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The Fajr Qunut
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: When making up fajr prayers is it still a sunnahmu'akkada to do the dua during the qunoot?
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Integrals and Components of Prayer
Sidi Moustafa Elqabbany
: Please will you clarify the link between stressed sunnahs, like the dua at fajr, and the prostration of forgetfulness. If I am making up missed prayers and I do not make the fajr dua, must I make the prostration?
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Is it still permissible to combine?
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: If we are traveling and we will return to our hometown before the end of isha but after maghrib, is it still permissible to combine maghrib and isha at the time of either?
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Joining prayers for rain
Sidi Sulaiman Hart
What is the reality behind the hukm of combining whilst raining i.e. can you combine at home, what is rain?
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Magnetic vs. True North
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
: Can someone please explain the difference to me with regards to the magnetic north vstrue north.Which direction should one pray?Also, if one is travelling, can one face NE in general w/o searching for true north?
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Make up Prayers
Sidi Sulaiman Hart
: For six years I have been praying without whispering the surahs, instead I use to just recite the surahs in my head. Do I have to make-up those prayers? In addition, for the make-up prayers, can I pray them anytime?
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Making up Missed Prayers
Sidi Hamza Karamali & Mostafa Azzam
There was a point in time when my heart was dead and I disobeyed Allah wal eyaz billah by not praying at all. Alhamdililah, Allah was merciful to me and sent me hidaya walhamdililah and now I am trying to make up all my …
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Making up Sunna Prayers
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: What is the Shafi‘i position on making up missed sunna prayers such as tarawih?
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Minimal Friday Prayer
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
How is a minimal Friday prayer performed? The Friday prayer is a two-cycle group prayer performed Friday afternoon following two brief speeches, or sermons. It takes the place of the afternoon (zuhr) prayer when complete…
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My Hanafi Imam Made Sujud al-Sahw
Sidi Hamza Karamali
I was praying behind a Hanafi Imam who prostrated for forgetfulness (Hanafi style) at the end of his prayer because he omitted something that called for a forgetfulness prostration in the Hanafi school but not in the Sha…
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My Imam Finished His Tashahhud Before Me
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: May a follower in the group prayer continue saying the blessings on the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, in the first tashahhud of a three or four raka'a prayer if the Imam prolongs his tashahhud longer than the f…
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Qada
Sidi Sulaiman Hart
: If one never prayed regularly and did not have a wet dream (al-ihtilaam) until the age of 15, is that the correct age to be used in computation of one's qadas? Asalaamu ALaykum Yes. The signs that one has become legall…
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Reading the Fatiha behind the Imam
Sidi Omar Mahmood
: Reading the Fatiha behind the Imam With regard to reciting your fatiha after the imam's fatiha, it is recommended to wait until he is finished before starting your recitation of the fatiha, even if that means you will …
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Reciting Surah Fatiha Behind the Imam
Sidi Omar Mahmood
: In jamaa`ah of fajr, maghrib, and `ishaa', do shafi`is need to silently repeat the fatiha to themselves after the imam has done so? does the imam need to repeat it to himself silently as well?
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Requirements of Friday Prayer
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
: Couldyou please outline the requirements needed for juma? (i.e. what must be said during the khutba, number of attendees. etc) My Questions ismore from the perspective of the attendee than from the perpsectiveof the kh…
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Saying "Sayyidina" during the prayer
Sidi Hamza Karamali & Sidi Mostafa Azzam
: I'm currently teaching at the Islamic School, and while teaching the kids the tashahhud, I told them to say "Sayyidina Muhammad" (may the greatest blessings and peace be upon him).
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The Shafi`i Qunoot
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: When and how exactly is the qunoot done in the Shafii school? In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate The qunoot is a main sunna in the fajr prayer and in the witr prayer during the second half of Ramadan…
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Short Make up Prayers
Sidi Sulaiman Hart
: If one has many make-up prayers to perform, can one skip the sujudal-sahwwhen one misses the first tashahudto expedite ones time in completing his make-ups?
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Surah Sad: Prostration, Hanafis, and Aqida
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: I pray tarawih behind a Hanafi Imam. If he prostrates after reciting the verse in Surah Sad (wa zanna dawudu annama fatannahu …), what should I do?
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Tight Clothing Inside and Outside Prayer: Clarification
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: Clarification In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate In the answer attached below, I quoted the following from Reliance: “f5.6 It is recommended for a woman to wear a covering over her head (khimar), a f…
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Tight Clothing Inside and Outside Prayer
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: Do we have to wear jilbabs? If not, does that mean we can pray with pants? In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate During Prayer: The Minimum One of the conditions for the validity of the prayer is “cloth…
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Witr Behind Hanafis
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: Is it valid to pray witr behind a Hanafi imam? In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate It is valid to pray witr behind a Hanafi imam, since the Hanafi way of praying witr does not include anything that in…
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Zuhr as a Hanafi?
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: Scenario: A person non-deliberately misses the zuhr salat, but at the same time there remains 10-15 minutes before the zuhr time exits according to the Hanafis.
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At what age is it Haram to shake a female's hand?
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: Skin Contact: At what age is it Haram to shake a female's hand? E.g. Three, four, five etc...
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Re: Non-Mahram Skin Contact
Sidi Omar Mahmood
: Regarding non-mahram skin contact Bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim As salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, As indicated by brother Murtaza, may Allah reward him, the 43rd verse of sura 4 (al-nisaa) is typically used as the major…
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Re: Seclusion
Sidi Omar Mahmood
: If one is praying in a room alone and during the prayer and a non-mahram enters the room, should we continue to pray? 2. Is being in an elevator with a non-mahram permissible? More generally, what are the rules regardi…
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Seclusion
Sidi Abu Yahya
: If one is praying in a room alone and during the prayer and a non-mahram enters the room, should we continue to pray? 2. Is being in an elevator with a non-mahram permissible? More generally, what are the rules regardi…
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Women Covering in Front of Corrupt Women
Sidi Mostafa Azzam
I read in Fathul-Mu'een, on page 304 in the chapter of marriage, the following: "watahtajibu-wujuban muslimah`an kafirah- waka dha`afeefah`an fasiqah- ay, bi sihaaq, aw zinaa, aw qiyada......etc. Could you explain what t…
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Dealing with Najasa (Filth) on Clothing
Sidi Moustafa Elqabbany
: If, without doubt, najasa (such as urine) falls on our garment and then dries before being cleaned, what are we to do? In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all thin…
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Drying after Wudu
Sidi Hamza Karamali
: If a person gets dry skin, and their hands start to hurt because they don't dry themselves after wudu, can they dry themselves in the area that has pain? Asalaamu Alaykum The position of the school is that it is makruh…