Voluntary Prayers
281 questions
Is the abundance of prostration in the Hadith of Rabiah bin Ka'b Al-Aslami meant to be the performance of regular Sunnah prayers, Witr, and some supererogatory voluntary prayers, or does it include increasing night prayers and adding more rak'ahs to the Duha prayer and other supererogatory prayers?
Should one abandon the Sunnah due to fear of people falling into suspicion, doubt, or corruption, such as abandoning prayer on the bus, or abandoning prayer after the first Adhan on Friday so that it is not mistaken for a pre-Jumu'ah Sunnah?
Is it legislated for one to pray the Sunnah of Dhuhr (the supererogatory prayer before the obligatory Dhuhr prayer) with two tashahhuds and one salaam at the end of the fourth rak'ah, and does one recite the Ibraheemiyyah prayer in the first tashahhud? And is it legislated to pray the four rak'ahs with one tashahhud and one salaam?
How can one attain the station of divine miracles, like some of the righteous?
Is it permissible for the one performing 'Umrah to perform more than one 'Umrah with a single Ihram without desacralizing between them?
Is it permissible for a wife to fast supererogatory fasts (such as Mondays and Thursdays) without her husband's knowledge, and is it permissible for her to seek a general permission from him for fasting? And is it permissible for her to perform supererogatory prayers if her husband dislikes that, for example, if he is in a hurry to go out?
Is abandoning the voluntary prayers (Sunnah) of Dhuhr and Asr after having previously committed to them considered a shortcoming or a sin against Allah?
How can one compensate for missing the night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) for someone who works from 1:00 AM until 8:00 AM?
What is the ruling on people gathering congregationally on Sundays and Wednesdays, and their fasting on Mondays and Thursdays, by order of the Imam who claimed it to be a Sunnah with baseless evidence?
Does consistently performing supererogatory prayers after the obligatory prayers (two rak'ahs after Fajr, Dhuhr, and Isha, and three rak'ahs after Maghrib) equate to praying for 70 years?
Does the Hadith: "The first thing a servant will be judged on is the prayer; if it is sound, then all his other deeds will be sound, and if it is corrupt, then all his other deeds will be corrupt" mean that a person who abandons prayer out of laziness will have none of his good deeds accepted, and will the supplication for forgiveness (istighfar) and charity (sadaqat) from his family benefit him, or does abandoning prayer invalidate all his deeds?
Is it permissible to perform the traveler's prayer after setting out on a journey, and is it true that prayer is not permissible after Witr and before Fajr, and what are the supplications and surahs recommended to recite before traveling?
Should a traveler perform the supererogatory (nafl) prayers, especially during Ramadan?
Is it permissible to perform the eleven rak'ahs of the Qiyam al-Layl prayer in two stages: four rak'ahs after the 'Isha prayer, and the remaining (four or seven rak'ahs) an hour before the time for Fajr prayer begins, or to perform all of them before Fajr?
Is it permissible to complete a voluntary Maghrib prayer of three rak'ahs aloud after a man prayed next to the worshipper with the intention of the obligatory Maghrib prayer?
What are my rights as a wife concerning my husband, and am I obligated to serve his family and visit them despite their repeated abuse towards me and my daughter, and is my husband entitled to give a large portion of our salaries to his family, given that he does not contribute to household expenses and I bear them entirely?
What is the difference between Tahajjud, Witr, and Shafa‘? May Allah reward you.
Is it permissible to begin the qiyam al-layl prayer—that is, the Tarawih prayer—between the adhan for isha and its iqamah?
Is a specific remembrance sufficient in place of "greeting the mosque"?
How can one combine performing the night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) and acts of worship with studying, given the limited time available for studying at night?
What is the difference between a supererogatory prayer (nafilah) and a sunnah prayer, and are sunnah prayers like Tarawih and Qiyam al-Layl accepted if there are missed obligatory prayers to make up?
Is it permissible to perform the prostration of recitation during the times when voluntary prayers are forbidden, and is it permissible to perform the prostration of recitation without facing the Qiblah?
Is it permissible to pray the فرض (obligatory) Dhuhr prayer and then perform the Sunnah later due to time constraints at school?
Is it permissible to pray the single rak'ah of Witr after 'Isha' and postpone the two rak'ahs of Shafa' until Fajr after praying some rak'ahs, and does supplication affect the course of destiny?