Voluntary Prayers
281 questions
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?
Which is better and carries a greater reward for the Eid prayers before the Imam enters: Tasbih and remembering Allah with the congregation, or performing supererogatory prayers?
Is it permissible to compel oneself to perform a supererogatory act after an increase in worldly worries and the difficulty of performing it, or is it better to abandon it and confine oneself to the obligatory duties until the heart becomes clear?
Is it valid to perform a two-rak'ah prayer between the Adhan and Iqamah at home, and a two-rak'ah prayer for ablution before the obligatory prayer?
Is it correct for the Tarawih prayer to be 12 rak'ahs with Witr in the last third of the night, knowing that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, used to pray 11 rak'ahs? And is it correct to suffice with 10 rak'ahs of Tarawih and one Witr? And is a Muslim held accountable for not adhering to audible and inaudible recitation in prayer?
What is the ruling regarding one who is afflicted with partial urinary incontinence such that they feel a drop of urine exit after istinja' (washing after defecating or urinating) and during ablution and prayer, and is it obligatory for them to repeat istinja' and ablution for every prayer?
What are the voluntary prayers in the Hanbali school of thought, both regular (ratibah) and irregular (ghayr ratibah), and what is the number of rak'ahs for each of them? Is it permissible to perform sixteen rak'ahs voluntarily after the 'Isha prayer, in addition to the night vigil in the last part of the night?
What is the ruling on informing family and friends about the completion of reciting the Holy Quran, when there is a deficiency in memorizing some surahs, and is it obligatory to inform them of the truth, and is it permissible to recite one or two pages from the Quran in supererogatory prayers?
Is it permissible to combine the regular Sunnah prayers (rawatib) with their mentioned proofs, and add twelve rak'ahs at once, based on the hadith: "Whoever prays twelve rak'ahs by day or by night, Allah Almighty will build for him a house in Paradise"?
Do these narrations indicate the desirability of observing a vigil in the mosque between the Maghrib and Isha prayers?
Do the Night Prayers suffice for the regular Sunnah prayers, or does each have a different ruling, and what is the ruling on one who abandons the regular Sunnah prayers?
What is the ruling on a group of individuals agreeing to create a unified schedule for Ramadan that includes specifying a minimum number of Qur'anic recitations (khatmas), among them a khatma for tadabbur (contemplation), and a minimum number of rak'ahs, as well as agreeing upon a specific number of adhkar (remembrances)?
Is frequent passing of gas, especially during prayer, with an inability to distinguish whether gas was actually passed during prostration due to gas buildup, considered a case of continuous flatulence (sils al-reeh) or not? And if not, what is the remedy for this condition?
Does performing prayers five or ten minutes before the Dhuhr athan prevent them from being valid?
Is it necessary to delete the entire forum, or is it sufficient to seek forgiveness and delete the bad contributions after wasting Ramadan and indulging in the forum, which caused spiritual whispers and distance from God?
Does the Hadith: "The first thing for which a person will be held accountable on the Day of Resurrection is prayer; if it is sound, then all his other deeds will be sound, and if it is not sound, then all his other deeds will not be sound" include the abandonment of devotion (khushu') in prayer, or is it specific to its obligatory elements only?
Is it permissible to continue performing two rak'ahs before sleep daily to fulfill a vow, and is it permissible to perform two rak'ahs before the Fajr prayer daily with the intention of fulfilling a vow, and is it possible to combine the intention of performing the Sunnah of Fajr with the intention of fulfilling a vow in a single prayer?
Is it better, when observing devotion between the evening (Maghrib) and night (Isha) prayers, to limit oneself to reciting Surat Al-Fatihah and Surat Al-Ikhlas in each unit of prayer (rak'ah) for the purpose of increasing prostrations, and does a reward of a qintar for each unit of prayer result from that due to reciting ten verses, or is it better to recite one's daily portion (wird) from the Qur'an, and which of the two carries a greater reward and higher rank?
Are supererogatory acts taken to compensate for deficiencies in obligatory acts if they are only the Sunan of prayer, or does this extend to include voluntary fasting and Sadaqat?
Are these intrusive thoughts—which include threats of bad things happening if you don't pray a missed prayer after Asr, prolonging prayer after Fajr, and cursing oneself for not going to the mosque—considered obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and must they be followed?
Why is the topic of sunrise always specified, and is the prayer performed before sunrise considered the Fajr prayer?
How can one indirectly help a sister who does not pray and is unfamiliar with ruqyah, with marriage and ruqyah?