Q: Can one say salam while athan is being called and if some one says it can we reply to it? A: Salaam should not be made while the Adhaan is in progress. If someone makes Salaam during the Adhaan, it will be permissible to reply to it. Moulana Yusuf LaherChecked by: Mufti Siraj Desai
Q: What salah does a sick or traveling person who can’t attend Juma perform? A. That person will perform Thuhr Salaah. Moulana Yusuf Laher
Q: What is the kindest way to make someone pray? A. Do not instruct/command him to pray. If you instruct him to pray and he refuses, it will be detrimental to his spiritual self. Encourage him and enlighten him on the virtues and benefits of prayer. There are many Hadeeth mentioning these virtues. They can …
Q: Can you explain about any hadith on talking during azan? A. The narration stating that one who speaks during the Adhaan will not be able to recite the Kalimah at the time of death is a fabrication, as mentioned in Kashful-Khifaa and San’aani. However, in spite of the narration being a fabrication, it is …
Q: What is the ruling regarding the covering of feet in salaah for women? A. Salaah of a female is valid without the feet being covered. (Al Inaayah V1 P418). This is according to the Hanafi Madhab. According to the Shaafi’ee Madhab, the feet must be covered in Salaah. (Fiqhul Ibaadaat – Shaafi’ee V1 P231). …
Q: What do we recite in the 3rd and 4th rakaat of any sunnat/Nafl namaaz? A. Surah Faatihah and Surah. Moulana Yusuf LaherChecked by: Mufti Siraj Desai
Q: What do we recite in the 3rd or 4th rakat of a farz namaz like zuhar, asar and isha? A. Recite only Surah Faatihah in the third and fourth Rakaats of a Fardh Namaaz. Moulana Yusuf Laher Checked by: Mufti Siraj Desai
Q: Is it possible to pray Eid Namaz in the same Masjid but on a different date i.e. one group would pray on 1st January and the other on 2nd January? A: To offer Eid prayers in this manner is not allowed in Shariah, because it is certain that one of the two Eids is …
Q: We travel for umrah and to Madinah very often. I wanted to know since we are musafir, how do we pray our salaah in the haram? Do we pray a separate musafir salaah and then salaah in jamah is read as a qadha of a previous salaah? A: If you are performing Salaah alone …
Q: If due to being late, I enter the masjid whilst the fard salaah of Fajr is being performed, and I join the jamaah, when should I perform the two sunnah: immediately after the fard or should I wait until after sunrise? A. If possible to perform the Sunnats and still join the Jamaat, you …
