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Salah is an obligation. It is better to pray it at the earliest time, especially maghrib. However if you were unable to pray it and the time for Isha is close, pray as quickly as possible, as your salah will be valid, even though it is at the less preferable time. Based on the answer…
If you wake up and there are few minutes to sunrise, you should do your wudu, skip the 2 rakahs sunnah, and pray your two fard rakahs straightaway. However if the sun has started rising, then you cannot pray, as it is prohibited to pray while the sun is rising. You should wait 10-15 and…
Praying Isha on time is the Sunnah. Isha is valid from the beginning time of Isha until Fajr begins. It is recommended as the Prophet (peace be upon him) mentioned to delay Isha if you are sure that you will pray it. โIf it wouldnโt have caused hardship on my Ummah, I would have ordered…
There are varied opinions among scholars on how to pray salat al-kusuf or salat al-khusuf, which is a sunnah prayer the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed during an eclipse.ย The eclipse Kusuf (ูุณูู): usually refers to a solar eclipse. Khusuf (ุฎุณูู): usually refers to a lunar eclipse. A solar eclipse is when a planet…
There are several methods for calculating the time of Fajr prayer, based on different astronomical calculations and interpretations. Common methods include: Fixed Time: This method relies on using a fixed time before sunrise to determine the beginning of Fajr. It could be based on a fixed duration before sunrise, such as one hour or one…
Food of People of the Book There is some confusion in people’s minds over whether it is permissible for Muslims to consume the food of the People of the Book (Jews and Christians). This is due to the two different ayahs in the Quran. One saying that the food of the People of the Book…
You can pray audibly for Fajr, Maghrib and Isha, but not Dhur and Asr which are not vocalised. Shaykh Haytham Tamim
There are many narrations which show that the Prophet (peace be upon him) prohibited monopolies in Islam. ุนููู ุนูู ูุฑู ุฑูุถููู ุงูููููู ุนููููู ุนููู ุงููููุจูููู ุตููููู ุงูููููู ุนููููููู ููุณููููู ู ููุงูู: ยซุงููุฌูุงููุจู ู ูุฑูุฒููููุ ูุงูู ุญุชูุฑ ู ูููุนูููยป . ุฑูููุงูู ุงุจูู ู ูุงุฌูู ูุงูุฏุงุฑู ู. โUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported the Prophet (peace be upon him) as saying: โHe…
Khaula Al-Ansanya (may Allah be pleased with her)* narrated that Allah’s Messenger (peace be upon him) said: ููุนููู ุฎูููููุฉู ุงูููุฃูููุตูุงุฑููููุฉู โ-ุฑูุถููู ุงููููููู ุนูููููุงโ- ููุงููุชู: ููุงูู ุฑูุณูููู ุงููููููู โ- ุตูู ุงููู ุนููู ูุณูู โ-{ ุฅูููู ุฑูุฌูุงูุงู ูุชุฎูููุถูู ููู ู ูุงูู ุงููููููู ุจูุบูููุฑู ุญูููู, ููููููู ู ุงูููููุงุฑู ููููู ู ุงูููููููุงู ูุฉู } ุฃูุฎูุฑูุฌููู ุงูููุจูุฎูุงุฑูููู “Some men wrongfully acquire (and spend) from…
Sahl ibn Saโd reported: ุนููู ุณููููู ุจููู ุณูุนูุฏู ุงูุณููุงุนูุฏูููู ููุงูู ุฃูุชูู ุงููููุจูููู ุตููููู ุงูููููู ุนููููููู ููุณููููู ู ุฑูุฌููู ููููุงูู ููุง ุฑูุณูููู ุงูููููู ุฏููููููู ุนูููู ุนูู ููู ุฅูุฐูุง ุฃูููุง ุนูู ูููุชููู ุฃูุญูุจููููู ุงูููููู ููุฃูุญูุจููููู ุงููููุงุณู ููููุงูู ุฑูุณูููู ุงูููููู ุตููููู ุงูููููู ุนููููููู ููุณููููู ู ุงุฒูููุฏู ููู ุงูุฏููููููุง ููุญูุจูููู ุงูููููู ููุงุฒูููุฏู ูููู ูุง ููู ุฃูููุฏูู ุงููููุงุณู ููุญูุจููููู A man came to the Prophet and…
Is it permissible to pray in impure clothes out of necessity (such as the clothes on which urine has fallen), if one cannot change one’s clothes and will end up missing the salah? Salah requires purity of one’s body, clothes and place of worship The conditions of a valid salah are that one prays with…
Fasting is an obligation for all Muslim believers, as ordained by Allah in Surat al-Baqarah: ููุง ุฃููููููุง ุงูููุฐูููู ุขู ููููุง ููุชูุจู ุนูููููููู ู ุงูุตููููุงู ู ููู ูุง ููุชูุจู ุนูููู ุงูููุฐูููู ู ูู ููุจูููููู ู ููุนููููููู ู ุชูุชููููููู O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become righteous. (2:183) ุฃููููุงู ูุง ู ููุนูุฏููุฏูุงุชู…
The default position is to pray at the prescribed time. This is because Allah commanded us to pray at designated times. He did not say that we could pray all our salah for one day in one go. When there are exceptional circumstances, we are permitted to combine Dhur and Asr, or Maghrib and Isha…
We should perform our salah as we were taught to pray by the Prophet (peace be on him), who said, as reported by Malik ibn al-Huwayrith: Pray as you have seen me praying. (Bukhari and Muslim) Is it permissible to hold a mushaf (printed Quran) during salah? There is no ayah in the Quran that…
The words Qurbani and Udhiya Qubani means sacrifice, something which is offered to Allah, in order to come close to Him, from the word qurb (closeness). In the Middle East it is known as Udhiya which refers to the timing of the sacrifice, as it is conventionally performed after Fajr but before the Dhur, which…