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...
QUESTION: If an Imaam reads سمع الله لمن همده, is the Salaah valid? ANSWER: In the queried scenario, the Salaah will be valid. However, the Imaam should try to pronounce the letters correctly from their proper Makhraj. If he is unable to pronounce the letters...
QUESTION: A person wants to join, or combine, a two Rakaat Nafl with a four Rakaat Nafl Salaah. Is it correct to do so? ANSWER: If one commences a Nafl Salaah with the intention of performing more than 2 Rakaats, then it is obligatory upon one to complete two Rakaats...
QUESTION: What is the Mas'alah regarding a Muadhin calling out the Iqaamah before the Imaam comes onto the Musallah to lead the congregation? ANSWER: To give the Iqaamah before the Imaam comes onto the Musallah is not established from Rasulullah Sallallallahu Alaihi...
QUESTION: Is it permissible to perform Salaah facing an open fire, or a gas heater, or the like? ANSWER: The Fuqaha have written that to perform Salaah facing a fire is resemblance to the fire worshippers hence Makrooh. [Re: Fataawa Uthmaaniyyah Vol:2 Pg:168] However,...
QUESTION: A woman, while making salaah, is carrying a child on her back, who has messed its diaper. Does her Salaah become invalid due to the Illah that its like carrying Najaasah? And what if the woman just changed the child and carried her while making her salaah,...
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)...