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Congregation & Imamat
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 23 of 30
- Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Three people performing Salaah in jamaat
If three people are offering Salah in jamaat then how should they stand?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Performing Salaah behind an Imaam with a beard
I am a follower of Hanafi madhab, I have 2 masjids to pray salaah during Zohar, Asar & Magrib Salaah in my office, kindly advise in which masjid I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Making Jamaat with one's female household and not going to the Musjid
Will the jamaat with the female household exclude one from all the severe warnings?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Performing Salaah alone
What is the repercussions of performing Salah alone?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Salaah with Jamaat
How important or what status (Fardh, Wajib) is Salah with congregation?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Salaah with women congregation
Does salah with women congregation hold the same rewards as with men? or does the obligation of congregation fall?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2013
Joining a second jamaat of musaafirs for Asr Salaah
I went to a musjid late, when asr namaaz was over. However, I noticed a second jamaat taking place in the sehen,so I joined it. I got the last…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2013
Reaching into sajdah before the Imaam
It takes our imam a bit long to go into sajdah, standing up from sajdah, etc. So what happens, for example, is that after qaumah, as the Imam goes…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2013
Joining Maghrib and Esha Jamaat in the last rakaat
In a maghrib salaah, if I join the jamaat in the third rakat, the next two rakats do I have to recite a surah after surah fatiha? Do I have to sit…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2013
Performing Salaah in the Musjid
My house is about one bus stop away from the mosque, which is about 10 mins walk. So, when I'm home, I do the salaah at home and sometimes go to the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2013
Following an Imaam of another mazhab
I actually belong to India (hanafi) but I've been living in Singapore for the last 4 years because I work here and it is shafii fiqh followed here.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2013
Not attending Salaah in the Musjid due to one's wife being scared
Is a person's wife being scared i.e when left alone at home, (so scared that if there was some noise on the roof she would duck down on the floor) a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2013
Appointing a person who trims his beard less than a fist as Imaam
If there is a resident Imaam of a Masjid, who adheres to the Sunnah outwardly and by Mazhab he is a Hanafi and another Imaam from outside who it…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Jan 2013
Salaah behind a person who believes that Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam) is omnipresent
After reading namaaz behind a barelvi who believes that Rasullullah Alayhis Salaam is hazir nazir as he reads assalamualayka Ya Rasulullah, should…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Jan 2013
Qiyum-ul-layl (Tahajud) in congregation in the month of Ramadhaan
During the last 10 days of Ramadan brothers in our Masjid Perform Qiyum-ul-layl (Tahajud) in congregation. Would like to know if this is…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Jan 2013
Going into Sajdah before the Imaam
Would the muqtadis salaah be invalid if the muqtadi hears the imam say takbeer and goes into sajdah after hearing takbeer but makes it into sajdah…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Jan 2013
Going into ruku' before the Imaam
Would the prayer be invalid if the muqtadi goes into ruku or sajdah say the imam is saying takbeer and moving to ruku or sajdah but the muqtadi…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2013
Musaafirs Salaah in the haram of Mecca and Medina
Could you elaborate on the rules pertaining to Salaah being performed in the haram of Mecca and Medina. A person staying in each place for a maximum…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2013
Two jamaats for jummah in a jamaat khana
If it’s raining and you need to make two jamaats for jummah in a jamaat khana is it permissible?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2013
Musaafir mistakenly reads four rakaats as Imaam
If a musaafir mistakenly reads four rakaats as Imaam of Zohr, should all repeat the salaah? What if he reads four rakaats intentionally?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2013
Imaam reciting the du`as in the qowmah
Seeing that people are hasty in salaah, should one enforce the reading of the Mustahab duaahs between the sajdas & after ruku or should one stick to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Jan 2013
What should one recite in the four rakaats of Zuhr and Asr behind the Imaam?
What should one recite in the four rakaats of Zuhr and Asr behind the Imaam according to the hanafi Maslak? Also, if one does not know dua-e-qunoot…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Jan 2013
Imaam who's pronounciation is incorrect
Is prayer valid behind a imaam who pronounces the letter TA as a D and the letter KAF as a G (the farsi GAF)? For example he recites "...ihdinas…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Jan 2013
Offering Salaah with Jamaat
In the area which I live in is a Barelwee Musjid. I read most of my salah in this Musjid. For Fajr Salah the Muazzin, who is a Shafi'ee, performs…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Jan 2013
Imaamat of a person who cuts of ties with people
I live in New Zealand and know that Qata Rahmee for the sake of Dunya is becoming common. I have seen that Imam of our masjid is good at Qata…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Jan 2013
Salaat with jamaat
I would like to know what is the shari implication on not performing salaat with jamaat. I noticed that many men who are fit and able do not make…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Jan 2013
Second Jamaat in the sahen area of the Musjid
It is becoming quite common nowadays in many Musjids that late comers make their own jamaat in the sahen area of the Musjid. Kindly explain in…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Dec 2012
Going into ruku' thinking that the Imaam made takbeer
While praying Salaah in Jamat (congregation) a person was standing far from the Imam and also there were no speakers. At one point the person…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Dec 2012
Making jamaat with my wife at home
If for any fardh salaah, I performed it at home but made jamaat with my wife. Will my waajib obligation of jamaat namaaz be fulfilled even though…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Dec 2012
Joining the Imaam in ruku' according to the Shafi'ee Mazhab
Please help answer this based on the Shafi'ee mazhab. If a musalli joins the congregrational prayer and he joins when the Imam is in ruku, will he…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Dec 2012
Completing the Takbeer before the Imaam in Salaah
If when following the Imaam, the Imaam says allahu akbar to go to sajdah and you say it only when he says it but finished before he did. Is the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Dec 2012
Masbooq reciting durood-e-ebraheem and dua behind the Imaam
When I came late for salaah and had to complete missed rakaats I read durood-e-ibrahim and dua. Does this make sajdah sawhu waajib? If yes and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Dec 2012
Imaam performs 2 rakaat of witr followed by a single rakaat
The mosque I am going the imaam makes the witr as 2 rakaat followed by 1 rakaat in which he makes qunut after the ruku whereby everbody raise hands…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Dec 2012
Hanafees following a Shafi'ee Imaam in Witr Salaah in Ramadhaan
I need to know if Hanafi's can read witr salaah in Ramadaan in Jamaat behind a shafi imaam? I need answers based on proof from the fiqh books.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online23 Dec 2012
Women peforming Salaah in jamaat
At home if my mum, wife and daughters make Jamaat, is there anything wrong?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Dec 2012
Building a mosque or jamaat khana in the vicinity of another mosque
What is the ruling concerning building a mosque or jamaat khana in the vicinity of another mosque... i.e. if a mosque is already present in an area,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 Dec 2012
Can a person making signs lead the Salaah
Can a person making ruku and sajda follow an Imam making salah with signs in a nafl salah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Dec 2012
Salaah behind an Imaam who makes masah on cotton socks
Will my salaah be valid behind an Imaam who makes masah over ordinary, cotton socks?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Dec 2012
Masbooq making both salaams with the Imaam
A masbooq makes both salaams with the Imaam and then realizes that he is a masbooq. How should he complete his salaah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Nov 2012
If someone prays at home intentionally then is it sunnah for him to repeat the same salaah after he has prayed?
One person said: "as praying in congregation is a strong sunnah, and although its intentionally abandoning is makruh tahrimi , the ulama said its…
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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