and is not facing the Qibla? And is it authentically reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) would turn his face to the right when saying "Hayya 'ala al-Salah (come to prayer)" and to the left when saying "Hayya 'ala al-Falah (come to prosperity)"?
Is it permissible to analogize a slight release of gas (yaseer ar-reeh) to a slight amount of impurity (yaseer an-najasa) that is pardoned? And would performing the prayer in this state be considered invalid or subject to interpretation? What is the evidence for differentiating between a slight amount of impurity remaining in the exit point and a slight amount of it on another limb?
What is the ruling on praying in a house where music is heard from the television, or in a place where some do not adhere to covering their 'awrah?
What is the ruling on a woman praying in her workplace where her male colleagues might see her, and is she obligated to make up the prayer if she cannot find a secluded place to pray?
Is it permissible to establish the prayer (i.e., pray) in one place, and pray in another?
Is the detailed explanation of the rulings on the prostration of forgetfulness (sujood as-sahw) in cases of addition, omission, and doubt, along with specifying its place (before or after the salutation), and in the event of frequent doubt becoming obsessive, or the case of preferring one side of doubt over the other or not preferring it, correct or not, and what is the correct ruling if it is not?