Prayer and Fasting at Work
1,531 questions
What deed can I do to draw closer to Allah, other than prayer, charity, fasting, and memorizing the Qur'an?
What is the reality of worship, and does it include obedience and the entire system of life, or is it limited to ritual acts of worship such as prayer and fasting?
Is the Asr prayer that I led as an Imam with twelve worshippers valid, given that I was in a state of ritual impurity (janabah), and is the fast of that day accepted?
Is it permissible to pray in a church, and is it permissible for a hired worker to work in it to decorate it, and is the one who does so sinful?
Did the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) continue to work after his prophethood, and if so, what exactly did he do?
How can one distinguish the true dawn (al-Fajr al-Sadiq) in order to accurately determine the time for prayer and for refraining from food and drink (imsak), and is one sinful if they err in its estimation?
What is the ruling on the night of mid-Sha'ban, and what supplications and prayers are legislated therein?
Is preparing oneself for fasting, such as using a miswak to ensure no food remains in the the mouth, considered a [valid] intention for fasting Ramadan if one forgets to make the intention after the 'Ishā' prayer?
What should one do if madhiy (pre-seminal fluid) is discharged involuntarily, and one suffers from waswasah (whispering from Satan), which affects one's prayer and fasting?
What is the ruling on lying to one's mother and swearing to it for fear of her punishment and her ill opinion, knowing that this has happened repeatedly?
Does this hadith mean that the status of the Quran reciter in Paradise is determined by the extent of his recitation in this world, and that the inability to recite fluently due to being non-Arab may lead to a lower status?
How can the followers of the Nation of Islam, led by Louis Farrakhan, be convinced that their ideas—which sanctify nationalism, deny the prophethood of Muhammad (peace be upon him), and some of which claim divinity—are misguided, with evidence from the Quran and Sunnah?
Is there a ruling concerning sleep after Fajr?
Should the Fajr prayer be performed at the time of the first Adhan or the second?
What is the ruling on one who interferes with the work of the muezzin and wishes to establish the prayer before the designated time for it ends?
Does the prayer or fasting become void by intending to complete it and then inquiring about its validity, and repeating it if it was invalid?
Is it permissible to perform recommended acts of worship – such as voluntary fasting – despite a parent's prohibition of them without a valid reason, and would this be considered disobedience?
Is it permissible for a wife to take action regarding her husband's repeated physical abuse, insults, constant swearing of divorce upon her, preventing her from visiting her family, insulting her father, and threatening her with divorce if she disobeys his orders?
Is it permissible for the husband to dedicate time to the first wife to compensate her for taking the second, working wife to school daily, knowing that the first wife is a housewife and needs his presence to care for their young children and check on their well-being?
What is the ruling on eating at the time of the Fajr adhan, based on the hadith: "If the prayer is established and the vessel is in the hand of one of you, he should not put it down until he has satisfied his need"?
Is entering Paradise difficult or easy, and can an individual's bliss in Paradise be like the bliss of the Prophets?
What is the ruling on the fast of one who ate suhoor and slept before Fajr, and did not pray Fajr on time?
How can an individual alleviate overwhelming sexual desire?
Is it permissible to learn the Arabic language before memorizing any surah from the Qur’an, other than Al-Fatiha, acting upon the saying of Ibn Mas’ud: "When any of us learned ten verses, he would not move on until he understood their meanings and acted upon them"?