Prayer and Fasting at Work
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What is the ruling on an employer preventing an employee from performing the obligatory prayers (Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha) during working hours, and is it permissible for the employee to combine them and perform them after work?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding discharges that occur outside the the regular time of the menstrual period and cause doubt about the validity of fasting and prayer?
Is a mother's coercion of her son to swear an oath considered an excuse for not offering expiation, or does it not fall under the definition of coercion? And is it permissible to offer clothes owned by the swearer as expiation for the oath, and what is the required amount of clothes to be offered?
Why is the reading of Ibn Abbas, "yaṭawwaqūnahu" (يطوّقونه), not acted upon in Surat al-Baqarah, while all ten widely transmitted (mutawatir) readings are "yuṭīqūnahu" (يطيقونه) concerning fasting?
Is purification by dryness valid if the period has been prolonged and the white discharge has not appeared, knowing that waiting for the white discharge may lead to missing prayers?
Does intentionally inhaling incense affect prayer as it affects fasting?
What is your advice for an 18-year-old young man who suffers from intense lust and fears falling into zina (fornication/adultery) or liwat (sodomy) – Allah Almighty forbid – despite his fasting and Quran recitation, and who has repented from practicing masturbation?
Is a person considered an appointed Imam if he leads prayers in an unofficial mosque whenever he is present, due to his intermittent presence there because of his work circumstances?
How can one pray behind an innovator whose innovation has not reached the level of shirk, while the Hadith states: "Allah does not accept from the person of innovation fasting, nor prayer, nor charity, nor Hajj, nor Umrah, nor Jihad, nor an exchange, nor justice; he exits Islam as a hair exits dough," given that some mosques in the area are engaged in innovations and the Sunni mosque is far away?
What is the meaning of "negation of perfection" in the words of Ibn Kathir, and what is the most authoritative opinion regarding the Hadith of Abu Hurayrah which states, "If the call to prayer is made and one of you is in a state of ritual impurity (junub), then he should not fast on that day"?
What must a woman, newly converted to Islam, who suffers from health problems (gallbladder removal, severe acidity, and general weakness) and has a job that requires great effort, do if she is unable to fast Ramadan under these circumstances, knowing that she will try?
What can I do to please Allah the Almighty, as I have begun to fall short in performing the supererogatory acts of worship (Sunan) and night vigil (Qiyam al-Layl) due to a constant headache?
Is it permissible for me to pray Tarawih while I am in a state of purity, with the discharge of a brownish discharge (kudra)?
What is the legal ruling regarding the failure to fast by a sister suffering from brain atrophy, who has no hope of recovery and is not aware of her surroundings, and is she required to feed a poor person, and what is its value in Saudi Riyals?
Is traveling by plane for an hour to the oil field where one works 10 days a month considered a journey that permits breaking the fast in Ramadan?
Would a person be considered disobedient to his father, who is ill with lung cancer, if he leaves him to travel for work, with the father's consent and prayer for him?
Is it permissible to break one's fast after sleeping through the Maghrib prayer and waking up for the Fajr prayer, without having eaten anything since the previous day?
Is working in the field of fermenting agricultural, animal, and sewage waste to produce methane gas permissible, given that any fermentation process may be required to be avoided? And does what affects the worker from this waste during work necessitate repeating the ablution (wudu'), or is it sufficient to cleanse the hand and the affected area with water to perform the prayer?
How can one reconcile the description of David's (peace be upon him) prayer and fasting, as mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, regarding his sleeping and rising, with the virtue of the last third of the night mentioned in other hadiths?
Should a patient stop praying when bleeding occurs due to menstruation-inducing medications for IVF?
What should I do if the doorbell rings while I am praying and there is no one else in the house, and am I sinful if I interrupt my prayer?
How can I reconcile between the obligatory prayers, especially the other four prayers, and the nature of my nighttime work, which necessitates sleeping during the day, given that I am a heavy sleeper and find it difficult to wake up for prayer?
Is backbiting permissible against one who does not pray or fast, or who wrongs people?
Is it permissible to stop eating and drinking at 1:08 AM, knowing that the Shar’i Fajr (dawn) time begins then, while the sun rises at 4:50 AM?