Reciting in Prayer
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What is the ruling on slight swaying during prayer while reciting the Quran, with the feet remaining still?
Is it permissible to combine the intention of the morning remembrances with the remembrances after prayer when reciting them once?
Is it permissible for my grandmother, who is over seventy and cannot pronounce the letters "tha" (ث) and "dhal" (ذ) due to tooth loss, to read the Quran? And what if she can only pronounce them with difficulty?
Who has more right to lead the prayer (Imamah): the non-Arab who has memorized Allah's Book but pronounces some letters incorrectly, or the Arab who is authorized in recitation but has memorized little, or the assistant preacher who dislikes leading the prayer? And what is the ruling on putting the non-Arab forward to lead the prayer when others are unwilling to step forward, citing responsibility as their reason?
Does the Imam who forgets while reciting the Quran during prayer sin, given that the congregants insist on him leading the prayer because he is Arab and a memorizer of the Quran, while he does not experience this forgetfulness outside of prayer?
Is it permissible to give one's name and mother's name to someone who offers assistance by reciting Quranic verses with the intention of facilitating marriage, while claiming to possess insight and to do nothing but (what is in) the Qur’an?
Is reading the Qur’an visually considered a recitation for which its doer is rewarded, and is it permissible to complete the Qur’an in this manner, especially if the contemplation, understanding, comprehension, and emotional impact are greater when reading visually compared to reading aloud or chanting?
Is the reward for reading and completing the Quran greater when done within prayer or outside of prayer, or is it not counted when done within prayer?
Is there a Prophetic supplication that necessitates ablution before reciting it?
Which of the two hadiths is more authentic, and which of them should be followed when commencing the prayer: the hadith of Ibn Abbas that the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to commence with "{In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful}," or the hadith of Anas ibn Malik that the Prophet (peace be upon him) and the Rightly Guided Caliphs used to commence with "{All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds}"?
Should my sister recite Surat Al-Fatihah and a [subsequent] surah aloud, or is it sufficient for her to listen when praying with me in congregation?
What is the ruling on the prayer of an immoral innovator, one who lets his garment hang below his ankles [musbil], one who wears trousers [mubantel], one who smokes, and one who takes wages for reciting the Qur’an? And what is the ruling on praying behind them? And is it permissible to seclude oneself from people and pray at home?
What is the ruling on a Shafi'i congregant praying behind a Maliki imam who does not recite the Basmala aloud in a prayer of audibility, and is it permissible for the Maliki imam to recite it aloud to accommodate the congregants?
Do good deeds multiply when the number of invocations (dhikr) increases, such as in the hadith: "Whoever says 'There is no god but Allah, alone without partner...' one hundred times in a day," and the hadith: "'Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad' (Surah Al-Ikhlas) is equivalent to one-third of the Quran"?
What is the ruling on a worshipper reciting the Quran using the narrations he learned from tapes, and not directly from shaykhs?
Is the reading of 60 to 100 verses, which was reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, used to recite in the Fajr prayer, in each rak'ah or the total of what is recited in the prayer?
What is the ruling on saying "Amen" after the last supplication in Surat Al-Baqarah, and saying "Bala" (Yes/Indeed) after Surat At-Tin in prayer, and is there any Shar'i (Islamic legal) evidence for that?
Is the story mentioned about Imam Ahmad al-Rifa'i and his statements that prayer upon the Prophet is better than reciting the Quran, except for Surat al-Kahf, authentic? And what is the ruling on repeating the supplication: "O Allah, bless the Prophet with a prayer by which You save us from the torment of the grave and settle us in Paradise"?
Does divorce occur through obsessive thoughts, or uttering it during daydreams, or imagining its occurrence in the future without intending to bring it about?
Is it obligatory to say "Assalamu Alaikum" upon entering the mosque after the opening Takbir (Takbirat Al-Ihram) while the Imam is reciting the Quran, and do the worshippers return the greeting by gesturing?
Is a dream after Fajr prayer and reciting the Qur'an considered a vision that will come true?
What is the ruling on making a phone ringtone a Quranic verse, a supplication (du'a), or the call to prayer (adhan), and is it permissible to interrupt it to answer a call?
What is recited in the second rak'ah of the Fajr prayer after the Imam finishes reciting the verse?
What is the ruling on the prayer of one who makes a mistake in reciting a letter of Surat Al-Fatiha, such as not pronouncing the hamza in the word (Ihdina)?