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Method of Salah
1,270 fatawa from 10 South African Darul Iftas on Method of Salah, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Method of Salah fatawa — page 28 of 32
- Mufti Online13 Feb 2013
Sitting in tashahhud for one second in the third rakaat
When I finished sajda of 3rd rakat for 1 second I was in the state of tasahud unintensionally instead of qayaam. Do I need to make sahu sajda as I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Feb 2013
Hearing one's own recitation in Salaah
I know that according to the Hanafi madhab to have a valid recitation one must hear oneselfs recitation. But what if there a surrounding noise, or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Feb 2013
Adjusting the namaaz postures on account of the microphone
I have noticed that in certain Masaajid, where a protruding mic is used as compared to the clip-on mic, the Imam swerves in a crescent like motion…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Feb 2013
Reciting Surah Iklaas in every rakaat
I like reciting Surah Ikhlaas, from hadith we know that if one recites Surah Ikhlaas 3 times it equivalent to recitation of one complete Quran. I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Feb 2013
Sajdah tilaawat after writing an Ayat of sajdah
Recently I was copying from a book the fourteen locations of Sijdah at Tilawah. Please advise whether I must do Sijdah Tilawat when I am writing an…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Feb 2013
Becoming certain that one did not err in Salaah after initially having a doubt
If a person doubts in his prayer, he should act upon that which he is certain of, or upon what is weightier in his mind, and do Sajdah Sahw at the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Feb 2013Arabic
قراءة الصلوات على النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم في القعدة الأولى
هل يجوز قراءة الصلوات على النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم في القعدة الأولى من الصلاة الفريضة بعد التشهد (في صلوات الظهر و العصر و المغرب و العشاء؟
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Feb 2013
Doubting if one read a Surah after Surah Faatiha
If in a two rakat prayer one doubts in the second rakat whether one had read a surah after surah al Fatiha in the first rakat, should he read in the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Feb 2013
Reciting in a way that one can here himself in Salaah
If I move my lips and tongue in my own individual namaaz but not to such an extent that I can hear myself had there to be pin-drop silence, is my…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Feb 2013
Focusing on the words being recited in Salaah
I have read that during namaz one should focus on the words being recited. But if one does not know the meaning of those words, how is it possible…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Feb 2013
Keeping the feet together or apart in sajdah
Should the feet be kept together or apart in sajdah? All this while I used to have it together until I read in the Majlis that there is no basis for…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Feb 2013Arabic
جهرالإمام بالاستعاذة قبل قراءة الفاتحة
إذا جهر الإمام بالاستعاذة قبل قراءة الفاتحة في الركعة الأولى من صلاة التراويح، ثم سجد للسهو باعتبار أنه جهر بما يسر به، فهل فعله صحيح؟
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Feb 2013
Reciting other masnoon duas after the tashahhud and durood shareef
Can one read something in salaah if the imaam is taking too long for example I finish read at-thiyatu or durood ebrahim then in the remainin time…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Jan 2013
Pointing the finger in tashahhud
Please mention the different views about manner of pointing finger in tashahhud that are stated on this PDF booklet in volume 1, pages 120-135:…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Folding one's hands after ruku when praying behind a imaam who reads longer zikr than ''Rabbana lakal hamd''
Must a Hanafi fold his hands after ruku when he prays behind a imaam who does longer zikr than ''Rabbana lakal hamd'' such as; رَبَّنا وَلَكَ…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Changing a letter during recitation in salaah
I read in a book that if you change a letter during recitation in salaah, the salaah is broken. Such as reading the letter ت instead of د such as at…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Jan 2013
Only part of the palm and the tips of the fingers touching the ground in Sajdah
In sajdah if the two hands are placed on the ground but only a part of the palm and the tips of the fingers are touching the ground does this affect…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Jan 2013
Making dua in another language in sajdah
Is it ok if I make English dua or Portuguese dua in sajdah in farz or nafl namaaz? One Aalim from Portugal said I can. After all, he is a learned…
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
Toes sliding in sajdah due to the khuff
If the toes slide slowly during sajdah (because of the khuffs) without it becoming seperated from the ground, is the sajdah and thus the salaah valid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Jan 2013
Pausing before going into ruku after qiraat
Should a Hanafi Imam pause before going into ruku after his qiraat as the hadith mentions? If No, then what is the answer to the hadith?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Jan 2013
Reciting Attahiyyaat or Surah Faatiha twice in Salaah
If you read attahiyaat twice in one rakaat do you have to do sajda sahw and if you read surah fatiha twice in one rakat do you have to do sajda sahw?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Jan 2013
Surah Faatiha in the 3rd and 4th rakaat
I want to ask whether I have understood a masalah correctly: In a book it was stated that according to some Hanafi ulama reading Fatiha in the 3th…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Jan 2013
Stopping in-between words in Salaah
During Quran recitation or during the Zikrs and duaas while in salaah if one stops at the half of a word and after 2 seconds one continue does the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Jan 2013
Reading the same surah after fatiha in each rakat
Is it ok to read the same surah after fatiha in each rakat for example reading surah ikhlaas after fatiha in the 1st and 2nd rakat of any salah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Jan 2013
Fard and wajib arkaan of salaah
Can you tell me all the fard and wajib arkaan of salaah?
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
Reciting out of sequence in Salaah
Recently at a Jumu’ah salaah, the Imaam read Surah 110 Al-Nasr in the first Rakaat and then Surah 109 Al-Kafirun in the second rakaat. We have…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Jan 2013
Heels touching in sajdah
What is the Hanafi proof for making the heels touch in sajda? Is this applicable to followers of other madhabs as well?
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
Sunnah method of going down in Sajdah
What is the Sunnah method of going down in sajdah? Should we go down into sajdah without placing the hands on the knees, or go down with placing the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Jan 2013
Qiraat in the third rakaat of Maghrib Salaah
I would like to know when performing the 3 rakaats of fard maghrib, do you recite a surah in the third rakaat after reciting surah fatiha or do you…
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
Reciting aloud in the Sunnats and Nawaafils of the night
I am currently becoming hafiz at the age of almost 40 (please make dua that I reach completion). I practice what I have learnt during the day by…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Dec 2012
Sajdah-e-Sahw
Is the sajdah sahw only waajib in those instances when it is allowed to pray? For example if one is praying Fajr and after the salaam the sun does…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Dec 2012
Leaving out durood sharif and the dua in the last rakaat
Is one's namaz valid if we don't read durood sharif and the dua in the last rakaat?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Dec 2012
Dua after Salaah
If we perform a fardh salaah which have sunnah muakkadah after it (zuhr, magrib, isha), when should we read dua after salaah? After the fardh salaah…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - 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
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