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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 17 of 30

  1. Mufti Online27 Dec 2015Roman Urdu

    Jamaat ke sath namaaz me muqtadi ku kya kya parhna

    Mera sawaal he namaaz ke mutaalliq, jamaat ke saath namaz me muqtadi ku kya kya parhna chahiye? Kya muqtadi imam ke sath Allahuakbar kehsakte he?…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  2. Ask Imaam23 Dec 2015

    Can Juma’h and daily Salah be prayed in congregation at the company?

    I work in a company where the mosque is near . I would like to know will I be sinful if I make congregation in company and not join congregation of…

    Jibran Kadarkhan
  3. Mufti Online19 Dec 2015

    Does the Imaam have to recite " Rabbana lakal Hamd"?

    After Ruku, does the Imaam have to recite the Dua " Rabbana lakal Hamd"?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  4. Mufti Online19 Dec 2015

    Leading the Salaah with a urine bag

    Can a person wearing a urine bag lead the Salaah?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  5. Mufti Online15 Dec 2015

    Imaam performing the Salaah without wudhu

    I have lead a congregation with no wudu intentionally. I cannot inform the people because it was on a holiday when I was overseas. What must I do?…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  6. Mufti Online15 Dec 2015

    Filling a gap in the saff during Salaah

    Please explain the procedure of stepping forward to fill in a gap in the saff in front. Because beheshti zewar mentions to step past the sajdah…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  7. Mufti Online13 Dec 2015

    Imaam involved in wrongs

    If any Imaam of a Masjid is involved in backbiting, absent in Fajar, involved in sinful acts and instigating committee to take action against other…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  8. Mufti Online12 Dec 2015

    Performing Salaah with takbeer-e-ula

    I pick up my neighbour for salaah every day. There are times when he is late and I leave him due to my missing the Takbeer-e-ula, which I do not…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  9. Mufti Online12 Dec 2015

    Hafiza leading other women in Salaah

    In beheshti zewar it is mentioned that for a lady to be the Imam with another lady muqtadi is makrooh-e-tahrimi. A hafiza wants to make her Khatam…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  10. Mufti Online9 Dec 2015

    Following the Salaah in the Haram from the hotel jamaat khanas

    In some hotels in Makkah mukarramah, e.g. hilton, zam zam towers, they have jamaat khanas that overlook the Haram shareef. For Jumuah and some…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  11. Mufti Online8 Dec 2015

    Fardh Salaah commencing while one is performing his Sunnats

    If a person while performing four rakaats Sunnat of Zuhr stands up for the third rakaat when the Iqaamah commences, should he shorten his Salaah by…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  12. Mufti Online6 Dec 2015

    Leading the Salaah when one has a wound that is bleeding

    Regarding Imaamat, is it permissible for a person to do imaamat if he has a problem where he has to have dressing's on as he has a problem where he…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  13. Mufti Online5 Dec 2015

    Imaam making Salaam while the muqtadi is reciting durood-e-ebrahim

    Is it necessary to finish reciting durood-e-ebrahim in the last Jalsah if the Imam has already called the final Salaam?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  14. Mufti Online30 Nov 2015Roman Urdu

    Khwaabo ki ta'beer

    Main hmesha teen tarah khwab dekhta hun. Peahla ye hai ki meri train hmesha chut jaati hai main pakadne ke liye train ke piche daudta hun fir bhi…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  15. Mufti Online30 Nov 2015

    Performing Salaah behind a Shia

    If someone believes that the Imam of the Musjid is a Shia, then is it permissible for that person to read Salaah behind this imaam?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  16. Mufti Online14 Nov 2015

    Performing Salaah at home

    Is is okay for men to pray at home?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  17. Mufti Online3 Nov 2015

    Forgetfully reciting a portion of Durood-e-Ebrahim in the first qa'dah behind the Imaam

    When reading in jamaat for zohr, in the second rakaat in tashahud, I accidently start reading the durood thereafter the imaam stands up to read the…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  18. Mufti Online28 Oct 2015

    Being considerate towards the musallees

    Is it permissible for an unpaid Imam to regularly go on to the musalla one or two minutes late because he is performing the Sunnah of Zohar Salah?…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  19. Ask Imaam15 Oct 2015

    Imamat of a person whose beard hasn’t yet developed

    Regarding leading salat, my question is in our local masjid there is a hafiz of Quran of around 14 years old who also knows the rules and…

    Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim
  20. Mufti Online15 Oct 2015

    Performing Salaah in the Musjid

    Is prayer in musjid obligatory? There is a hadeeth which says something like prayer not being accepted if you hear the azaan and don't go to the…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  21. Mufti Online14 Oct 2015

    Baaligh beardless boy leading the Salaah

    My question is in our local masjid there is a hafiz of Quran of around 14 years old who also knows the rules and regulations regarding imaamat and…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  22. Mufti Online12 Oct 2015

    Reciting behind the Imaam

    I require clarification on the following 1.During Dhuhr and Asr, when we say our Salaah in silence, must the Imam and the Musallis recite the…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  23. Mufti Online10 Oct 2015

    Reciting Aameen softly

    Within the Hanafi Madhab, is the issue of a soft or a loud aameen in Jamaat Salaah a valid difference of opinion? I am asking this as more and more…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  24. Mufti Online8 Oct 2015

    Women performing Taraweeh Salaah in jamaat

    Are women allowed to make a jamaat together in Ramadan for Taraweeh at one's house?

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  25. Mufti Online8 Oct 2015

    Joining the jamaat after two rakaats in a four rakaat Salaah

    When I am late for a fardh for example salatul dhuhr, I am late of two rakaats and I joined them and I am performing the 3rd rakaat and then after…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  26. Mufti Online1 Oct 2015

    Correcting the Imaam

    In what instances are the followers allowed to correct an Imam and when should they not correct the Imam?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  27. Mufti Online1 Oct 2015

    Correcting the Imaam

    Please can you advise what should the followers do if an Imam 1. Reads an extra rakaat in salaah and they are aware of this? 2. Should they correct…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  28. Mufti Online17 Sep 2015

    Prepare for namaaz well in advance

    I rush from work to catch Asr salaah. I normally get there when salaah has already started. If I make sunnah wudhu, I will miss jamaaat. If I make…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  29. Mufti Online15 Sep 2015

    Making Salaam before the Imaam

    Last Friday I was offering my jumma Salaah in a newly built musjid. I reached a little late but before the sermon started. I was sitting on the 1st…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  30. Mufti Online14 Sep 2015

    Imaam performing Salaah in the state of janaabat

    If an imam performed Salaah in a time and he is in janaabat and he knows that he is in janaabat but still he became Imam and performed the Salaah,…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  31. Jamiat KZN8 Sep 2015

    Qiraat behind the imam?

    During Siri Salah (where Imam leads silently, Duhar and Asar) what the Muktadi (praying behind Imam) has to recite silently after Surah Fatiha? Has…

    Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed
  32. Ask Imaam7 Sep 2015

    Qiraat behind the imam?

    During Siri Salah (where Imam leads silently, Duhar and Asar) what the Muktadi (praying behind Imam) has to recite silently after Surah Fatiha? Has…

    Hafizurrahman Fatehmahomed
  33. Mufti Online7 Sep 2015

    Complaining to the trustees regarding the Imaam

    An imam of a small jamaat khana is often not there for salaah, for many days on end not there for Fajr and sometimes other salaah. Would it be…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  34. Mufti Online2 Sep 2015

    Imaam reciting softly in Maghrib Salaah

    I was leading jamat at Maghrib. In the second standing, I forgot to recite aloud. By the time someone said SubhanAllah, I was halfway in Fatiha.…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  35. Mufti Online1 Sep 2015

    Haafiz who trims his beard

    Who should lead the salaah? A hafiz of the quran who has a nice voice, but who trims his beard under the required length and who's robes flows under…

    Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
  36. Mufti Online1 Sep 2015

    Reciting behind the Imaam

    1. I just want to ask in the zuhr and asr salaah when you are behind the Imam are you going to recite the surah fatiha and then after fatiha do I…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  37. Mufti Online18 Aug 2015

    Living at a distance from the Musjid

    In todays measurements of kilometers, what is the minimum distance a person has to be from the musjid for salaah to become fard on him in the…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  38. Mufti Online10 Aug 2015

    Following the Hanafi Mazhab in a place where the majority follow the Shafi'ee Mazhab

    I just want to ask, in our place I am the only one who follows the way of Imaam Abu hanifa on how he prays and the rest they pray like Imaam…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  39. Mufti Online9 Aug 2015

    Safwa towers prayer room

    In Mecca, inside Safwa Towers there is a very large prayer area (with its own sound system, recitation coming direct from the Haramain Sharifain…

    Mufti Zakaria Makada
  40. Mufti Online4 Aug 2015

    Living at a distance from the Musjid

    I live just more than 4.9 km from the nearest Masjid. Am I sinful in not attending the Masjid for Salaah?

    Mufti Zakaria Makada

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