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Friday Prayer: The school and the students...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
The schools have been approached to have Jumu'ah at its proper time, but they have been very uncooperative, and rather have created problems such khateebs being hand searched. The recent events don't help the situation e…
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Friday Khutba in Other Than Arabic?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Is it a bad (sinful) bida' to have the khutba in a non-Arabic language in the US? I had always thought that the Hanafis at least allowed for the khutba to be in a non-Arabic language...
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Is The Friday Prayer Valid If The Khutba Starts Before Zuhr Time?
Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Usmani
In our masjid they start the Jummah Khutbah at 1:30 when Zhur time actually comes in at 1:40. Is the Jummah prayer valid in this case or should we pray the Zhur salah afterwards?
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The Friday Prayer
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Having jumu'ah prayer at high schools is crucial because it is sometimes the only exposure students get of Islam, and having the prayer at their lunch hour makes it convenient for the students to participate in it. The k…
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Friday Prayer & Work Problem
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari
I live in the city of Belfast and work in Portadown town 27 miles away. I work shifts. One week from Monday to Friday I work from 7am till 3pm the next week I work from 3pm till 11pm this then rotates weekly. The issue i…
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Not Valid to Perform Funeral Prayer away from the Deceased
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Please can you tell me if you are not present at a funeral and cannot be so due to certain factors then is it possible to pray the funeral where you are with jammat or alone?
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Giving Salams By Mistake
Shaykh Ilyas Patel
A person praying salat al-witr forgets to stand up after first sitting until he has said both salams. He stands up for the third rakat immediately after the mistaken salams and then does sajda sahw. Valid or not?
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Greeting the Mosque During Disliked Times
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I understand that it is disliked to do salat between Asr and Magrib time. Does that apply to Tahayattul Masjid (2 rakat masjid prayer before sitting down) upon entering the masajid?
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Guidance about the Guidance Prayer (Istikhara)
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
1) If someone is overwhelmed with an idea and have made decision before doing istikhara, will there be any chance that istikhara will change the previous decision? Assalamu alaikum, Yes, it is possible.
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The Hanafi Time for the Asr Prayer
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I want to know what is the ruling for time of asr prayer in hanafi madhab and is it permissible to pray asr prayer at time of shafi madhhab as is customarily done in western countries where there is no exclusively hanafi…
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A Hanafi Woman Pray in a Women's only Congregation?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Occasionally when I am at my campus musalla, a couple of sisters will want to pray jama3a prayer for dhuhr or asr when there are no brothers around to lead the prayer, and I don't know what to do because I've been told b…
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Holding a second congregation in the university prayer room, is it allowed?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I was recently confronted with another issue in the university prayer room. Sometimes, due to whatever circumstances, some brothers miss the first congregational prayer and therefore make a second congregation.
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How Hanafi men hold their hands in prayers: why?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Where the proof for the way Hanafis hold their hands in prayer by forming a circle with the little finger and thumb of the right hand around the left wrist while letting the other three fingers go straight?
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How Do I Pray If The Bleeding Doesn't Stop & The Time Is Running Out?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
What does a person do if he is bleeding and the bleeding isn't stopping and the time for the prayer is running out or the time for jamah has come?
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How Should the Hands be Raised?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani & Shaykh Abu Usamah
When one is beginning the prayer, how should the hands be raised to the earlobes? Should the thumbs touch the earlobes? Should the palms be facing qibla? Yes to both questions. [Maraqi] Wassalam, Faraz. Is this the same …
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How should I sit during the Khutba?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
How should I sit during the Khutba? Assalamu alaikum, The essence of the sunnas of the one listening to the khutba is that they should be silent, attentive, and reverential.
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Prayer: Can A Husband & Wife Pray in Congregation?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
When husband leads wife (alone) in Salaah, where does wife stand? Also....if husband and wife are making Salah at home....is it better for them to make Jama'ah or pray alone?
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If You Forget What You Are Reciting In the Prayer
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
If one is in the middle of reciting Qur'an in their salaah and during the recitation they get forget the next proceeding ayah, what should they do? The question came up in a halaqa meeting, and I was interested in the Ha…
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If Jumah Coincides with Eid It Is Still Obligatory to Perform Jumah
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
If Jumah coincides with Eid it is still obligatory to perform Jumah [Sent by a subscriber] If Jumah coincides with Eid it is still obligatory to perform Jumah According to the Hanafi, Shaaf'ee and Maaliki Madhab, if Eid …
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If witr prayer is necessary, then how can we say there are only 5 obligatory prayers?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
If you have to make up witr, why do Muslims say there are five prayers a day? There are six that a Muslim MUST pray? difference in madhabs? Walaikum assalam, This is because there is a fundamental difference between a fa…
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Praying In T-Shirt, head Uncovered, Long Shorts
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
1) Is it makrooh tahrimi or tanzeehi to pray in a garment which exposes your forearm i.e. t-shirt? I have heard some Indo/Pak people say it is makrooh. 2) Is it also makrooh not to cover the head and wear long shorts whi…
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Index Finger in Tashahhud
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
1. Is it true that there are 2 opinions (according to Hanafi madhab) regarding the index finger in tashahud during salah? One opinion (according to Imam al-A'zam and Qadi Abu Yusuf??)
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Innovations, Adhans, and Scholars
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Is it a disliked or an innovation for a Muazzin (the call person who calls people to prayer) to say durud allowed in the words 'as salmu alaika ya rasulallah'. This is often done in the indo-pak sub continent. The hanafi…
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My Intention in Makeup's: Do I Have to Specify?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
The book mentions that when praying Qada prayers, a specific intention has to be made for which prayer and from what day the prayer is being made up. And if one doesn't remember, than to make the intention of praying "th…
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Intention: It is not Necessary to Specify the Number of Rakats One is Praying
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
In regards to my previous e-mail on intention: a) If one resolves to pray 'asr without resolving on how many rak'ats will performing or whether it is fard or not, will his salah be, insha'Allah, valid?
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Intention: Is Saying It Out Loud An Innovation?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
Does one have to orally make an intention before starting salah? I was told recently by a few salafi brothers that it is a bida' to orally make the intention for salah and that one should only do it in one's heart. Is th…
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Intentions
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
How does one make intention for a prayer where a Mufasir Muqtadi prays behind a Muqim Imam? Walaikum assalam, 1. In the intention what counts is the determination you had in the heart.
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Invalidating Prayer
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
If water from my face goes into my mouth, does this invalidate prayer? Also, if dust/hair accidentally goes into my mouth during prayer does this invalidate the prayer?
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Is it disliked or an innovation to send blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) aloud after Adhan?
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Is it disliked or an innovation to send blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) aloud after the Adhan? This is an issue differed upon among scholars.
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Is The Friday Prayer Valid, Or ...?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
A fiqh question for you. In my town there are two masajid, a large one holding about 1500 people and a smaller one holding 200ppl. It's easier to go to the smaller one for parking etc...is it valid to attend juma there? …