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An imam sending his children to a Deobandi Qur'ān teacher
Question "What do the scholars of Dīn and the Muftīs of the Sacred Law state regarding the following matter: An Imam of a Sunni mosque has admitted to...
A complex marital dispute: a secret affair and a disputed nikāḥ
Question In a family husband wife son and a daughter (retarded) son a bright student of 13 years old.In this family husband is having a private mistre...
Zakāh on savings set aside for a wedding
Question Do I pay zakat on savings which I’ve set aside for a wedding? The money I have received is through a committee payment and the sole intention...
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Is there a maximum number of qaḍā prayers per day?
Question السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Is there a maximum number of Qaza namaz that can be performed in one single day? — Adil, Blackburn, UK Answer...
Praying witr behind a Shāfi‘ī imam
Question السلام عليكم و رحمة الله تعالى وبركاته Mufti Sahab what is the method of praying witr Salah behind a shafiee imaam — Oowais Qassim Ali, Mauri...
Are women obliged to attend the Eid prayer?
Question My name is ayub and I’m from Slough United Kingdom My question is it Faraz on women to attend Eid prayers? — Ayub, Slough, UK Answer It is no...
Can a Ḥanafī pray behind a Mālikī imam abroad?
Question Salaam, im a hanafi and I'm staying in morroco for several weeks with the in laws, Can I pray behind the imams here, they are all maliki in f...
Shortening ṣalāh as a traveller: a student living away from home
Question ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ What is the ruling on Zaid who is a student that lives in a hostel which is 400 kilometres away from his home: 1. If Za...
A Ḥanafī praying behind a Mālikī imam
Question Salaam, im a hanafi and I'm staying in morroco for several weeks with the in laws, Can I pray behind the imams here, they are all maliki in f...
Calculating the time of zawāl and the prohibited prayer times
Question Please advise: 1). How the precise time of Zawaal is calculated. 2). What is the preferred duration on either side of this time that one must...
Praying behind a ḥāfiẓ whose wife goes out to work
Question ﺍﻟﺴَّــﻼَﻡ ﻋَﻠَﻴــْﻜُم وَرَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ ﻭَﺑَﺮَﻛـَـﺎتُهُ Can we offer our Salah in the imamat of a hafiz whose wife goes to work. I don't h...
Forgetting the sajdah al-tilāwah during ṣalāh
Question Hope you are well by the Grace of Almighty Allah. I have a question with 2 scenarios. If one recites a surah which requires one to perform sa...
Can a 12-year-old lead the Tarāwīḥ prayer?
Question Can a child lead Taraweeh prayer at the age of 12 yrs 10 months? By than most hit Balugat correct ? — Ali, Silver spring, USA Answer A boy wh...
Wearing garments below the ankles during ṣalāh — tanzīhī or taḥrīmī?
Question اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیۡکُمْ وَرَحۡمَۃُ اﷲ وَبَرَکَاتُہٗ Is there a difference of opinion in the Hanafi madhab regarding the lower of your garments...
Praying behind an imam whose beard is less than a fistful
Question In the Hanifi Fiqh, can the imam lead the prayer if his beard is not fistful length. My understanding is Length of the beard is not a pillar...
Raising the index finger during the Tashahhud (At-Taḥiyyāt)
Question السلام علیکم Respected Hazrat What is the ruling of raising fingers during Attahiyat ? — SAYYED MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN (Ismaily), Midnapore (West B...
The Secret Behind the Lifting of the Finger
In Salah and other acts of worship, which have been commanded to us, there are certainly secrets hidden within them; whether we understand these secre...
Calculating Qaza Salah
Assalamu Alaykum I have only been regular and punctual in my 5 daily prayers for the last 1 year. Before this I used to pray now and again, i.e. when...
Secrets Pertaining to the Times of Salah
Fajr When Sayyiduna Adam alay his salam descended on the Earth from Heaven, it was the time of night, and it was the first time he had seen this world...
Isha Times during UK Summer Time
Question: Assalamu Alaikum Mufti Sahib. I am a mureed of Huzoor Taajush Shariah and studying Hifz. Every year i lead a few rakaats of Taraweeh. The is...
Status of Salah behind non Hanafis
Question: Assalaamu Alaykum respected Mufti Sahib, I have a question regarding the status of our Salah if we were to read behind Imams who are not Han...
Clarification on the Degrees on which Namaaz Timetables are created
Question: Assalamu Alaikum Mufti Sahab, Hope you are well and InshaAllah hope to see you soon. I have been researching about how we have differences i...
Is it permissible to pray Salah behind Deobandis?
Is it permissible to pray behind Deobandis? Answer Wa Alaykum Al-Salam, From amongst the conditions of an Imam for Salah is that he must not be an ope...