Reciting in Prayer
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Is it forbidden or permissible to use prayer beads gifted by a girl with whom there is no love relationship, and is reciting the Quran from a Mushaf gifted by a girl forbidden based on the invalidity of a relationship with her?
Is committing to reciting Surat Yusuf after the 'Asr prayer every Monday and Thursday, based on a vision in a dream, considered an innovation (bid'ah) or is it permissible?
Is it permissible to read religious books other than the Qur’an while performing tayammum due to an inability to purify oneself from urine or janabah?
How should the intention for the prostration of forgetfulness (sujood as-sahw) be, and does it differ in certain situations, such as forgetting a prostration or the first tashahhud?
What is the ruling on someone who forgot the first Tashahhud, then returned to it forgetfully after reciting one verse from Al-Fatihah, then remembered and stood up? Should he intend the prostration of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) for merely omitting the first Tashahhud, or for omitting it and then returning to it? And should he complete Al-Fatihah or repeat it?
What is the interpretation of recurrent dreams of sexual assault, and the strange occurrences that accompany them, such as clothes being torn, and feeling dizzy, yawning, and crying during Ruqyah, reciting Adhkar, and prayer? And how can one get rid of that?
Is it permissible to take out one's phone and read a verse to the Imam if he stops and is unable to complete it, and no one else prompts him?
Is adhering to reading the Qur'an or absolute dhikr on the way to and from the mosque, with the ability to read more than a quarter [juz'], considered an innovation?
Is it permissible to combine reciting remembrance (dhikr) and exercising after Fajr prayer until sunrise to attain the reward of a complete ‘Umrah?
What is the ruling on someone who today realized their mistake in reciting Al-Fatihah after believing it to be correct, and has begun to rectify it?
Is it permissible for the worshipper to say "A'udhu billahi min ash-shaytanir-rajeem" (I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan) before the Imam begins Al-Fatiha, then listen to his recitation, and only after that say "Bismillah" (In the name of Allah), knowing that the Imam is quick in his prayer? And is it permissible to omit "Bismillah" in a recitation where you do not consider it part of Al-Fatiha?
How can one restore the love of prayer and the feeling of guilt when delaying it, after getting rid of the obsessive whispers regarding prayer and ablution?
Is it permissible to read from the middle of two surahs simultaneously, and without the Basmalah or Isti‘adhah, such as combining verses from Surat At-Tawbah and verses from Surat Ya-Sin?
Is it permissible for a girl to supplicate that Allah unite her with someone she loves, and to complete the recitation of the Holy Quran with the intention of marrying him and gaining his affection? And is there a specific supplication for that?
Is one rewarded for reciting Surat Al-Kahf on Friday after the Maghrib call to prayer, or for completing it on Saturday night after the Maghrib call to prayer?
Is looking at the Kaaba, the Quran, and one's parents an act of worship?
Does the prayer become invalid if the worshiper makes a mistake in reciting Surat Al-Fatihah and pronounces the word "العالمين" (al-ʿālamīn) with a sukoon on the lām before the mīm?
What is the ruling on repeatedly shaking hands and raising one's voice when entering the mosque, before and after prayer, and upon finishing it, and what is the ruling if it interrupts a worshiper's remembrance of Allah or supplication?
Is it permissible to repeat the recitation of Surat Al-Fatihah in prayer, along with reciting two verses from Surat Al-Baqarah after Surat An-Nas in the second Rak'ah?
What is the ruling on reciting the letter "ḍād" in Sūrat Aḍ-Ḍuḥā as "ẓāʾ" instead of "ḍād", knowing that the teacher insists on this and threatens with failure?
Is it permissible to perform the obligatory prayer with ablution (wudu') that was intended for the purification required to recite the Qur'an?
Is the prayer valid when one re-reads part of Al-Fatiha, doubts the number of prostrations, says "Allahu Akbar" and prostrates an extra prostration, performs the two prostrations of forgetfulness (sujud al-sahw) after the salam, then recites the tashahhud and the Salawat al-Ibrahimiyyah, and then says the salam from the prostrations of forgetfulness?
What is the Shar'i ruling regarding a congregant following an Imam who is extremely fast in his prayer, preceding him in the pillars or beginning a pillar before the congregant completes his pillar? And is it permissible for the congregant to hasten his remembrance or move to the next pillar before completing the obligatory remembrance to keep pace with the Imam, or before completing the recitation of Al-Fatiha if the Imam bows?
Is informing a friend about reading a specific part of the Quran—while only reading Surah Ya-Sin out of shyness—considered hypocrisy, and if not, what is it called, and how does one repent from it?