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About Delaying the Asr & An Important Note
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
How much time before magrib is it considered "zawal" time, is it 15 -20 min before magrib?...say if one is late for asr and wants to pray right before the scheduled magrib time, is that allowed? does the asr prayer count…
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About Making Up Missed Prayers & Sticking To Confirmed Sunnas
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
My issue is missed prayers. Only for the past 2 years have I been extremely particular about praying all 5 times a day without missing. Alhamdulillah, that has not been a problem, and if I ever missed a prayer by oversle…
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Actions During Khutba, Clothing For Salah
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
1) During the khutba, when the khateeb mentions the Prophet's name (salAllahu 'alayhi wasalam) I learned that we are not supposed to say salawaat out loud but rather it is to be done silently in one's heart, even if the …
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Ameen is Said Quietly
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I found a page somewhere that described salaat according to the Hanafi madhab (http://www.themodernreligion.com/basic/fiqh/fiqh-salah.html) wherein it described the amin as soft. Is there a difference in ruling? Which …
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What is the Hanafi Asr Time?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: You know when you say you need to follow one madhab in a unitaru act of worship. Does this mean a hanafi muslim has to pray his Asar salaat at the hanafi time (1 and 1/2 or 2 shaddow lengths) and not before ?
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The Basmala in the Qur'an
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Is basmala considered a part of fatiha by the hanafi jurists? if one, inadvertently leaves it out, is sajda sahw required?
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Beginning of Fajr Time
Mufti Taqi Usmani and Sheikh Nuh Keller's Findings
Living here in the Washington DC, USA I would like to know if we should perform Fajr and Isha at 15 degrees or 18 degrees? Below is an excerpt from Khalid Shaukat's website. He is an expert in Astronomy here in the USA a…
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Both Prostrations are Obligatory
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Are both the prostrations in salaat Fardh ? I've heard two different views 1- both are fardh 2- first is fardh second is wajib the stronger view was of the first one since he mentioned he read it in Bukhari chapter on …
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Burping or Scratching during Prayer
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: During prayer, I see alot of brothers ofter burp or scratch themselves. Is this disliked? If one is in-front of Allah (SWT) during prayer, then isn't that a form of disrespect?
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Calculating Missed Prayer
Sidi Sohail Hanif
: If you have missed many prayers since puberty but prayed some prayers more than others and do not know how many you have missed, then what should you do?
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Can I Combine Prayers at Work?
Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I have just joined a new company. I get about 45 minutes to an hour for lunch. I have to offer my Duhr and Asr prayers at work. Could I do my Duhr and Asr one after the other. I could offer late Duhr, (not Qada) and then…
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Can I perform my prayers at a Hindu Temple?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I will be supervising a school trip, to a Hindu temple as part of Religious studies. The temple is quite far, my concern is the zuhr and possibly asr prayers I will most likely be given a room to pray in, should I just p…
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Can I Pray in My Pajamas?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Can I pray in my pajamas? In the name of Allah, the inspirer of truth. All praise is to Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate, and all blessings and peace to our Master Muhammad, his family, companions, and those who fo…
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Can I think of the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) in Prayer?
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, California
: Is it permissible to think of the Prophet ( peace and blessing of Allah upon him) while in prayer especiaaly when in qiyam, what do the major hanafi ulema say?
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Can a latecomer lead others in prayer?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I have seen people arriving after a prayer has been finished joining a latecomer who himself is making up rakats that he missed. is this permissible?
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Can I lead others? I have tattoos on my body
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Before I became Muslim, I had very big tattoos [of humans and animals] on many areas of my body. It is very difficult and painful to have them removed.
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Can I miss the Friday prayer if I am busy at work?
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf
There are certain times where one makes the intention to attend Jumuah Prayers, however unexpected emergency circumstances arise at work which may not allow you to leave. Is this ok? I hope that one can pray dhur instead…
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Prayer: Can Mothers Delay Their Prayers? What About Distractions? Strong believers
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: What about a mother who has no other option - in the sense that she has absolutely no one to look after her child/baby when it is prayer time - does she wait till the baby is asleep till which point the prayer time may…
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Can we pray behind those who wipe on socks?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I usually pray at the prayer room on campus. At the wudu facility, just about everyone does masah on their socks, and despite politely dealing with a few them on the issue, they ignore or argue...
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Prayer: Cannot Pray the Sunna of Wudu During the Disliked Times
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Whenever we perform wudu it's sunnah to use miswak and offer 2 rakats afterwards. if we have performed wudu around Asr and Maghrib time can we pray 2 rakats or not.
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Can't Sit The Sunna Way...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: In salaat according to hanafi school, the toes of one's right foot should be facing qibla while sitting (for males), while resting on one's left foot... my problem is i physically cannot do this no matter how much i ha…
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If one catches the last tashahud with the Imam is it considered Jama with its full reward?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: If one catches the last tashahud w/ the imam is it considered jama with its full reward ? or would it be better in this case to wait for the latter jamah, or pray at home w/ one's spouse?
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Re: Categories of Rulings, Wajib and Makruh Tahriman
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: If one omits a wajib in salah on purpose, ??? ... one has sinned, cannot perform a forgetfulness prostration, and must repent and repeat the prayer. If one does something prohibitively disliked in salah on purpose, ???…
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Children in Masjids
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf
We notice that amongst sub continent managed masjids, there is a general dislike of including small/pre-pubescent children in the rows for salat, these children are told to form there own row. Is there any grounding in t…
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Children in the Masjid: The fiqh of children standing in the prayer lines
Shaykh Mufti Abd al-Rauf al-Sakkharwi
: Children in the Masjid: The fiqh of children standing in the prayer lines Categories of Children There are three categories of children: (1) The first type are those who are innocent and young.
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Baking and Frantic Clapping in Prayer
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Sidi, today while i was praying asr, the timer on my oven went off indicating that the baking time was over for something i had set in the oven.
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Prayer: Clarifying Some Sunnas and Wajibs
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Clarifying some sunnas and wajibs Walaikum assalam, 1. If you are using "Salvation of the Soul..." it is a bad translation with serious errors. Talimul Haq (available online; search for it on www.google.com) is better …
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Closing Your Eyes in Salah
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Are you allowed to close your eyes in Salah with the intention of increasing your concentration??
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Commonly Recited Wordings in the Post-Adhan Du'a: " wal-darajata al-rafi'a " and " wa-rzuqna shafa'atahu "
GF Haddad
: A few days back [someone] defaced a dua on the wall of the mosque, claiming that it contained bid'aat. This was the very post-azan dua, in which the words "wad-darajat al-rafi'a" and "wa[r] zukna shafa'atuhu yaum al-qi…
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THE COMPLETE HANAFI PRAYER
Sidi Sohail Hanif
The Complete Hanafi Prayer: Using `Ala al-Din Abidin's Gifts of Guidance & Other works using `Ala al-Din Abidin’s Gifts of Guidance & other works Obligatory Necessary Emphasised Sunna Recommended 1 Measures to be taken b…