Reciting in Prayer
1,024 questions
What is the interpretation of a dream about reciting Surat An-Naml, and do sins affect the fulfillment of dreams?
Is the Basmalah and "صدق الله مولانا العظيم" (Allah, our Great Master, has spoken the truth) recited before and after the surahs in prayer?
Does the saying of "Amen" by the congregants before the Imam at the end of Al-Fatiha invalidate the prayer due to precedence?
Is it permissible for one who suffers from urinary dripping to wear a single diaper from the 'Isha' prayer until Fajr, and to perform ablution for every supererogatory or obligatory prayer during this period? And is ablution required for Tasbeeh, Du'a, and reading Qur'an in this situation?
What is sufficient protection for someone who feels a terrifying prickling caused by an invisible entity during sleep, and is reading the Qur'an, reciting dhikr, and performing prayer enough for protection, or is ruqyah necessary?
What is the ruling on reciting Surat An-Naml to get rid of biting ants?
What are the best righteous deeds for the unmarried and married Muslim woman, arranged by reward if possible, so as to spend one's life in that which is superior, not that which is inferior?
Is it narrated in the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he would raise his hands and supplicate upon rising from rukoo’ (bowing), and what is the correct action if that is a mistake?
Is what the questioner feels—of permanent depression, doors of this world being closed off, a sense of unhappiness, lack of devotion in prayer and reading the Quran, and isolation from people—a touch from the Jinn or a wrath from God?
Does failing to protrude the tip of the tongue when pronouncing the letter "dhāl" (ذ), or pronouncing it as a mix between "zāy" (ز) and "dhāl" (ذ) when reciting Al-Fatihah in prayer, invalidate it, and is it obligatory to repeat all previous prayers in which this occurred, and is there a consensus on this?
Is the repentance of one who drank alcohol accepted, and are his prayers accepted within forty days of his drinking, and is it permissible for him to touch and recite the Quran, and are his sins forgiven by reciting the Quran, and will he enter Paradise if he repents and does not return to drinking alcohol?
How do we differentiate between the hadiths that indicate the pillars of prayer, the hadiths that indicate its obligations, and the hadiths that indicate its Sunnah acts, despite all of them being hadiths?
Is it permissible to pray Salatul-Istikhara before proceeding with divorce?
What is the ruling on the imam reciting two Hizbs of the Noble Quran starting from the 'Isha prayer and then continuing the recitation in the Tarawih prayer in congregation to make it easier for people, given that this method has become a common practice in most of the city's mosques?
How can one find that which helps endure injustice and imprisonment and removes the pain of tribulation?
What is the ruling on performing supererogatory prayers (such as the Fajr prayer) with only Surat Al-Fatihah, without an additional surah, and is a pre-emptive prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw al-qabli) obligatory in this case?
Is it obligatory for the congregant to perform the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) if he makes a mistake in reciting Al-Fatiha and repeats it, and is the prayer invalidated by the intention to repeat it after finishing?
What is the ruling on the prayer of those led by an Imam who makes a mistake in reciting Surat Al-Fatihah by saying "اهدني الصراط المستقيم" (Guide me to the straight path) instead of "اهدنا الصراط المستقيم" (Guide us to the straight path)?
Is a Sufi shaykh's divination (khirah) that contradicts personal istikhara to be relied upon, and does the divination of shaykhs have a basis in religion?
Is it permissible for me to pray according to the recitation of Hafs from Asim behind an Imam who recites according to the recitation of Warsh in Morocco?
How does one who catches up with the congregational prayer in the third rak'ah complete his prayer, and does he recite Al-Fatihah and a surah in the remaining two rak'ahs, or only Al-Fatihah? And what is the meaning of performing actions without recitations and vice versa?
Is a deceased person forgiven who committed adultery before his death, then repented in his last days by reading the Qur'an, maintaining prayer, and intending to marry?
Is reading Surat Al-Baqarah in its entirety and continuously in one sitting every day for 7 days or more to achieve a specific matter considered an innovation (bid'ah), and is what is achieved thereafter a beautification by Satan?
Should a worshiper recite Qur’an for himself in a congregational audible prayer if he cannot hear the Imam’s recitation?