Reciting in Prayer
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What is the remedy for the obsessive thoughts of ritual purity (taharah) and repelling evil (mudafa'at al-khabath) that a woman is suffering from, and how can she rid herself of the obsessive thoughts of insulting the Qur'an and insulting Allah that she has experienced?
What should a worshipper recite in a loud prayer according to the Shafi'i school, and is reciting Al-Fatiha sufficient or should he listen, and why do some imams not recite the Basmala at the beginning of Al-Fatiha?
What is the ruling on the prayer of the Imam and the congregants if the Imam makes a mistake in reciting the Surah, and the congregants correct him, whereupon he says aloud, "Please"?
Is it permissible to pray Fajr on Friday with only a part of Surat As-Sajdah and Surat Al-Insan, out of consideration for the elderly?
How can one be scrupulous in matters where scholars have differed, such as a menstruating woman reciting the Quran, between prohibition and permissibility, in a way that achieves piety by avoiding sin and gaining reward, especially when there is a need to review the memorized Quran?
Are the Ta'awwudh and Basmalah considered part of the beginning of supplication, and must the worshipper behind the imam (ma'mum) recite them silently in every unit of prayer (rak'ah)?
What is the ruling on forgetting to recite a verse or mispronouncing a word during prayer and remembering it during bowing (rukuʿ), prostration (sujud), or after the prayer, and is it obligatory to repeat the rakʿah?
Does intentionally thinking during prayer, and intentionally reciting continuously until one's breath runs out, and the consequent unintentional mispronunciation of some letters, invalidate the prayer?
Is the disabled brother obligated to pray and fulfill religious duties, and is he entitled to a share of the inheritance, especially since he refuses to learn Al-Fatiha and prayer due to difficulty in pronunciation?
Do the Imam and the congregants say "Amen" after reciting Al-Fatihah, and do they say it aloud or silently?
What is the evidence for the sufficiency of reciting only Surah Al-Fatihah in the third and fourth rak'ahs (cycles of prayer), and in the third rak'ah of Maghrib prayer?
Is it permissible for someone who entered the mosque a few minutes before the Iqamah (call to commence prayer), and there isn't enough time to perform the Sunnah (recommended) prayer before the Fard (obligatory) prayer in its entirety, to remain standing and supplicate until the prayer is commenced, or should he pray the Sunnah prayer in a shortened form?
If the Imam bows before the worshiper has completed reciting Al-Fatihah due to stumbling, must the worshiper complete the part of Al-Fatihah corresponding to the stumbling before bowing, or should he bow immediately? And is the Basmalah obligatory in Al-Fatihah or merely recommended? And if the Imam bows while the worshiper is reciting a verse from Al-Fatihah, must the verse be completed, or should the worshiper bow immediately, even if the meaning is not complete?
Do the rulings of the night, such as reciting Surah Al-Mulk and the specific verses like the last two verses of Surah Al-Baqarah and the last ten verses of Surah Al-Imran, begin immediately after sunset, or after the 'Isha prayer? And what is the time for reciting them? Are they specifically for sleeping? If someone recites them after Maghrib or 'Isha, do they need to recite them again before sleeping? Is it permissible to follow dispensations in reciting these verses according to one's situation?
Is staying up late for studying, reciting the Quran, and performing Qiyam al-Layl permissible, provided one is careful to set an alarm or delegate someone to wake them for Fajr prayer, even though this may sometimes lead to missing Fajr prayer until after sunrise, given that this is the best available schedule for the questioner?
Is the Ta'awwudh (seeking refuge with Allah) obligatory in every rak'ah, or is it sufficient in the first rak'ah?
Does tranquility become void if the duration of stillness in the rukn (bowing) is shorter than the duration of reciting the dhikr (remembrance), even with the stillness of the limbs?
What is the Sunnah regarding Tarawih prayer, and is there a limit to how long one can prolong the recitation or not?
Do previous prayers and Quran recitations performed in English become invalid, and what are the correct practices for a non-Arabic-speaking believer in prayer and recitation?
How can abstaining from food and drink five minutes before Fajr be an innovation (bid'ah), despite Anas's narration from Zayd ibn Thabit that "a period sufficient for reciting fifty verses" separated the Suhoor from the Adhan of Fajr?
Is delaying sleep and staying up until just before Fajr, which resulted in missing the prayer and leaving one's family asleep, considered committing a major sin or a transgression, knowing that the staying up was for reading a beneficial book, and measures were taken such as setting an alarm and reciting the remembrances before sleep?
Is the prayer valid when the Abrahamic prayer (Salat al-Ibrahimiyyah) is recited in the last tashahhud without reciting the tashahhud?
Is it permissible to vocalize during supererogatory (nafl) prayers if that increases one's devotion (khushu')?
What is the ruling on performing obligatory prayers with a Mustahabb (recommended) Wudu', such as Wudu' before sleep, and what are the views of the four Madhhabs and their evidence on this matter?