Question: What does Witr salaat signify? Is it compulsory? Answer: Assalaamu Alaikum, Witr Salaah is an additional Salaah which one is required to perform at nights. This can be perform after Isha Salaah until the end of Tahajjud time (that is, just before the […]
Q. I am suffering from chronic pain in my neck, the aggravating factor of which is bowing or flexion of my neck beyond a certain degree. Because of this I am unable to perform my sajdah in salaat and so I bend only a little […]
Q. Can we make dua while in a state of sajdah during any prayer (farz, sunnah, witr, nafl prayer)? A. Yes, it is permissible to make dua in Nafl Salaah in the Sajda posture. However, your dua will have to be made in Arabic seeing […]
Q. Is it haraam to have stuffed toys and animals? Is it haraam to pray with them close by? A. Stuffed toys and animals fall within the same prohibition of animate objects and are not permissible. The Prophet (SA) has warned against pictures and images, […]
Q. My question is in regards to salaah. On a regular basis I begin to have doubts as the local masjid that I have prayed almost most my salaah’s in for the past 6-7 years has an imam who unfortunately has weak makhrij. This is […]
Q. Is there any tradition/hadith that nabi peace be upon him used to pray 2 rakaat nafl salaat in sitting position after Isha salaat? A. It is evident from an authentic tradition of Aisha (RA) (as recorded by Imam Muslim in his sahih) that the […]
Q. If I join Salaat while the imam had just gone in ruku do I raise my hands, fold them release first and then join imam in ruku or do I just say takbeer tahrema and go straight in ruku without folding hands and letting […]
Q. I went out with my husband and on returning home, I realized that there’s only about 5-10 minutes left before the actual sunset time on the chart. Is that forbidden time for performing salaah? Can I perform my salaah at that time still, or […]
Q. Imam Bukhari (RA) narrates a hadith that Saaiduna Abdullah Ibn Masud Radiallahu Anhu would recite in the last rakah of witr Qulhuwallahu Ahad and then raise his hands for Qunut before the ruku. Furthermore, Imam Bukhari (RA) also brings a hadith from Saaiduna Umar […]
Question Is it makrooh to pray Isha after midnight? Answer According to Hanafi Jurist, to delay Isha until one third of the night is mustahab (desirable). Up to half of the night is permissible, and to perform it after that is disliked (Makrooh). And Allah […]