Prayer and Fasting at Work
1,531 questions
Should the questioner leave his current job—despite its stability and lack of development—and accept a new job offer in a different field (sales) with a lower salary and fewer benefits, even with the potential for future development, or is the inadequacy of the financial offer, after repeated negotiations, a sign from the Istikhara prayer that it must be rejected?
What are the rulings concerning the prayer and fasting of one who suffers from سلس الريح (incontinence of wind/flatulence), especially if eating increases gas, and must he repeat the prayer if he finds a period where gas has subsided after the prayer?
Is what the questioner did considered complete adultery, and how can one repent from it, knowing that he swore not to return to this act?
Is it permissible to wipe over the clothes worn by an employee at work, by analogy with wiping over socks, if he put them on while in a state of ritual purity (wudu')?
Did Ibn Taymiyyah mean in his fatwa, regarding the non-repetition of an act of prayer or fasting for one who nullified it unknowingly, ignorance of the ruling itself or ignorance of what entails therefrom, such as the invalidation of the act of worship or the obligation of ghusl, and is he required to make up for it in the latter case?
Do doubt and repeated swearing in prayer and fasting, and saying, "If I get dental braces, I will not enter Paradise," prevent one from entering Paradise? Is this from the whisperings of Satan? And what should I do?
Is it permissible for the first call to Fajr prayer to be made an hour before the actual second call, considering the harm this entails for those who work morning shifts?
Is it permissible to donate the reward for fasting and praying at night on behalf of one's parents?
What are the acts of worship that are nullified by showing off (riyaa), and in which seeking worldly gain is considered minor shirk? And are actions for which no otherworldly reward is intended—such as marriage, spending, a smiling face, honoring a guest, and maintaining kinship ties—considered acts of worship for which the doer is sinful if he intends worldly matters by them or if showing off (riyaa) enters into them?
What is the ruling regarding someone who regretted and repented for frequently swearing and breaking oaths, having previously thought that a single expiation would suffice for multiple oaths, and she does not work, but her parents are well-off? Should she feed [the poor] or fast for expiation, and is it permissible for her to divide the fasting of accumulated expiations over years?
Can I complete fasting and prayer after the black discharge and yellow discharge, knowing that I stopped fasting and praying on the two previous days, and can I continue taking the period-delaying pills and purify myself for 'Umrah if bleeding occurs again?
What is the ruling on a housemaid breaking her fast based on a televised call to prayer that does not correspond to the actual time of the call to prayer, and what should the questioner do? And what should the questioner do regarding her forgetting the Quran after memorizing three parts of it?
Is a person considered a severer of kinship ties if he refrains from maintaining relations with his siblings due to their demanding money after the inheritance distribution, knowing that maintaining ties with them will bring him problems?
What should I do about the problem of my clothes getting wet at work: should I pray Dhuhr on time despite the impurity, or delay it until I get home, after its time has passed, to repeat Wudu?
Is the white discharge (al-Qassah al-Bayda') the light yellowish discharge that appears in the last days of the menstrual period, or is it the abundant white discharge that follows it and continues for days?
What is the ruling on the fasting and prayer of one who believed for many years that something کفْر (disbelief/apostasy) was permissible, based on the saying: "The اختلاف (differences of opinion) among scholars is a mercy, and it is permissible to adopt the view of any one of them"?
What is the ruling on prayer and fasting concerning blood that appeared fourteen days after the end of the menstrual period, then stopped, then reappeared after three days?
When should a woman purify herself and begin fasting if light brown or pinkish discharge continues after her usual days of menstruation have ended?
Is it permissible to combine the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, and the Maghrib and Isha prayers, due to the workplace being far from home and the large number of customers that prevents performing the prayer on time?
How can one deal with a mother who frequently backbites without angering her, knowing that attempting to defend those being backbitten provokes her anger and she may sometimes be in the right? Is silence in this case considered listening to backbiting? And does backbiting nullify a mother's good deeds, such as fasting, prayer, and charity?
Is it permissible to drink water after the second call to prayer (adhan) for Fajr in Ramadan, knowing that the questioner has been accustomed to doing so for years and intended to fast after the adhan?
Is it permissible for me to shorten and combine my Dhuhr and Asr prayers before leaving work, if I will be traveling a distance of 130 km for an urgent matter?
Is it permissible to supplicate to Allah by means of one's righteous deeds, such as when the supplicant says, "O Lord of the Worlds, I seek Your mercy that You answer my prayer and accept it from me by virtue of my fasting that I observed for Your noble countenance"?
What is the ruling on taking off the thobe and wearing trousers without need, and in workplaces that do not permit it, and what is the ruling on replacing the thobe with tight trousers, and what is the response to those who say that the thobe was not the garment of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?