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: What is the Mas'ala regarding reading Dua loudly or silently, if one is the Imaam? Which manner is preferred? ANSWER: Dua after the Fardh Salaah should be made silently by the Imaam and Muqtadis. Allah Ta'ala states in the Quraan: ادعوا ربكم تضرعا وخفية Call...
QUESTION: I found out that Witr salaah is compulsory. I thought it was Nafl/Sunnah. I accepted Islam from 2016 and I have missed approximately 2844 Witr Salaah since then. Should I make Qadhaa of all, or will Taubah suffice? ANSWER: It is compulsory to make Qadhaa of...
QUESTION: If a man is leading his wife in Salaah, where should she stand? ANSWER: The wife should stand behind the husband. ولو اجتمع الرجال و الصبيان والاناث والصبيات و المراهقات يقوم الرجل اقصي مايلي الأمام ثم الصبيان ثم الاناث (الفتاوي الهندية ج١ص٨٨-٨٩) ALLAH...
QUESTION: I would like to know what are the Sunnah Surahs to be recited in our 5 daily Salaah? ANSWER: Surah Hujuraat until Surah Burooj should be recited in the Fajr and Zuhr Salaah. Surah Burooj until Surah Bayyinah should be recited in the Asr and Esha Salaah....
QUESTION: I was reading my Fardh Salaah at home because I couldn't make it to the Masjid for some reason. After I started the Salaah I had to break it because I had to open the house gate for some visitors that were waiting to exit. I had just started the Salaah, so...
QUESTION: Since moving to the US and finding myself at times in places where I did not know the Masjid or the community; I had to figure out for myself the prayer times, and discovered that there are, 1) differences between Hanafi & other Matha’ib; and 2), a...
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,...