Salah & Masjid · Subtopic
Women’s Salah
193 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Women’s Salah, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Women’s Salah fatawa — page 3 of 5
- Mufti Online24 Apr 2018
Women performing salaah in front of non-mahrams
Are women allowed to offer salah infront of non-mahrams?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Apr 2018
Performing salaah wearing short sleeves
Firstly I have clothes with short sleeves. All my clothes are these which have almost 3 quarter sleeves. I have almost less than a quarter of my arm…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Apr 2018
Method of ruku for women
Today when I was praying, when I went into ruku, my palms were touching my knees but my fingers were touching my clothes and not my knees. Is my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online27 Mar 2018
Difference in salaah of men and women
Do men and women offer prayer similarly especially sajdah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Jan 2018
Difference between the salaah of men and women
Many people ask me that salah of men and women are different. Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) has denied us to prostrate like a dog. Is it…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Jan 2018
Jumuah salaah for women
Is it true that there is no jumma salah for women? If in the past I read jummah in jamat, do I have to repeat the salah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN31 Oct 2017
Is It Best for Women To Offer Salah at Home? (2/2)
Are there Hadiths about Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhum) specifically preventing women from going to the masjid? I have always come across the…
Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar - Jamiat KZN31 Oct 2017
Is It Best for Women To Offer Salah at Home? (1/2)
Are there any authentic virtues in the Hadith for women to perform Salah at home? If yes could a few please be quoted?
Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar - Jamiat KZN12 Oct 2017
Moving Children whilst in Salaah
I am a mum of two little kids. A 9 month old and a 3 year old. I am often alone with them at home . During Salaah I have both my kids playing around…
Mufti Moosa Salie - Jamiat KZN10 Oct 2017
Is Womens Salaah different from Mens?
I am Hanfi maslak and living in Saudi Arabia. My wife has been asked to support the following from Hadeeth why women ruku/sujda is different than…
- Mufti Online30 Sep 2017
Difference between men and women's salaah
Is there any difference between men & women's method of offering salaah according to Saheeh Hadith?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Sep 2017
Women performing Salaah behind the Imaam in the Haramain Shareefain
Can women perform salaah behind the Imaam in Makkah Mukarramah and Madinah Tayyibah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 May 2017
Husband leading his wife in salaah
Can a husband lead his wife in namaz (congregation). If yes, what is procedure to do so?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online30 Apr 2017
Should women cover their feet while performing salaah?
My question is that when women cover their body's while praying, should they cover their feet as well while praying or not? I heard in a talk that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Feb 2017
Sajdah for a pregnant woman
During pregnancy it is not possible to perform sajdah in the correct way with both feet on the right side, elbows touching the ground. Can we lift…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Feb 2017Roman Urdu
Baal ko bun banaa kar namaaz parhna
1. Kya baal me backpin laga kar namaaz ho jayegi? Jo aurten backpin lagati hain usme plastic ke sath thoda bahot metal bhi hota hai. To laga kar…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN10 Feb 2017
Hadith on Sahabi prodding his wife?
I heard an incident of a Sahabi (radiyallahu’anhu) poking his wife while making salah. The speaker mentions the meaning of the Hadith: ‘Make salah…
Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar - Jamiat KZN9 Feb 2017
Can a wife perform Salaah in congregation with her husband
My husband arrives late from work sometimes and misses his Asr Salaah with Jamaat in the Musjid. Can I (wife) perform Asr Salaah in Jamaat with my…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Mufti Online6 Feb 2017Roman Urdu
Bareek dupatta ke saat namaaz parhna
Agar dupata bareek ho or us se baal gala or bazoo nazar aaye to kya namaaz ho jati he ya sajda sahw karna parta he?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Feb 2017
The manner a woman should sit in tashahhud
In Salaah for women, when sitting in Jalsa position or tashahhud position, it is Sunnah to sit with the both feet towards the right. The question…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Jan 2017
Women's Salaah
Is Salah the same for men and women?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online26 Jan 2017
Women performing Salaah before azaan
Is it permissible for a woman to read salaah before the call of azaan?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Dec 2016
Women performing Salaah at a petrol station
I understand it is not good to travel without valid sharai' reason. However, I had to travel by car to another city because my husband was insisting…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Dec 2016
Women's sajda
Should a woman's forearm rest on the ground in sujood (prostration)?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Sep 2016
Imaam making intention for women
1. If there are women following the Imam, does he have to make a specific niyyah for them? 2. If he makes general niyyah for all those following…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Sep 2016
Performing Salaah wearing an abaaya
Can a woman perform salaah in sari and nighty? Is it permissible? What is ruling of Shariah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Aug 2016
Women going to the Musjid for Salaah
Is it compulsory for a women to come and pray in the masjid? Any authentic Hadith for performance and non performance?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Jul 2016
Sunnah method of Salaah for females
What is the method of Salah in Hanafi mathab? I know how to pray but I want to be sure that I am offering salaah correctly or not.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Jul 2016
Do women have to cover their feet in Salaah?
According to the Hanafi and Shaafi mazhabs, is there any condition for women's feet to be covered whilst performing salaah? (E.g covered with socks)…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online5 Apr 2016
Women coming to the Musjid for Jumuah Salaah
In Pakistan I don't know why there is a bad cultural heritage that there is no separate place for women to pray in the Musjid. That's why women…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN16 Mar 2016
Can Women make Jama’ah Salah
Can ladies make their own jammat for praying any Fard Salat? Below is the link of Youtube from Mufti Akmal from Pakistan, he tells it makruh…
Safwaan Ibn Ml Ahmed Ibn Ibrahim - Mufti Online21 Feb 2016
Women's Salaah
I read in your book that women's clothes during salaah can't reveal her body shape. My salaah dress is not tight, however when I go to ruku you can…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Feb 2016Roman Urdu
Awrato ku namaaz ke liye Musjid ki azaan tak intizaar karna zaroori he ya nahi
Kya azaan se bees minute pehle namaaz parh sakte he jaise awwal waqt hojata he? Agr koi azaan or namaaz ke doraan safar me rahe to kyia bees minute…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Feb 2016
Where should a woman look in Salaah
From your book I understood that before and during first takbeer, a woman must look in front of her and only bend her head to look at sajda after…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Feb 2016
Women's Salaah
1. How women must lift her hands during the first takbeer – close to the middle section of her bosom or close to the area near armpits where bosom…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Feb 2016
Women's Salaah
I read your book about women's salah, may Allah bless you for your work, ameen. Some moments I didn’t understand. Could you please explain them to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online15 Feb 2016
Performing Salaah with artificial jewellery or makeup
My question is about if someone wearing artificial jewellery or makeup and pray with it so prayer would be valid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Feb 2016
Women's Salaah
I read here that women in ruku must touch her knees only by the tips of her fingers and in sajda has to touch ground with her elbows and has to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Feb 2016
Women reciting softly in Salaah
Is it correct the way I make my salaah? I am a female. In fardh salah I read loud, but not that someone in the room can hear me clearly, it’s almost…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Feb 2016
Performing Salaah in a car
My wife and I do a lot of travelling by car. A lot of times the distances we drive are over 90km. Due to this, sometimes we have to pray on the side…
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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