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  • Praying while wearing watch on left wrist

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it ok to pray with a watch on your left wrist as you cannot grab the wrist as well? Also, several hundredfish oil capsules contain the same amount of alcohol as a light beer, so one capsule contains the same as a glass of orange juice. Are fish oil pills halal? .. More

  • Doubting omission of letter in Faatihah in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. The last time that I prayed the Maghrib (in congregation), I am not entirely sure whether in the third rakah (unit of prayer), in the Faatihah, I pronounced ''Ghairil MAdoobi'' or ''Ghairil MAGHdoobi''. Most likely, I pronounced ''MAdoobi''. Do I need to repeat that prayer? .. More

  • Saying ‘Allaahu Akbaar’ instead of ‘Allaahu Akbar’ in prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please, I need a clarification on the ruling of saying ‘Allaahu Akbaar’ instead of ‘Allaah Akbar’ during prayer because I sometimes hear some people, while praying, occasionally say ‘Allaahu Akbaar’ instead of ‘Allaahu Akbar’. May Allah grant us Paradise. .. More

  • Reciting Al-Faatihah behind the Imaam

    When Ataa ibn Yasaar, may Allaah be pleased with him, enquired from Zaid bin Thaabit, may Allaah be pleased with him,concerning reciting behind the imam, he replied, “There is no recitation whatsoever behind the imam.” [Muslim, vol. 1, pg. 410] Jaabir, may Allaah be pleased with him,mentioned, “There is no prayer for the one who does not recite.. More

  • Praying while holding in wind

    Assalaamu alaykum. In most of my prayers, I feel like passing wind, so I do hold it in sometimes and continue my prayer, especially when it happens too often. I do not have any medical issues that could cause that; I prayed about this, but it seems to be more of a psychological issue. I always feel guilty about holding it in because when I ask about.. More

  • Pausing in prayer to regain concentration

    I try to focus in my prayers, but the problem is that sometimes my mind goes elsewhere and I then try to get back in concentration. Doing these activities, I sometimes understand that I have reached the end of the prayer while not having been concentrating. So is it permissible for me to pause sometimes, like five to ten seconds, during the prayer,.. More

  • Praying behind a Christian without knowing that he is not Muslim

    I prayed behind someone for about eight months but later discovered that he is a sponsored christian who has some knowledge of Islam. He was never muslim. What is the status of the prayers that I prayed behind him? .. More

  • Burping whilst reciting al-Faatihah does not invalidate prayer

    Assalaamu alaykum. I wanted to ask about burping whilst reciting the Faatihah during prayer. I was praying behind my imam when I felt the accumulation of gas in my throat. I ignored it and while I was reciting the Faatihah, I felt it release and even heard it. I was reciting the Faatihah not completely silently but with some sound, and the burp sounded.. More

  • Why Al-Albaani named pointing with index finger between prostrations innovation

    In his Silsilah,Al-Albaani declared pointing between the two prostrations to be an innovation for two reasons. One of those reasons was that "the report from Abdur-Razzaaq is weak because Al-Farayaabi was the only one to report it from Sufyan and he had weakness in his old age, so perhaps it is from his weak reports." Al-Albaani could not confirm that.. More

  • Harming others does not invalidate a person's prayer but might cause the reward to be lost

    Assalaamu alaukum. I was arguing with my friends in the room. They wanted to sleep, and I wanted to study. So I switched on the light at my side and switched it off at the other side. They insisted on me switching off all of them. Then, during the argument, he told me that there is a hadith that states that a Muslim who disturbs other Muslims will have.. More

  • Standing to the right of the imaam is not obligatory

    Once, I accidentally prayed to the left of the imam in congregation; only the imam and I were praying. What should I do about that prayer, should I repeat it; should the imam repeat it? I remember that it was either the Dhuhr or the 'Asr prayer. .. More

  • Repeating the transition takbeer in prayer

    Assalamu alaykum. Sometimes, when I bend over to bow or prostrate and say 'Allaahu Akbar', I forget whether I actually said it or not and repeat it. I did that just now for the Thuhr prayer but then felt that I did not properly say Allaahu Akbar properly and repeated it. I was already warned by a religious friend of mine that repeating one of these.. More

  • Prayer valid when one goes to mosque with an intention other than praying

    Is one's prayer invalid if he goes to the mosque in order to enjoy the weather but would not have gone to the mosque otherwise? .. More

  • Talking to a praying person to correct his mistakes

    Assalaamu alaykum. May Allaah reward you for your service to the Muslim world. Sir, my father is a cancer patient. He spent his whole life preaching religion and hence there is no question that he failed to perform any prayer or fast. His cancer is in the last stages and it has occupied his whole body with pain and other serious problems. His mental.. More

  • Qabdh of hands after rising from rukoo’

    Assalaamu alaykum Shaykh. My question is the following: Given that it is known that from the four madhhabs only the Hanbali madhhab orders the qabdh(put the right hand on the left) of the handsafter rukoo’ (bowing),could u please tell me the name of some ancient scholars of the Hanbali madhhab who held this opinion besides Imam Ahmad? Please name.. More