Prayer and Fasting at Work
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What is the reason for not succeeding in a job despite diligent prayer and worship, and how can one deal with despair and loss of self-confidence afterward?
Is sleeping through the care of a sick parent and not waking him for Fajr prayer or to prompt him with the Shahada and water, while also causing his blood pressure not to be measured, considered a dereliction of duty that warrants a guilty conscience and fear of causing his death?
What is the ruling regarding someone who assumed a person was not Muslim, and then it became clear to him that the opposite was true?
What are the evidences from the Quran and Sunnah that faith is a declaration by the tongue, a belief in the heart, and an action by the limbs, as the Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah state?
Is it true that Allah only accepts prayers performed after waking up from sleep, and that some prayers are thrown back in the faces of their performers even if they complete them, based on the saying: "If a servant performs ablution well, then stands for prayer and perfects its bowing, prostration, and recitation, the prayer says to him: 'May Allah preserve you as you preserved me,' then it ascends to the sky with light and radiance, and the gates of heaven are opened for it until it reaches Allah the Almighty and intercedes for its performer. But if he neglects its ablution, bowing, prostration, and recitation, the prayer says to him: 'May Allah neglect you as you neglected me,' then it ascends to the sky covered in darkness, and the gates of heaven are closed before it, then it is folded up like a worn-out garment and thrown back in the face of its performer"?
Am I obligated to ask about an action if I don't know the extent of its permissibility or impermissibility?
Does working on a website to earn money, which requires running a special program on the device 24 hours a day, affect the lawfulness of the money earned from it, given the possibility of performing congregational prayers, and does listening to music affect this money?
Will I be affected by not teaching my maid—who has recited the Two Testimonies—how to pray and read books about Islam, knowing that she cannot read, and will I be sinful for that?
Is it permissible to offer greetings or congratulations for Eid before the Eid prayer? And what is the evidence for or against its permissibility?
Is it true that among the signs of the End of Time is the disappearance of the Qur'an, and how does this reconcile with the presence of so many memorizers of the Qur'an?
What is the ruling on drawing purposeful anime stories (manga) with the aim of serving religion and society? Is it permissible to draw characters with a neck or by separating the head from the body to avoid doubt? Does drawing anime fall under the category of depicting animate beings? Does the ruling on drawing it for entertainment differ from drawing it for the benefit of Muslims? Is it permissible to draw animals that speak and recite the Quran to convey positive messages? Can imagination, comedy, and Islamic culture be added to these stories? Is this work considered a necessity or a need, and is it a condition that the artist be a da'i (preacher)? Is it permissible to translate these stories and participate in competitions with them? Can Istikhara be performed before starting this project?
Is it permissible to pray and fast while anointing the abdomen with a mixture of oil or moisturizer and ginger to remove fat?
Are extravagance in food, severing family ties, interpreting the Qur’an based on personal opinion, negligence in acts of worship such as prayer, fasting, and night vigil, and violating the sanctity of Ramadan, among the causes of distress, affliction, and thoughts of suicide?
Which is better: supporting Quran memorization institutes and volunteer work, or creating a website that includes the books, explanations, and fatwas of Ibn Uthaymeen, along with providing downloadable Quran and the ability to purchase books like Riyad as-Salihin with audio explanations?
Is it permissible to bring purposeful magazines containing pictures into the home? And do they prevent angels from entering? Is a husband allowed to prevent his wife from reading or bringing them in, and must she obey him? What is the husband's duty towards his household in terms of education and care? Must he help his wife in her obedience to Allah? Is it permissible for a woman to seek divorce if she feels her faith is weakening due to the unavailability of means for that in her husband's home, and if she believes it is highly probable that she will be more faithful after a divorce?
Is it permissible to fast on a specific agreed-upon day, or to pray qiyam (night vigil) on a specific agreed-upon night?
What is the ruling on seeing the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in a dream commanding one to perform ablution once, while suffering from obsessive thoughts regarding purification and prayer? And what is the ruling on working as a network engineer for companies that build communications for usurious banks and others?
Is it considered disbelief to imagine seeing God during prayer, and is it obligatory to repeat the Ramadan fast due to not performing ghusl after uttering the Two Testimonies?
Does masturbation invalidate the reward of fasting, prayer, and zakat? Is it a salvation from the torment of Hell? And what are the ways to get rid of it?
Can what a person finds to be the taste of blood in his saliva at dawn, after reading a fatwa concerning bleeding from the mouth, be the work of Satan? If not, what is its cause? What is the ruling on prayer when there is an urgent need to urinate, or when madhiy is discharged, or when there is a smell of feces? Is redoing the prayer obligatory? Is the prayer valid if it was performed out of fear of the time expiring, without taking precautions despite the presence of madhiy or residual urine? Must a prayer be redone if the worshiper inwardly conditioned its redoing on a specific condition?
Is it permissible for a judge who rules by other than what Allah has revealed to be an Imam?
What is the ruling on one making up a fast (qadaa') who slept in a state of janabah and did not perform ghusl until after the Fajr adhan? Is his fasting valid?
Does a divorce take place or is an expiation (kaffarah) obligatory upon the husband who swore by triple divorce: "By Allah Almighty, by Allah Almighty, by Allah Almighty, it is forbidden, a divorce if I talk to you about what happens at my work," then he happened to talk to his wife about that while he was angry? And what is the amount of the expiation in Euros?
What is the ruling on this relationship with a foreign girl via chat, and what is the way to convince a friend who is committed to worship to abandon it until he marries her after she completes her studies?