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1,199 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Congregation & Imamat, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Congregation & Imamat fatawa — page 16 of 30
- Mufti Online16 Aug 2016
Masbooq (latecomer) joining the Imaam before Salaam
Whilst performing Salaah with Jamaat behind an Imaam, if a Masbooq (latecomer) joins the Salaah after the Imaam has completed four rakaats and joins…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Aug 2016
Masbooq joining the Salaah after one rakaat
1. Please provide the correct procedure to be followed when missing one rakaat in a four rakaat Salaah behind the Imaam. 2. If a person misses one…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Aug 2016
Is the Salaah valid if the muqtadi omits the tasbeeh of ruku or sajda?
When a person joins the Salaat with Jamaat behind the Imaam and the person omits the three times Tasbeehaat in the ruku or sajdah, is the Salaah…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Aug 2016
Salaah behind a person who trims his beard
I would like to know about the priority in a jamaat for a person to lead a prayer, if among 10 persons, 9 of them has one fist beard but the other…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Aug 2016
Muqtadi going into sajda before the Imaam
What is the status of a musalli's Salaah that precedes the Imam e.g. makes sujood before the Imaam?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Aug 2016
Performing Salaah behind Deobandis
I was watching a religious show on TV, there was this Mufti who said that we should not offer Salaah behind a Deobandi since they say bad things…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Aug 2016
Making a second jamaat in the Musjid
Is it permisible to recite iqamah in a second jamaat performed in a masjid, the type of masjid is at a tourist place and has no particular Imam.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Jul 2016
Masbooq mistakenly making Salaam with the Imaam
If a masbooq makes both salaam after the salaah concluded, will sajdah sawh suffice or will the person have to repeat the salaah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Jul 2016
Reciting tashahhud behind the Imaam
When your praying namaz behind the Imam, in every salah in the final rakat when you are seated in tashahhud, the minimum you have to recite is the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Jul 2016
Muqtadi's head touching the mimbar in Salaah
Because of the Musjid being overcrowded and the mimbar being an obstruction in the first saff of the Musjid, a muqtadi happened to stand in the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Jul 2016
Performing Salaah outside the Haram
In the Haram Sharif the gates of the masjid are closed early. Many people pray on the marble or in the street. At times there is a large space in…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Jul 2016
Going late to the Musjid for zuhr Salaah
I am at home and the zuhr prayer jamat will soon start in the masjid and I have only a few minutes to perform my 4 sunnats. If I perform the sunnats…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Jul 2016
Should the Imaam sit on the mimbar before delivering the Eid khutba?
Is there any condition for the Imaam to firstly sit on the mimbar before standing up to deliver the Eid Khutbah, or can he just climb on the mimbar…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam15 Jun 2016
How should one read Salah behind the Imam?
I follow the Hanafi Madhab. I need clarification on reading salaah behind a imaam , how should one read salaah behind imaam for a silent compared to…
Mufti Sohail ibn Arif - Mufti Online16 May 2016
Raising the hands in Dua after Salaah
After the fard prayer, some imams make dua in congregation while some do not. Some people say it is bida to raise the hands after fard prayer in…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN14 Apr 2016
When should the Masbooq stand to complete the missed Rakaats?
If a person missed one or more Rakaats of Salaah and he has to complete the remainder of the Salaah after the Imaam makes Salaam, should he stand up…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Mufti Online12 Apr 2016
Performing salaah behind a Masbooq
What is the ruling regarding one who misses the jamaat and joins a masbooq while he is performing his missed rakaats? Will the salaah of such a…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Apr 2016Roman Urdu
Imaam ke peeche qiraat
Me ye jaanna chahta hu ke hame fardh parhne waqt hame koi surah parhna chahiye ya nahi aur kya do rakaat hone ke baad koi qiraat jorhna chahiye Imam…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Apr 2016
Children standing in a separate saff for Salaah
Can a child stand with the man in the same row for Salaah. Does the child have to stand in a separate row. Is there any harm for the child to stand…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN1 Apr 2016
Congregational Dua after Salah
Should one say amen to the dua made by the imam after salah or can one make his own dua?
Mufti M. Ishaq E. Moosa - Mufti Online10 Mar 2016
Reward for performing Salaah with jamaat
I know there is more reward for Salaah prayed in congregation for men, please provide me with Hadith to support this fact.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Mar 2016
Leading the Salaah if one is not sure if one is baaligh
I am Islamically 14 and not sure if I am baaligh. I have released mazi and probably wadhi but not mani. Am I baaligh and can I perform Salaah as an…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Mar 2016
Qiraat in Salaah
I got two questions; 1. Do we need to recite anything while praying behind an Imam? Is it compulsory to read a surah? 2 When we reciting fathiha or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Mar 2016Roman Urdu
Namaaz par paabandi karna jamaat ke saat
Mere abba jaan ko khwaab dikha. Aap please uski tabeer batae. Masjid me dawath tha mere abba vahi gaye the vahi abba ke sath dusra admi bhi tha sab…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Mar 2016
Not joining the jamaat Salaah
This weekend I was out musafir for a few days with a few friends. We came to a masjid to perform salaah. Two friends we finished making wuduh and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Feb 2016Roman Urdu
Hayya Alas Salaah par khara hona
Muje ye poochna he me jis masjid me namaaze parta hu waha muazzin saheb jab namaaz ke liye takbeer dene ke liye khare hote he to imaam mana karte he…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Feb 2016
Following the Imaam via the cellphone
I live in a non-muslim country so every time I go to mosque for prayer, I call my brother on his cell phone so he can listen to the Qiraat of the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Feb 2016
Performing Salaah behind an imaam who is involved in a haraam relationship
A married person who is secretly in contact with another unmarried woman but he is an Imam of a masjid also, Salaah performed behind him is valid or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Feb 2016
Following a Shaafi'ee or Hambali Imaam in witr Salaah
How will a Hanafi muqtadi follow a shaafi or hambali etc in their witr salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Jan 2016
The person calling out the Iqaamah leading the Salaah
Is it permissible for a person who gave the iqaamah to lead the congregation as an Imam?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Jan 2016
Realizing that one is not a Musaafir
I travelled to the city from a village which is 220 km away. I will stay here for two months. I thought I was in Qasar and offered Salaah with…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Jan 2016
Refusing to perform Salaah behind the Imaam
If musallees walk out of jamaat salaah just because they think the Imaam is arrogant and they have issues with him, is this correct? Some who feel…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Jan 2016
Wearing a topi and performing Salaah
1. If a person is a Haafiz, is it permissible for him to recite the Qur'an in front of everybody without a topi? 2. Can he lead the namaaz?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Jan 2016
Can an illegitimate person lead the Salaah?
What are the prayer and other sharia rules concerning a person born out of wedlock. If he can't inherit from his father and can't lead a jamaat in…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2016
Performing fajr Salaah at home if one fears missing the Salaah
For whatever reason which Allah (Ta'ala) knows best I woke up for fajr salaah a bit later than usuall i.e. within permissible time but not enough to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Dec 2015
Making a second jamaat in the Musjid
What is the ruling regarding making a second jamaat in the musjid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Dec 2015
Moving the Imaam's musalla a few saffs back when the crowd is less
Is it permissible to move the Imaam's musalla a few saffs back when the crowd is less and move it closer to the mihraab when the crowd is big?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Dec 2015
Should the Muqtadi recite qiraat behind the Imaam?
When performing Salaah behind an Imaam, what should one recite in the standing posture? Will one have to recite Surah Faatiha and a Surah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Dec 2015
Performing salaah behind an Imaam who wears his trousers below his ankles
Will the salaah performed behind an Imaam who wears his trousers below his ankles be valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Dec 2015Roman Urdu
Un lowgo ke pheeche namaaz parhna jo wahaabi lowg ke saat talluq rakte he
Mera sawaal he ke hamaare ilaaqe me wahaabi lowg bhi rehte he aur hamare kuch sunni log inse rishta rakthe he kya ham inki dawat me ja sakte he aur…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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