Prayer and Fasting at Work
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How were Hajj and prayer performed in the time of the prophets of the Children of Israel before they were ordained upon the Ummah of Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him?
What is your advice to someone who cannot wake up for Fajr prayer unless they have morning or night work?
Is it permissible to continue working for someone who does not fulfill his promises, and what is the ruling on leaving this job if no other work is available, and is that considered a disruption of one's livelihood?
How can one convince friends who refrain from applying the Sunnah, such as letting the beard grow, avoiding Isbal (letting one’s garment hang below the ankles), and refraining from music, and who believe that religion is ease, to love the religion and the Sunnah?
What is the ruling on a non-hijabi woman, forced to work in a foreign company, whose job as a secretary requires her to massage her foreign manager's feet, which led him to orgasm, while she feels coerced and displeased; will her prayers, supplications, and seeking of forgiveness be accepted, especially her prayer for marriage to escape this work?
Should one abandon prayer and fasting when a brownish or reddish discharge appears intermittently three or four days before the menstrual period?
Does the noble verse (And whoever turns away from the remembrance of the Most Merciful, We appoint for him a devil, so he is to him a close companion) apply to a person who is possessed and suffers from intrusive thoughts, despite his maintaining prayers, remembrances (adhkar), fasting, and reciting the Quran?
What is the ruling regarding the Fajr prayer for a Muslim who misses it in the following situations: due to staying up late and being overcome by sleep, or not setting an alarm or arranging to be woken up, or setting the alarm for work time after sunrise, or hearing the Adhan but not responding to it until after sunrise?
What should I do to maintain kinship ties while there is a rift between my parents and their relatives, especially after my father threatened to sever his relationship with me if I connect with them?
Is money earned from work that causes one to miss congregational prayer – while performing the prayer individually – unlawful, by analogy with selling during Friday prayer? And is enrolling in study courses that cause one to miss congregational prayer unlawful?
Is fasting obligatory for an elderly person who forgets parts of the prayer and chapters of the Quran?
How can one get rid of intrusive thoughts as the month of Ramadan approaches, and what is the ruling on gathering saliva and swallowing it while fasting?
Do errors in pronouncing some letters in Al-Fatiha and Takbirat Al-Ihram, such as pronouncing the Baa like P, the Taa like Sheen, the Ghain like Khaa, the Meem without the lips touching, and the Kaaf, Qaaf, and Alif not from their original points of articulation, affect the validity of the prayer? And does moistening the lips with the tongue before Takbirat Al-Ihram invalidate the fast?
Is it permissible to delay the Tarawih prayer due to work, knowing that work hours begin at 10:00 PM?
Is it obligatory to delay prayer until the time of the Iqamah or shortly before it, instead of going to it at the time of the Adhan, if the employer is bothered by going at the time of the Adhan?
Is doubting the validity of the ruling concerning someone who uttered a word of disbelief in jest, or concealed his Islam without a valid excuse, considered an act of disbelief, given that the questioner only recently learned of these two rulings from the Internet?
Would the brother be sinful for offering water and tea to construction workers who are not fasting in Ramadan, knowing that the materials used would spoil if the work were delayed, and he provides these to them at the time of the Fajr athan and leaves them in the house?
What is the ruling on delaying the Dhuhr, Asr, and Maghrib prayers until close to the end of their time, or making up the Maghrib prayer after Isha due to work circumstances and obsessive thoughts? Is this considered being heedless of prayer? Is it obligatory to repeat a prayer if it was performed 5 minutes before the time due to the overlapping calls to prayer from Sunni and Shia mosques? Is it a sin to ask for mercy for a deceased innovator?
What is the ruling on the work of an accountant who is forced to reduce the amounts of tax deducted from employees, after his repeated attempts to correct the matter, and is his salary considered lawful?
What is the ruling on dealing with the transgressor (fasiq) and the one who abandons prayer at work, and on greeting them with peace (salaam), shaking their hands, and laughing with them? And what is the ruling on generally extending greetings of peace, knowing that 50% of them do not pray?
What is the ruling on praying in a place of work (hotel) where there is a cassette of pornography placed on a high shelf behind a wall, given the difficulty of finding another place or leaving it to monitor guests?
What is the ruling regarding my fasting and prayers after I used to engage in sexual fantasies during the daytime in past Ramadans, with traces on my underwear that I do not know were madhy (pre-seminal fluid) or manyy (seminal fluid)?
How should one deal with a conflict between the essential and the complementary objectives [Maqasid], and is it permissible for Muslim women to work in government institutions without hijab if that is for the preservation of wealth, one of the essential objectives? And what does "preservation of wealth" mean within the essential objectives?
Does the emission of pre-seminal fluid (madhy) upon watching pornography invalidate the fast?