Questions : Salaat

Raful Yadein (Raising the Hands before and after the Ruqoo)

Question: Raful Yadein (Raising the Hands before and after the Ruqoo)
Added on: 17-Jun-2004 Hits: 1571

Duaa in Tashahud

Question: Which is the Duaa in Tashahud that is in accordance with the Sunnah?
Added on: 17-Jun-2004 Hits: 694

Verses in the Qur’aan where we should perform Sujood al-Tilaawah
Question: I would like to know the specific ayats in the Qu'Ran where we should prostrate.
Added on: 20-Feb-2005 Hits: 353

The wisdom behind facing the Ka’bah
Question: I hope u can help me. I became a muslim a couple of years ago. My family are finding it hard to accept my ibada. But recently i have made a fuss about my salat and insisted i must pray. Alhamdulilah they have accepted it after seeing i became upset and depressed at living in a house where i was not allowed to practise my basic pillars of islam. They are ask me questions (Alhamdulilah), of which one of them is "why do we face the kaba if we r not worshipping it as we prostrate towards it?". I tried to explain that it is not the kaba but Allah to whom we prostrate and the kaba is for reasons of unity and that because it was the first house of Allah. I would be grateful if you could help me by explaining this further so i can understand it myself and explain this to my family and other kuffar. And also please can you make dua that they are guided on the right path.
Added on: 17-Feb-2005 Hits: 350

Reciting the Basmalah in the prayer
Question: Must he say "Bismillahi rahman nirahim" quietly after finishing al-fatihah in order to begin the sura he will recite? What if he begins reciting in the middle of a sura?.
Added on: 16-Feb-2005 Hits: 373

Numbers of rak’ahs in Taraaweeh prayer
Question: have asked this earlier but did not get a satisfactory answer. My question is about Taraweeh Prayer in Ramadan. You have answered to me in a question before that Taraweeh should not be more that 11 rakat. It has been authentically reported that Muhammad SAAW prayed Taraweeh 3 times in Ramadan and it consisted 11 Rakah. Also the book by Shaykh Naasir-ud-Din Al-Albani (May Allah have mercy on him) Qiyam and Taraweeh states that Taraweeh should be 11 Rakah. The sunnah is 11 Rakat. Now the question which is confusing and often becomes a discussion among brothers is whether the number of Rakat in Taraweeh should be 11 Rakat or 20 Rakat. Some people during Ramadan go to masjids where the Imam does 11 Rakats and other go to Masjids where the Imam does 20 Rakats. In most of the Hanafi Masjids around the US the Imam does 20 Rakat. The point to note is whether 20 Rakat or 11 Rakat the Imam completes the entire Qurran during Ramadan. The people are very sentitive about this issue and this issue becomes a topic in gathering in the United States. The people who pray 20 Rakat blame the other groug praying 11 as being wrong and the group praying 11 Rakat blames the group praying 20 as wrong. This is a big fitnah in the US. This leads to disunity. People always quote that in Prophets Mosque the Imam prays 20 Rakats and also in Masjid-ul-Haraam in Mecca the Imam prays 20 Rakat. Also those who during Ramadan go to Saudi Arabia for Umrah say that the Imam prays 20 Rakat. This is a confusion. Please answer and explain to me the following issues: 1. The sunnah is to pray 11 Rakat then why is Prophets mosque in Medina and also in Masdid-ul-Haram the imam leads the people to pray 20 Rakat? Why? Why is this different from the sunnah? 2. Why are the number of Rakat of Taraweeh in Prophets mosque and Masjid-ul-Haraam 20 Rakat? Please explain to us so.
Added on: 17-Feb-2005 Hits: 659

Neglecting prayer out of laziness
Question: If you do not pray salat out of laziness on purpose, are you a kafir or just a bad Muslim? Please answer.
Added on: 16-Feb-2005 Hits: 431

Making up missed prayers after ‘Asr
Question: What is the ruling of Islam in respect of praying 'kada'(due) salah immediately after the 'Asr'salah?.
Added on: 17-Feb-2005 Hits: 430

What is the “difficulty” which makes it permissible to pray sitting down?
Question: When is it permissible for a sick person to pray sitting down, because he may be able to stand but with great difficulty?
Added on: 21-Mar-2005 Hits: 308

Description of the Prophet’s prayer
Question: What is Description of the Prophet’s prayer ?.
Added on: 12-Mar-2005 Hits: 620