QUESTION: I accidentally recited a Dua before Tashahud. A few days have passed and I didn’t make the Sajda-e-Sahw in my Salaah at that time, nor did I make Qadha of that Salaah. Do I repeat the Salaah as Qadha now? ANSWER: The recitation of another Dua in place of...
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Performing Salaah on a plane and repeating after landing
QUESTION: Please explain why Salaah should be performed on the plane, if afterwards it will need to be repeated? (If the Salaah was performed while seated) ANSWER: The command of Allah Ta’ala to perform Salaah at its prescribed time needs to be fulfilled. The Quraan...
Reading Qadha Salaah after Asr Salaah
QUESTION: Is it permissible to read Qadha Salah after Asr? If one happened to read his Qadha Salaah after Asr, will he have to repeat it? ANSWER: It is permissible to perform one’s Qadha Salaah after Asr Salaah, hence there is no need to repeat the Qadha Salaah if...
Reciting the Tasbeehaat of Ruku’ less than three times
QUESTION: What is the ruling regarding lifting your head up from Sajdah before you complete the third Tasbeeh? ANSWER: The act of reciting the Tasbeehaat of Ruku or Sajdah less than thrice, is Makrooh. Reciting the Tasbeehaat thrice is the minimal to attain...
Lost and found
QUESTION: I am a caretaker of a Masjid. Mussallees leave behind/forget the following items: Watches Rings Jackets/Jerseys Shoes/Sandles Topis Socks We place a notice on the Masjid board, but these items are not claimed for many months. What should we do with these...
Trustees removing a clock from the Masjid
QUESTION: A few years ago, a Musallee donated a clock to the Masjid and hung it up with his Marhoom father's name and date of death inscribed on the clock. Would it be permissible for the Masjid Committee to remove the clock from the Masjid ,as they feel the Masjid is...
Reciting a Dua instead of Tashahhud
QUESTION: In my Dhuhr 2 Rakaats Sunnah, after coming up from my second Sajdah, I accidentally started reading “ Allahumagh Firlee, Warhamni”, and then I remembered it’s my second Sajdah, so I stopped mid-sentence and started Tashahhud. Is my Salaah valid? ANSWER: It...
Placing elderly congregants towards the rear of the Masjid
QUESTION: In some Masaajid here in Melbourne, it is the custom to put the elderly brothers who are praying Salaah on chairs, several rows back from the rest of us brothers praying in Jamaat. Also some Masaajid have a fence (or bollards with rope joining the bollards...