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....
QUESTION: A new Masjid is being built and some differences need to be addressed urgently before construction is completed. What is the correct way to build the Mimbar? There are some narrations indicating three steps, and four steps in other narrations. Please...
QUESTION: Is it in accordance with the Adab and respect of the Masjid for a Masjid committee to use the premises as a venue for a community 'Bring and Braai' event? The event entails people bringing meat to the Masjid property and 'braaing' it thereon and thereafter,...
QUESTION: There are some Masaajid (in Lenasia) that are a few degrees off Qiblah. Is it permissible to perform Salaah at these Masaajid? ANSWER: At the outset, it should be borne in mind that when a person is performing Salaah before the Ka’aba Sharif (in the Haram of...