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  • Looking at place of prostration in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum Salafi Shaykh. The scholars say that you should look at the place of prostation while bowing, but I would like to know what the opinion of four Imams of the Madhabs is Reguarding where one should look while bowing? May Allaah reward you. Please give a brief answer. .. More

  • Standing on toes does not invalidate prayer

    Is your prayer invalid if your heals do not touch the ground when you stand up in prayer? Sometimes, my feet are on my skirt, so then I stand on my toes to pull the skirt from underneath them. Does this invalid my prayer? .. More

  • Tasbeeh in bowing and prostration is Sunnah, not obligation

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have just concluded the Maghrib prayer behind the imam (I was following behind the imam) when I got up from bowing and realized (or at least predominantly believe) that I forgot to do tasbeeh (saying 'sobhaan Allaah') even once. At the time, I was distracted with errant thoughts and did not realize until I was in the middle of the.. More

  • Fighting urge to laugh while praying

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I often feel the urge to laugh during my prayer, without any reason. So if I interrupt my recitation while attempting not to laugh and then restart it, is my prayer valid? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Reciting while sitting in obligatory prayer

    My dearly beloved, peace be unto you. My question is in regards to sitting in the obligatory prayer; I stand for the first takbeer (saying Allaahu Akbar) and then sit down for the rest of the prayer. After the prayer was over, the brother whom I was sitting next to, who was also sitting down, told me that I should either sit or stand, is it wrong to.. More

  • Lifting nose, hand or foot during prostration does not invalidate prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. While prostrating, do both of the hands have to have contact with the floor, with the palms flat on the floor? I read somewhere that if you do not have both your feet or both your hands on the floor, then your prayer is invalid. Sometimes, I scratch myself with one of my hands, so I do not touch the.. More

  • Shortest acceptable form of Tahiyyaat and Tashahhud

    Assalaamu alaykum. I wanted to ask, I have been pronouncing the tahiyyat and tashahhud in a specific way for years, but then a while back, Idiscovered a different pronunciationon this site. I asked someone I know about my tahiyyat, and he said that it was fine, but I thought that maybe I should ask people who are more knowledgeable about such things... More

  • Placing prostration counter on prayer mat

    Assalaamu alaykum. We have developed a product that records prostrations and rakʻahs (units of prayer)performed by the worshipper while praying. The product is placed in front of the prayer mat. A small screen that displays the number of prostrations performed is mounted on the product. It does not contain any video or music. People often forget.. More

  • Starting to recite Faatihah while rising from prostration

    What is the ruling on a person starting the recitation of the Faatihah before he is fully standing after the prostration. Is this something that nullifies the prayer? .. More

  • Position of hands in prayer according to Imaam Ahmad

    Assalaamu alaykum, Shaykh. What is the position of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal on the following matter? Where should women put their hands in during the prayer, on their chest, like the Hanafis, or elsewhere? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Hands or knees first in prostration

    Assalaamu alaykum. Shaykh, can you please tell me which opinion was adopted by Imam Ibn Hajr Al-Asqalaani regarding going into prostration with the knees or the hands first. Please reply with the specific opinion of Imam Al-Asqalaani, not others. Secondly, did he regard jalsat al-istiraahah (sitting after prostrating before standing up)recommended for.. More

  • Making non-Arabic supplications in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. With regards to the night prayer in Hanafi fiqh: A. What is the method of making supplication during prayer? In which position? Can one also supplicate in his own language? Please elaborate. B. Does the night prayer time end when the true dawn occurs or when the azan for the Fajr is called? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Al-Feel, Quraysh, Adh-Dhuha and Ash-Sharh are four separate soorahs

    Assalaamu alaikum. I recently read somewhere that Surah Al-Feel and Surah Quraish must be combined in the prayer, that they cannot be read separately as different surahs, and that this is the same for Surah Adh-Dhuha and SurahAsh-Sharh. Is this correct according to the Hanafi mathhab (school of thought)? .. More

  • Praying while wearing watch on left wrist

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it ok to pray with a watch on your left wrist as you cannot grab the wrist as well? Also, several hundredfish oil capsules contain the same amount of alcohol as a light beer, so one capsule contains the same as a glass of orange juice. Are fish oil pills halal? .. More

  • Doubting omission of letter in Faatihah in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. The last time that I prayed the Maghrib (in congregation), I am not entirely sure whether in the third rakah (unit of prayer), in the Faatihah, I pronounced ''Ghairil MAdoobi'' or ''Ghairil MAGHdoobi''. Most likely, I pronounced ''MAdoobi''. Do I need to repeat that prayer? .. More