Reciting in Prayer
1,169 questions
What is the ideal solution for the weakening of faith and the inability to read the Quran after a period of piety?
Does the daily, consistent recitation of Surat Al-Baqarah during the night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) suffice as a substitute for ruqyah al-Shari’ah?
What is the ruling on reciting the Quran aloud in prayer without arrangement, such as reciting verses from the story of Noah (peace be upon him) then moving to verses from the story of Abraham (peace be upon him) in the same unit of prayer (rak'ah), or moving between distant verses within the same surah?
What is the explanation of the Hadith: "The Dajjal will descend in this barren land at Mirqanah, and most of those who go out to him will be women, so much so that a man will return to his close relative, and to his mother, and his daughter, and his sister, and his paternal aunt, and tie them up securely for fear that they might go out to him," and how can this tribulation be confronted?
Is the objection of one or two individuals—one of whom is the mosque's president—to the imamate of a person who has memorized seven parts of the Quran and has knowledge of the Fiqh of worship, on the pretext of his weak Tajwid, sufficient to apply the Hadith "and an Imam who leads people while they dislike him"?
What is meant by "الأقرأ لكتاب الله" in the hadith that mentions the qualities of the imam?
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?
What is the ruling on the prayer of someone who pronounces the letter "Ẓāʼ" (ظ) without extending their tongue, and on following such a person in 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?
Is the prayer of one who recites a surah before Al-Fatihah valid?
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?
Is it obligatory to recite a surah after Al-Fatiha in the two rak'ahs of Fajr prayer?
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?
Is it permissible to invoke blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) if the Imam recites the verse: "O you who have believed, invoke upon him blessings and grant him a thorough [period of] greeting"?
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?