Salah & Masjid · Subtopic
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 32 of 32
- Ask Imaam16 Jan 2002
How to make sajda?
Which verses from Quaran and how to make sajda?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam12 Dec 2001
Sajda Tilawat missed out
Assalamu Alaykum. If during Taraweeh or any other Salaat the Imam recites a sajda tilawaat ayat but then forgets about it, how should he be notified…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam6 Nov 2001
Is it fard to recite Surah Fatiha in salaat. If missed, will a sajdah-sahoo suffice?
Answer 3703: Someone said that according to Taleemul Islam (Mufti Kifayatullah saheb) that if one recites a surah after Fatiha in the 3rd or 4th…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam18 Sep 2001
Do you have to raise your hand up to the level of your shoulders when you bow down for ruku and when you rise from ruku.
According to the Majority Madhaahib (Shaaf'ee, Maaliki and Hanbaliy), one is required to make Raf-ul-Yadayn before going to Ruku and when coming up…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam18 Sep 2001
Do you have to raise your hand up to the level of your shoulders when you bow down for ruku and when you rise from ruku.
The last prophet used to raise his hands up to the level of his shoulders or near his ears when going for ruku and rising from ruku.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam10 Aug 2001
Making up missed rakaats in salaat, joining late, and sajda sahw.
If a person joins the salaat late, and forgets to get up to complete their missed salaat, what should the person do? If, after making salaam with…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam30 Jun 2001
What exactly is meant by "Hold steadfast to Qiyaamul Layl (making Ibaadat at night, Tahajjud, etc.)"?
Qiyaamul-Layl is an Arabic word which means to stand up at night and engage in Ibaadat. Holding steadfast to that is to be constant in it. and Allah…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam22 Jun 2001
How should a woman's feet be during sajdah (prostration)?
I am very confused about this matter. I was told a womans feet during sajda should be towards the right side. However, someone else who also follows…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam17 Jun 2001
Can you give me in detail where to place the hand (positions) in all the four rakaat of four madhab during takbir, qiyam ,ruku, sujud and tahiyat.
Jazakallah khairun.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam4 Jun 2001
Making up for missed Salaat. My question is about making Qaadah salaat. What must one do if he is unsure of which, and how many, salaat he has missed?
My question is about making Qaadah salaat. What must one do if he is unsure of which, and how many, salaat he has missed? My situation is such that…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam31 May 2001
I know that in hanafi prayer books, it says that you are not supposed to raise your hand when going into ruku, and when coming up from ruku,however
I came across hadith in the 2 saheehs, sahih muslim and sahih bukhari, and both report the sunnah is to raise the hands before and after ruku, the…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam22 May 2001
How to make sajda sahw?
Please tell me when and how to make sajda from certain ayaats in Quaraan.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam16 May 2001
Is it mentioned in some hadith that we should perform sajdah on a natural subsatnce?
We are not aware of any such Hadith. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai FATWA DEPT.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam7 May 2001
Does qadah salah make up for the obligatory salah?
Some people say that qadah salah does not really make up for obligatory salah, but you still have to do it? Is this true and to what extent? If…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam7 Apr 2001
If one performs a qadah of a fard salaat during makrooh salaat time, is the salaat valid or not? eg. If one performs Fajr qadah salaat during zawaal time.
Respected Brother-in-Islam Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakaatuhu It is not permissible to discharge Qadhaa Salaat during Makrooh times.…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam18 Mar 2001
Do all toes have to touch the floor when in sajdah?
Only those toes will have to touch the ground that can reach the ground comfortably in the Sajdah position. It is not practically possible for all…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam23 Feb 2001
Can I move forward during salat? Sajdah Sahw; My mother wants me to marry my cousin but I do not really want to.
Dear respected mufti sahib, (i)Whilst leading salat with one person in uni, another joined in making the number three. At first, there were two and…
for: Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam22 Feb 2001
In sajda must a woman have her elbows on the ground or raised?
A female's elbows in Sajdah should be on the ground. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai FATWA DEPT.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam21 Feb 2001
What is the position of a woman's elbows in sajda? Raised or on the ground?
A female's elbows during the Sajdah of Salaat will be attached to the side of her body and on the ground. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam14 Jan 2001
Why does a shia person while saying his prayers do sajda on a mor (khakh e shafa or turbat)
The practice of the shias of making sajdah on a turbat is based on their reverence of the land of Karbala where Hadhrat Husain (Radhiyallahu unhu)…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam12 Dec 2000
I have arthritis in my left ankle and cannot bend it to sit on my legs between sajdah, can I kneel on the floor and do sajdah on a chair.
Can a womans feet be uncovered for prayer in home, Jazakallah.
Mufti E. Desai - Ask Imaam18 Nov 2000
Is it permissable to photograph a person demonstrating the correct postures of salaat.These pictures will be used in a kitaab for illustrative purposes.
The photographs should be without the head. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai FATWA DEPT.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam14 Oct 2000
Is it bad to do sajdah sahu with every salah? How can one break the habit of always or almost always doing sajdah sahw?Jazak Allah khair for your answer.
In other words, can sajdah sahu be done too much? And is the salah valid is sajdah sahu is done often?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam5 Oct 2000
I have lost one child during birth and another due to a miscarriage. Wasthere supposed to be Janaaza Salaat in these situations and will the children intercede for me on the day of Qiyaamat?
According to the Shariah, when a child passes away in the womb of the mother or dies before the head and the chest comes out in a normal birth, or…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam2 Oct 2000
In a Prayer of congregation is it allowed or recommended for a late comer (Muzbook) join the Imam in Sajda?
Many people are joining the imam during the first sajda and many are joining even in the second sajda.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam13 Sep 2000
A musalli joined the salaat while the Imam was coming up from ruku, how does the musalli complete his namaaz?
Does the musalli have to read this rakaat as a missed rakaat?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam2 Sep 2000
Is it permissisble to perform dua in sajdah after any fard salah/tahajjud or at any time
One may make Du'aa in the Sajda of Nafl Salaats, for example, Tahajjud, not in the Sajdah of Fardh Salaat. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam27 Aug 2000
Is it bidah to do zikir in sajda after one has completed his/her salat?
To perform Sajda out of Salaat in order to make Dhikr is not proven in Shariah. And Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Ask Imaam27 Aug 2000
Under what conditions are we allowed to do sajda sahw? (prostration of forgetfullness?)
Sajda-e-Sahw becomes compulsory when one makes a mistake in a Waajib of Salaat. and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - DU Zakariyya
How should the feet be kept in Sajdah?
How should the feet be kept in Sajdah?
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