Voluntary Prayers
- Is it valid to pray the Duha prayer as four Rak'ahs with one Tasleema and two Tashahhuds?
- Is it permissible for someone who suffers from continuous flatulence due to the evil eye and envy, and it persists with her from one prayer time to another, to perform the prayer of the incontinent (Salat al-Sils), and is the ablution of the incontinent person invalidated?
- How can someone who performs acts of worship, such as voluntary prayers, and seeks God's forgiveness, have their good deeds annulled, while at the same time houses are being built for them in Paradise? And how does this situation align with the noble verse: "Indeed, good deeds do away with evil deeds," especially if this person commits forbidden acts in solitude?
- Will a person be held accountable for taking a nutritional supplement that causes excessive flatulence, leading to an inability to maintain ablution, knowing that it is not essential?
- Is it permissible to perform Salat al-Hajah and the tasbihats in congregation? May Allah reward you.
- What is the Shar'i ruling regarding a traveler who combined and shortened the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, then led residents in the Asr prayer, claiming that it would be counted for him as a supererogatory prayer?
- What is the ruling on one who abandons prayer due to suffering from facial palsy, fearing that purification will be incomplete because water does not reach the hair, and how can one atone for years of negligence in performing prayer?
- Is it better to continue performing supererogatory absolute prayers on some days and abandoning them on other days, or to abandon them altogether and suffice with dhikr and Quran recitation to avoid boredom and apathy?
- Is it better to revive the time between the two 'Isha prayers in the mosque to recite a larger portion of the Qur'an in prayer, knowing that going to and from the mosque takes time, or is it better to pray at home?
- Is it permissible to make a vow to pray two voluntary rak'ahs between the 'Asr Adhan and the Iqamah for life, and does that affect the performance of other Sunnah prayers?
- Is it permissible for a Muslim to perform تحية المسجد (two rak'ahs upon entering the mosque) when entering before Maghrib, knowing that people will look at him with disapproval and astonishment?
- Is it permissible to make up prayers due to the inability to maintain wudu' because of a chronic illness, the unavailability of places for wudu' outside one's residence in a non-Muslim country, and the difficulty of returning to university housing for each prayer? And is this considered missing prayers, to which the verse "Woe to those who pray but are heedless of their prayer" applies?
- Is it permissible to abandon this vow – which is performing 6 rak'ahs after Maghrib and 7 after Isha daily – and suffice with fasting 3 days as expiation? And is making a supererogatory prayer obligatory considered a sin? And are 6 rak'ahs after Maghrib from the Sunnah? And is it permissible to pray them as a vow even if they are not from the Sunnah?
- ما هي صلاة النافلة قبل أذان الفجر الكاذب وما ثوابها؟
- Is it obligatory to make up prayers and fasts after years of masturbation without performing ghusl, given that the number or timing of these instances is not remembered? Is it permissible to forgo making up these obligations due to being busy or traveling? Is it sufficient to increase voluntary acts of worship instead of making up for them if making them up is difficult?
- Is it better to pray supererogatory prayers at home than in the Prophet's Mosque, given that they are multiplied by more than a thousand prayers in Medina, and does this apply to all types of supererogatory prayers?
- Is every prayer performed in Quba Mosque, such as Fajr prayer and Tahiyyat al-Masjid (greeting to the mosque), rewarded with the equivalent of an 'Umrah, or is that limited to supererogatory (nafl) prayers only? And is it legislated to continue performing the two rak'ahs of prayer upon entering the mosque until the Imam prays?
- What is the madhhab or religion followed by some worshippers from the Pakistani community in Kuwait who are distinguished by not completing the rows in prayer, not joining their feet and heels to the worshipper next to them, reciting tasbih during prayer, and praying four supererogatory rak'ahs before 'Isha'?
- Is it supererogatory to say "Ameen" after finishing the recitation of the concluding verses of Surat Al-Baqarah in prayer, and what is the evidence for that?
- Does repentance from a sin restore one's status and rank in Paradise, what are the deeds that lead to the highest ranks of Paradise, and is there a status higher than Al-Firdaws?
- What is the authenticity of the chain of transmission for the two narrations: "Narrated to us Abu Bakr, who said: Narrated to us Wakee', who said: Narrated to us Fudayl ibn Ghazwan, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar, that he used to keep vigil between Dhuhr and 'Asr" and "Narrated to us Wakee', who said: Narrated to us Sufyan, from Ibrahim ibn Muhajir, from Ibrahim, who said: They used to liken the 'Isha prayer and what is between Dhuhr and 'Asr to the night prayer"? And what is the meaning of Ibn 'Umar keeping vigil between Dhuhr and 'Asr, and did he pray without interruption, and is it permissible to emulate him in that? And what is the meaning of likening the 'Isha prayer and what is between Dhuhr and 'Asr to the night prayer?
- When is the time for the pre-Dhuhr voluntary prayer?
- Is it better to perform the pre-prayer voluntary (Sunnah Ratibah) prayer at home or in the mosque? And does one receive the reward for praying at home if it is performed in the mosque? And is it permissible to pray تحية المسجد (greeting the mosque prayer) with the intention of it being the Sunnah Ratibah?
- What is the ruling on invoking disbelief upon oneself or wishing for one's deeds not to be accepted? And is the repentance of someone suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder accepted in this case, and how does he repent?