❝Upon yawning one shouldn’t (be lax and) make sounds like “Haaah” or “Aaakh” or any other sounds that make the letters apparent. If one does this in Salah (i.e – yawns in this manner) then it is nullified, because it takes the ruling of talking (inside Salah). If one is overcome by the yawn then […]
1. The opening Takbir 2. Going down for Ruku’ 3. Coming back up from Ruku’ Most of the authentic narrations mention these three places only, without a fourth place, and this is what Imam Ahmad (r) went with.
The reward of praying seated is half of that of the one standing if they are able to stand. As for the one who is unable to stand then their reward is full by the Will of Allah. Praying Tarawih seated is permissible because it is a nafl prayer, and doing so is better than […]
Prerequisites of Salaah are six: 1) Entry of time: • Dhuhr: Starts: From the time Sun starts moving after it had reached and settled in its zenith. Ends: When the length of an object’s shadow becomes equal to the length of the object itself. Bare in mind that when the Sun is at its zenith […]
What some organisations do today in handing money over to the poor in advance and then collecting whatever donations they can before the ‘Eid prayer, is invalid. This is because Zakatu-l Fitr requires a valid intention. In this case there isn’t one, because the charity gives the money on behalf of people who have not […]
— Stand for the prayer and make intention (uttering the intention is Mustahabb but not a condition as intention lies in the heart). — Say “Allahu Akbar” whilst raising your hands and leveling the tip of the fingers with the shoulders and then clasp the left hand with the right, over the wrist joint, and […]
Takbir outside the prayer is of two types: a) at-Takbir al-Mutlaq (unrestricted takbir) and, b) at-Takbir al-Muqayyad (restricted takbir) • UNRESTRICTED TAKBIR: It is recommended to say the Takbir starting from nights before both Eids (meaning from Maghrib of the night before and also from the beginning of the 10th of Dhi-l Hijjah) all the […]
Conditions, Pillars, Obligations, and Recommendations of Salah: • Conditions (Shurut): These are the prerequisites that need to be present before entering the Salah and maintained throughout the Salah till the end. This is unlike the pillars where one moves from one pillar to the other. • Pillars (Arkan): The actions that are inside the Salah, […]
• Ruling: It is a communal obligation (Fard Kifayah) • Time: a) Begins when the prohibited time after Salatu-l Fajr b) Ends when the prohibited time before Dhuhr begins. It is recommended for the prayer of ‘Eid al-Fitr to be delayed to the latter portion of its time and for the prayer of ‘Eid al-Adha […]
Qiyamu-l Layl is the night prayer in general. Tarawih and Tahajjud both come under the category of Qiyamu-l Layl. Tarawih is the well known prayer. As for Tahajjud, then it is the night prayer that comes after sleeping. Any other general nafl prayers between Isha and Fajr come under the general category of Qiyamu-l Layl.