QUESTION: A Masjid would like to implement the use of a stanchion as a Sutrah. The stanchion referred to here, is a barrier made up of poles connected by a rope. Is the rope sufficient to serve as a Sutrah? ANSWER: In principle, Fuqaha (Jurists) explain that the...
Q1. Inside Masjid al-Ḥarām, during Fardh Salaah, the Imaam leads from an enclosed area not directly connected to any Saff. In many parts of the Ḥaram Sharif, people do not form continuous rows, but rather perform Salaah wherever they find space — for example, near the...
There is a Musallah that allocates two official Jamaats for Zuhr and Asr. Reason being that they are catering for the different break times of the Musallees since the Musallah is in the CBD. Despite having two Jamaats, there are many that still come in at different...
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: Is it permissible to undertake a special trip to visit a Masjid other than the three Masaajid mentioned in the Hadith? ANSWER: It is recorded in Ihyau-Ulumid-Deen that one should not undertake a journey to any Masjid from amongst the Masaajid (in the world)...
QUESTION: We have a pulpit in our Masjid and I noticed that at times the Jumu'ah Bayaan is been given from behind it, as opposed to the Imaam standing in front of the congregation or on the Mimbar, and conducting the Bayaan. Is it permissible from a Shari' point of...
QUESTION: In Masjidun Nabawi and Masjidal Haram, if there is a gap of more than two rows between people standing in the front row during Jamaat Salaah, will the prayer still be valid? ANSWER: Yes, Salaah will be valid as the Masjid is considered as one place....