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What Breaks or Spoils Salah
376 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on What Breaks or Spoils Salah, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
What Breaks or Spoils Salah fatawa — page 3 of 10
- Ibn Masood10 Apr 2022
Laughing in Salaah
If a person is reading Taraweeh Salaah and laughs in such a manner that it is only heard by him, but his laughter is a result of not being able to…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood15 Mar 2022
Fast being nullified due to masturbation
A person broke his fast by masturbating. He was aware of the fact that such an act invalidates a person’s fast. He then began eating and drinking.…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville13 Mar 2022
Epilepsy During Salaah
A person has epilepsy. With epilepsy,you also get silent seizure,that the person goes unconscious for a short period of time. They become completely…
- Azaadville22 Feb 2022
Looking Into And Reciting From The Mushaf In Salaah
please advice about the reading through mushaf while offering taraweeh? What should we prefer ? Either to offer taraweeh salaat with small surahs…
- Azaadville16 Feb 2022
Placing The Topi Back On The Head In Salaah
During Salaah a person placed his Topi using both hands. Is his Salaah faasid?
- Mufti Online5 Feb 2022
Validity of salaah of a person who inserted something into his rectum to block flatulence
Is the prayer of someone who has inserted something into its rectum (to block flatulence) before doing wudhu and removed it after praying valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville3 Feb 2022
Performing Salaah During Zawwaal
Is it permissible to perform salaah while zawwaal is approaching… With the result the musalli starts his salaat before zawwaal and continues till…
- Azaadville9 Jan 2022
Imaam Making A Mistake In Qiraat Taraweeh
What is the ruling if the Imam does not know Arabic and makes a mistake which changes the meaning completely? Does he only repeat the Qiraat, or…
- Azaadville9 Jan 2022
Imaam Making Salaam After One Rakaat In Taraweeh
What is the ruling of the Qiraat if an Imam made Salam after one Rakah? Kindly advise the rulings if the Imam realises the mistake during the Salah…
- Ibn Masood6 Jan 2022
Saahib-e-Tarteeb realizes that his Zuhr Salaah was invalid after performing a few Salaah
A person (that is Saahib-e-Tarteeb) performs Zuhr Salaah. Thereafter, he performs a few Salaah and only then comes to the realization that his Zuhr…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood6 Jan 2022
Muqtadi missing a Sajdah with the Imaam
A Muqtadi was performing Salaah behind the Imaam. The Imaam went into Sajdah and came up for the next posture, and only then did the Muqtadi go into…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood5 Jan 2022
Noticing blood in one’s mouth after Salaah
Approximately 20 minutes after Salaah, I noticed blood in between my teeth. Is my Salaah valid or does it have to be repeated?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood3 Jan 2022
Hair becoming exposed in Salaah
What is the status of a female’s Salaah if her hair is exposed during Salaah?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood16 Dec 2021
Makrooh time of Asr Salaah
Up to what time can one perform Asr Salaah in a perfect and complete manner without any abhorrence whatsoever? How many minutes before Maghrib…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood19 Nov 2021
Performing Salaah in the incorrect direction
We were performing Salaah at our Musallah in the incorrect direction for a number of years. It is only lately that we realized that we were 20…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood18 Nov 2021
Salaah with a thin Burqah
How thick should a Burqah be for the Salaah (of a female) to be considered as valid?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville20 Oct 2021
Pronouncing the letter ض like ظ or pronouncing it from an incorrect Makhraj
If a person does not have the Makhraj of the ض correct, and whilst performing Salaah he recites in away that the ض sounds like a ظ, or it is not…
- Azaadville19 Aug 2021
Salaah Breaking Due To Hand Movements
If I use my right hand instead of my left hand to do something in salah eg. Adjust my clothes or scratch. Will my salah break?
- Azaadville15 Jul 2021
Salaah Performed With Clothing Soiled With Bird Droppings
There was a hardened stain on a person’s clothing. Upon close examination, it “seemed” to be birds droppings that could have fallen on the clothes…
- Azaadville10 Jul 2021
Errors In Qira’at Which Surrender Invalid
What mistakes render a Salaah invalid if made during Qira’āt?
- Azaadville10 Jul 2021
Performing Salaah With A Tissue Which Has Impurity On It
What is the status of a salaah which is read with a tissue of blood, urine etc in your pocket?
- Azaadville19 Jun 2021
Salaah Behind A Retractable Barrier
Is my Namaz broken if I was reading my salaah behind a retractable belt queue barrier and someone or something walked in front of me i.e. in front…
- Azaadville13 May 2021
Amal-e-Katheer and Amal-e-Qaleel
If a person quickly wipes his nose by taking out a tissue from his pocket and placing it back in the pocket will this action fall under…
- Mufti Online20 Mar 2021
Makrooh times for sajdah tilaawat, nafl salaah and qadha salaah
Can you please explain in detail what the makrooh times are for salaah, sajdah tilawat, nafl salaah, qada salaah, and tahiyyatul wudhu? I read it in…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville11 Mar 2021
Topi Falling In Salaah
I would like to know if it’s advisable to pick up my Topy if it falls down whilst I am in Salaah. And if it’s allowed the should only one hand be…
- Ask Imaam5 Mar 2021
Is it Makrooh to wear a fake ring in Salah?
If a woman pray with a fake ring that is not gold or silver what happens to her namaz? Is it makrooh?
Shakib Alam - Mufti Online20 Oct 2020
Using both hands to hold one's clothes in salaah
After getting up from ruku in the standing position, if someone uses both his hands for handling clothes or scarf (removes both the hands from the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Oct 2020
Scratching oneself in salaah
1. If I use my hand, due to losing balance, when coming up from sajdah, will this break my salaah? 2. Whilst making my niyyah for salaah, at the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Oct 2020
Swallowing few strands of coconut in salaah
If one swallows a few strands of coconut during salaah which was stuck in the teeth, will it invalidate the salaah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Oct 2020
Looking in the Quraan and performing salaah
Recently, I came across a clip of someone quoting the following hadith and explaining its great virtues: عن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص، قال: قال رسول…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Aug 2020
Performing salaah with a t-shirt that has depictions of creatures on it
If a person prays while wearing a t-shirt that has depictions of creatures on it, is his prayer valid or should he repeat it?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam25 Aug 2020
Performing Salaah with the urge of urinating - Is it Makrooh?
Assalamu 'Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu, This is a resubmission of two questions that were asked on 21/05/2020: Please note that the…
Muhammad I.V Patel - Mufti Online19 Aug 2020
Erecting TV's in the Musjid to display salaah times and notices
Please comment on the practice of erecting flat screen TVs in the Musjid for the purpose of displaying salaah times and notices. The 'Ulama always…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Jul 2020
Repeating Esha fardh and sunnat if the fardh was invalid
1. If we perform Esha Fard, sunnat and witr and nafl but after the time of the prayer has expired we realized that the fard was not valid, what…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online8 Jul 2020
Performing salaah with a mask
Can I perform namaz with a face mask?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Jun 2020
Performing salaah with a distance between musallis and with a mask
Prayers are offered in Masajid these days with distances between musallees being about one meter and leaving the alternate saff empty. Also, we need…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Jun 2020
Performing salaah with a mask on
Is it permissible to perform salaah with a mask on?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Jun 2020
Amal-e-katheer in salaah
Is it correct that if a person does an action that is not part of Salaah. e.g. scratching the body, etc. for more than 3 tasbeeh, the Salaah is…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Jun 2020
Amal-e-katheer in salaah
What is regarded as Amal-e-katheer in salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Jun 2020
Fasting of a pregnant woman
What is the sharee ruling regarding fasting in pregnancy: a. If a woman who is in her third trimester leaves her fasts fearing that she will not be…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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