Question: Is it permissible to pay Zakah to one’s own parents and children? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب It is not permissible to pay Zakah to one’s parents, grandparents or great grandparents, i.e. one’s own forefathers. Likewise, it is not permissible to pay Zakah to one’s own descendants, i.e. children, grandchildren or great grandchildren etc.
Question: Is Tashahhud (At-Tahiyyaat) and Durood-e-Ibraheemi mandatory in the final rak’ah? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب Reciting Tashahhud (At-Tahiyyaat) both in the first Qa’dah (sitting) and in final Qa’dah is Wajib (necessary). Therefore, if someone does not recite Tashahhud (At-Tahiyyaat), he must perform Sajdah Sahw. Otherwise, his Salah will not be valid. However, reciting Durood
Question: Whilst performing Wudhu, if a person passes wind, does he need to start from the beginning, or can he continue? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب One of the conditions for the validity of Wudhu is that nothing that invalidates Wudhu must occur whilst performing Wudhu. Therefore, if a person passes wind whilst performing Wudhu,
Question: (1) Whilst performing Wudhu, just before washing the feet, can a person use a towel to dry all other parts? Can he wash hist feet after drying? (2) Can a person take a gap for few minutes (10-20 minutes) before washing his feet? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب Such actions are against the Sunnah
Question: If a person has a habit of singing or talking in the bathroom, whilst performing Wudhu (he sings without sound or utter certain name), will his Wudhu be valid? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب It is Makrooh (disliked) to talk about worldly matters or sing, hum etc. whilst performing Wudhu. Although such Wudhu is
Question: Due to plumbing work in the bathroom, a person performs his Wudhu in the kitchen, but carries some water in a bucket and washes his feet in the bathtub. As he performed his Wudhu in two separate places. Will his Wudhu be valid? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب There is nothing wrong with such
Question: Do we need to do Sajdah Sahw if Durood-e-Ibraheemi (Allahumma Salli ‘ala…) has been repeated in each sitting, whether intentionally or for correction? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب If a person recites Durood-e-Ibrahimi Durood-e-Ibraheemi (Allahumma Salli ‘ala…) after Tashahhud in the first Qa’dah (sitting) – even if it is only “Allahumma Salli ‘ala Muhammad”
Question: I sometimes pray individually quietly at work and people join in with my Salah by tapping in shoulder and follow me in prayer as you would in Jamaat. Is their Salah valid as congregational prayer as I made intention to read myself alone? Would this also be OK if I read Sunnah but people
Question: What is the hukm (ruling) if a person recites Surah Fatihah twice in one rak’ah? Will it require Sajdah Sahw, whether intentionally recited or for correcting a mistake? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب If more than half of Surah Fatiha (i.e. at least four verses out of seven verses) is repeated, immediately after reciting
