QUESTION: Just wanted to know is it permissible for a Hanafi to read Esha early behind a Shafi' / Hanbali Imam even though there are Hanafi Masjids in the area? Their Esha is generally around 20-25 minutes earlier than the Hanafi Esha. ANSWER: There is difference of...
QUESTION: Our Nazirah classes are upstairs now, and if we go downstairs for Namaz, that would create problems for Namazis. Would performing our own Jamaat upstairs be a solution, or should we stay upstairs and and join the downstairs Jamaat (while the downstairs hall...
QUESTION: A person performs Salaah in the upstairs section of the Masjid alone or sometimes with one other person, then too, not standing shoulder to shoulder, separate from the main Jamaat downstairs in the Masjid. What is the ruling of such a Salaah? ANSWER: The...
QUESTION: From a Shari' perspective, is it permissible to have a female facility in the Masjid complex? ANSWER: We are living in an era where Muslims undertake journeys to visit family and relatives, and for various other reasons as well. Men easily perform their...
QUESTION: Why is the joining of Salaah permissible in some Madhaa'ib and not in the others? ANSWER: The Imaams of Fiqh deduced the Masaa’il of Shariah with complete trustworthiness and religiousness considering the proofs of Shariah. Those Masaa’il that were proven...
QUESTION: When reciting verses in Salaah after Surah Faatiha, what is the minimum amount of letters that the verse should contain. I want to recite certain short Quranic Duas that I know by heart. ANSWER: One may recite one long Verse, or 3 short verses which is...
QUESTION: Does laughing through the nose with just breath and no sound, break one's Salaah? (The breathing was loud enough for others to hear) ANSWER: If the laughter was so loud that one heard it himself, and it was heard by the one standing next to him, then Wudhu...
QUESTION: Is it permissible for a woman to read Jumu'ah Salah with Jama'ah? If not, please explain why it would not be permissible? ANSWER: Below we have reproduced a previous Fatwa in regards to females following the Imaam in Jumuah. Salaatul Jumuah is not Waajib...
