Travel
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Is a woman permitted to drive a car by herself to reach her work, which is 15 kilometers away, especially if the work is at night and requires dealing with both genders, given that her mahram's schedule conflicts with her night shift, and her mother offered to accompany her despite the difficulty?
Is it permissible to take a loan from an interest-based (ribawi) bank out of dire necessity, represented by the unavailability of transportation and exposure to danger, with no other alternatives available?
Is it permissible to combine the Maghrib and Isha prayers in the mosque such that Maghrib is prayed first, immediately followed by the Isha prayer?
Is delaying or combining prayers considered an act of disbelief (kufr), especially for someone with an excuse such as urinary incontinence ( سلس البول) which requires a long time in the bathroom?
What is the explanation for combining the permissibility of interlacing fingers after prayer with the prohibition by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) of interlacing fingers for one who has left intending to pray?
Is it permissible for the one being led in prayer (ma'mum) to differ from the imam in the intention of combining prayers (jam'), such that the imam combines while the ma'mum withdraws after the first prayer, whether the imam has an excuse for combining or not?
Is it permissible to claim private car expenses (equivalent to the taxi fare) when it is used for maintaining the Islamic bank's ATMs, knowing that this work is not part of the basic duties and is not compensated?
Is it permissible for Syrian refugees to shorten their prayers (qasr), and does Friday prayer remain obligatory for them, and are there any special rulings for them regarding fasting, taking into account that they are awaiting a solution to their problem?
Is there a sin incurred by combining and shortening prayers during a journey that some consider a journey while others do not, especially if the traveler did not remember their intention before the journey or before the prayer time elapsed?
1) Is it permissible to replace the letter 'Jeem' with 'Sheen' in the saying: "Indeed, You are Praiseworthy, Glorious (Hamid Majeed)"? 2) Is it obligatory for the congregant (ma'mum) to combine prayers if the Imam does so?
Is there any evidence that the Prophet (peace be upon him) did not always combine prayers while traveling?
Is it permissible for a worshipper to pray with an Imam who habitually combines prayers with the intention of it being a supererogatory prayer, and then to pray it again with the intention of it being an obligatory prayer at its prescribed time, and does this contradict the Imam's intention?
Which is better: performing the night vigil (qiyam al-layl) or attending to the needs of Muslims, if there isn't enough time to do both?
What is the ruling on one who intentionally goes to certain mosques to combine prayers due to rain, or leaves the workplace prayer area to combine prayers in the mosque? And is the concession of combining prayers established for him, or is he considered one who seeks out concessions?
Is it permissible to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers by performing them earlier (jama' taqdim) in an Islamic school, to ensure that students perform the Asr prayer in congregation before they leave, and to avoid them missing it?
Is it permissible for a traveler whose workplace is 350 km away from his residence, and who stays for 15 days, to combine and shorten prayers? And should the Fajr prayer be performed after sunrise in congregation or individually, and silently or audibly?
Is it permissible for a traveler to shorten the prayer (qasr) if the time for the prayer began before he departed from his town, and he commenced his journey after the time began and before the time for the next prayer entered?
What is the ruling on combining and shortening prayers while traveling for 12 days, distributed between a hotel and the family home in Abu Dhabi? Is it permissible to combine prayers throughout this entire period?
Is it permissible for a student residing in the United Kingdom to combine and shorten prayers throughout his stay due to the difficulty of finding places to pray and the need to interact to develop his English language skills, and is his travel considered temporary or for settlement?
Is it permissible to affix a travel supplication, which includes a Quranic verse, to a clean tissue box in the car, and is that considered a debasement of the noble verse?
Is it permissible for the people of Dammam who are traveling to pray shortened and combined in the university, and is it permissible for the people of Al-Ahsa to join them and complete their prayer?
How are prayer times estimated inside an airplane while traveling to America, and are prayers shortened for approximately two weeks in America?
Must the questioner make up the prayers that she doubted were valid, and which she combined and shortened during her travel, not intending to fall into what is forbidden, but rather due to her ignorance of the rulings concerning unlawful travel, and combining and shortening prayers?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who experiences persistent urethral discharge (wady) after urinating, and must wait an hour to ensure its cessation, but his circumstances do not allow for that?