Leading the funeral prayer (janaza) whilst in Iʿtikāf

Question: Imam in a masjid. Whenever someone in our neighbourhood passes away, I lead their janāza. Normally, there is nobody to lead it besides me. I now i..

What If There Is Not Sufficient Time To Pray The Sunnah Rak’aat Before Zuhr

Answer: imam in the first rak’at before ruku’, one should offer the sunnah first and then join the congregation. However, when offering the sunnah in this cas..

Is Prayer on the Last Friday of Ramadan Fulfilling Missing Prayers?

Answer: Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه in Farsi. So, he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه said in reply: "This method (Qaza Umri) which has been i..

Long Distance Travel To Another City With The Intention Of a 15 Day Stay

Answer: Imam al-Sarakhsī’: فإذا قصد مسيرة ثلاثة أيام قصر الصلاة حين تخلف عمران المصر؛ لأنه مادام في المصر فهو ناوي السفر لا مسافر، فإذا جاوز عمران المصر صار..

Ruling On Manufacturing, Selling And Advertising A Cross Locket

Answer: Imam Abū Bakr al-Jaṣṣāṣ رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه writes under this verse: ﴿وَ لَا تَعَاوَنُوْا عَلَى الْاِثْمِ وَ الْعُدْوَانِ﴾نهي عن معاونة غيرنا..

Is the Khatm of Koonde for Imam Jafar Sadiq or Amir Muawiyah Exploring the Permissibility

Question: Imam Jaʿfar Ṣādiq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ or Amīr Muʿāwiyah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ? Is it permissible to conduct such a khatm? Some people claim th..

The Ruling Regarding Objecting To Sayyiduna Amir Muawiyah

Answer: Imam al-Bukhārī): أبو مسهر عن سعيد بن عبد العزيز عن ربيعة بن يزيد عن عبد الرحمن بن عميرة عن النبي صلى اللہ عليه وسلم قال اللهم علم معاوية الحساب وقه..

Ruling On Reciting The Quran In Graveyards

Question: Imam Abū Ḥanīfah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه? 3. A hadith explains how we should recite Sūrat al-Baqarah in our homes, and not make them graveyards..

Joining the congregation when the imam is in the second prostration of the first Rak’at of salah

Question: imam in the second prostration of the first unit of salah. He has missed participating in the first unit altogether, and will make up for this once th..

Ruling On Rinsing The Mouth And Sniffing Water Up The Nose While Fasting

Answer: Imam of Ahl al-Sunnah, Imam Aḥmad Razā Khān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه writes in Fatāwa Razawiyyah: Washing the soft part in both nostrils i.e. w..