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The Prayer of Need (Salat al-Hajah)
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
How does one perform the prayer of need (salat al-haja)?
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Sh. Abd al-Qadir: The Prayer of the Spiritual Elite
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
The prayer of the spiritual elite (salat al-khassa) Sh . Abdal-Qadir: The Prayer of the Spiritual Elite Reproduced on the Hanafi list with explicit permission of copyright holder.
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Prayer: Omitting The First Sitting
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: If a Hanafi is prayig asir and dose not sit down intentionaly in the 2nd ruk'a and read tahiat then is his salat valid? if he forgets to sit down and prays on and remembers after salat that he didnt sit down after 2nd …
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Prayer and Time Going Out
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: If one is praying their fardh last-minute and they hear the adhan for the next prayer come in during the middle of their prayer, does it invalidate their prayer and turn it into a qadaa? The niyyah for the prayer was m…
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Prayer - Traveling in Planes and Trains
Shaykh Abu Usamah
: I would like to ask about certain exegencies when travelling which prevent one from standing, or at least makes it very difficult, when offering prayer. Let me give you two examples from my own experience.
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Prayer: Turning Off the Cell Phone & Excessive Movement
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: If your mobile phone rings in salat, can one turn it off?I have heard that one can make a maximum of three movements while in salat, and on the third movement the salat is broken Walaikum assalam, 1. Excessive action i…
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Prayer While Traveling
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I am a little confused about prayer whilst travelling. I understand that Zuhr, Asr & Isha Salat should be shortened whilst travelling. Walaikum assalam, It is necessary for the traveler to shorten their prayers, when: …
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I Was Praying Alone Then Others Joined: Do I now recite out loud?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: If one who is praying alone Fajr, Maghrib, or Isha, and is reciting silently... and someone comes up and taps him on the shoulder and joins him in prayer, when should the imam raise his voice? Should he raise it immedi…
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Praying in just any clothes
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Please can you give references for the rule that it is makrooh to pray salah in clothes that you wouldn't go out in/appear in public in?
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Praying Attire?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I usually wear a long shawl in the house when praying alone and someone mentioned to me that this is not right. He said you should not wear anything long that when you are in Ruku', it will touch the floor. Please vali…
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Praying behind a possibly deviant Imam?
Shaykh Abdurrahman ibn Yusuf, CA
If there is a prayer in jamat, is it okay for me to join this even though the aqida of the imam leading the prayer is different, or if you don't know the beliefs of the imam? Assalamu alaykum In the name of Allah the ins…
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Praying Behind Somebody Who Recites Incorrectly
Shaykh Abu Usamah
: I read some time back that if a person misreads a verse during salat that changes the meaning (eg an'amtu instead of an'amta or wada'na instead of wada'naa) then the prayer is nullified.
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Praying Behind Someone Performing a Different Prayer...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Zaydis traveling and the time for Ishacomes in. Zaydgoes in the Masjid ,seesa Jamaa'ah, and joins it. After the Salahis finished ,Zaydrealisesthat the theJama'ahwere non-Hanafispraying delayed Maghrib(takheer).
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Praying with Behind Suspects
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: 1) If one knows that the brother(s) leading salah does not eat halal food, should the individual pray by his/her self or pray in jama'ah and then pray again individually?
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Praying behind a Wahhabi/Salafi?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Is it permissible to pray behind a Wahhabi/Salafi? Yes. Ibn Abidin mentions that it is somewhat disliked to pray behind the people of bid`a, but doing so is superior to praying alone.
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Praying in Congregation with Family Members
Shaykh Ilyas Patel of Keighley
I want to find out whether I can lead a jamaat at home consisting of myself (Male) and my mother and sisters??? Yes, it is permissible to lead the jamaat at home with your family members.
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Praying in Congregation in the West
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
After reading Talim ul Haq regarding praying in congregation, and looking at the issues when one may be excused from jammat, I found nothing there that applied to Muslims who live in Non-Muslim lands.
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Praying in congregation with one's wife? Useful for those who can't make to the mosque sometimes... and the importance of going to the mosque...
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
I have questions regarding women from the perspective of Hanafi Fiqh: How do a husband and a wife pray together in Jama'ah?
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Praying In a Car While Sitting (During a Journey)
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Is it permissible to pray while sitting while in a car as a musafir... can you give a proof from sources. People don't seem content when I say that such and such thing is the position of the Hanafi madhab, which of cou…
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Praying in Pajamas
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I was wondering if it is all right for me to pray my tahajjud and fajr prayers while wearing my pajamas?
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Praying or Leading in Trousers
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: How is it to do imamat and pray Namaaz in Pants? [From external source, unedited: (Fatwa from Monthly Kanzuliman-India) http://www.islamicacademy.org/html/Fatwa/English/Namaaz_in_Pants.htm] A:In the past only British u…
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Praying Method
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I was praying in a mosque where Somalis usually congregrate and while I was praying my fard alone, someone tapped me on the shoulder and started behind me. Other also joined in and I was confused.
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Praying in Mosques with Graves
Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Can I pray in a mosque that has someone buried in it. like Amr ibn al Aas mosque? or someone that isn't necessarily a sahabi? I was told there were hadiths that said one can't pray in such places. and that Muslims should…
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Praying in a Moving Car
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Therefore, by deduction, my prayer done sitting in a car because the brother would not stop for me to make Asr (he was getting late) is not valid. Hence, would have to be redone?
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Praying Nafls Sitting
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I have just a simple and short question. Is it better ( sunna) to pray the last two nafl of the Isha prayer, while sitting?
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Praying On Time
Sidi Faraz Rabbani & Sidi Sohail Hanif
: If I was out in a public place and it was prayer time but chose not to pray saying I would make it up when I go home, would that be haram or makhruh?
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Can I pray at school on the library carpet? Can I pray with my shoes on?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani and Sidi Sohail Hanif
Is it permissible to pray at school in a library on carpet upon which people walk with shoes if it is dry and there are no apparent traces of impurity?
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Praying Tasbih Namaz in Congregation? Also Other Nafila Prayers in Congregation?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: What is the sound positon of praying tasbih namaz in congregation? Also other nafila prayers in congregation? Assalamu alaikum, In the Hanafi school: 1.
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Praying while drowsy
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: Sometimes when praying taraweeh i get very drowsy so in order to maintain concentration i remove my gaze rom the place of prostration to the wall in front of me. is this valid? Walaikum assalam, 1.
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Praying With Fillings? Become Maliki?
Sidi Faraz Rabbani
: I have very recently learned through reading "The Endless Bliss" (published by HizmetBooks) about the issue of Hanafis"imitating another Madhhab" under special circumstances .