Q: My old age mother sits on one chair and do sajda on another chair in front of her. Is that a correct way of performing salah? A: The way your mom is making salaah is incorrect. She must not make sajda on another chair. She should just bend forward more than ruku for sajda. …
Q: When a woman performs umrah, should she perform salaat behind the imaam or individually? A: If you are asking whether she should attend the haram for jamaat salaah, then the answer is no. That is not permissible. She should offer her salaah in her room. If you are referring to the time when she …
Q: In a 4 rakaat farz namaz (salah) after 2 rakaats by mistake if I read durood shareef only till ‘allah humma’ after attahiyaat has been finished, do I have to do sajda sahw? A. If in the first sitting of a three or four Rakaat Salaah one recited this much of the Durood after …
Q: I joined a jamaat salaah thinking it was zohr as hanafi asr had not started. Upon completion I found out it was in fact an asr jamaat as the time for asr for Shafi etc had begun. Was it obligatory for me to read the salaah again? A: You had the intention of Zohar …
Q: I miss Fazr salat often. Can I pray Qadhaa at a later time? Is is acceptable to Allah? A: If one misses a Salaat, then it has to be prayed as Qadhaa later, there is no choice in the matter. Make Istighfaar for not praying the Salaah on time. But remember that you must …
Q: Is it improper to perform the sunnat, nafl and witr waajib salaats at the back of the masjid after performing the fard salaat in jamaat in the first saff? Or is it also necessary to perform these individual salaats in the first saff as well? A: It is totally permissible to read the sunnats …
Q: If a person recites the same surah after surah fatiha in both rakaats of fardh must he make sajda e sahw (prostration of forgetfulness)? A: Sajdah Sahw will not be necessary in this case. Moulana Yusuf Laher
Q: What is the minimum rakaats you can read for the Esha Salaah? A. Four Sunnah Ghayr Mu’akkadahFour FardhTwo Sunnah Mu’akkadahTwo NaflThree Witr (Waajib)Two Nafl. The four Fardh, two Sunnah Mu’akkadah and three Witr has to be performed. The others are optional. Answer by: Moulana Yusuf Laher
Q: Can you please advice of the correct method of performing Witr salaah for Hanafis? A. The method of performing three Rakaats Witr Namaaz is as follows: Perform two Rakaats as is usually done.After Tashahhud (Attahiyyaat) in the second Rakaat, stand up for the third Rakaat.Recite Surah Faatihah and Surah in this third Rakaat.After reciting …
Q: If someone is living abroad and traveling to his country for less then 15 days. Will he pray four Rakats or two Rakats in his home country? A. The full Salaah will be made in the home country, irrespective of the amount of days he will spend there. Moulana Yusuf Laher
