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: Is it permissible for a person to be an Imam and a Muazzin at the same time? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب It is not necessary that the Muazzin is different from the Imam. Therefore, it is permissible for a person to call out Adhan and to lead the Salah. Rather, the Fuqaha (Islamic
Question: If I come Fajr salah and salah has started, do I pray 2 Sunnah and join after, or join Jamat straight away. Can I pray Sunnah after? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب If a person comes to the masjid and the Fajr salah has started, he should perform the two rak’at Sunnah of Fajr
Question: Can a Masbooq (someone who missed a rak’ah or more with his Imam) become an Imam for another Masbooq? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب A Masbooq person is not permitted to become an Imam for other Masbooq people. Only Allah knows best. Answered by: Abdullah Fahim Imam & Khateeb, Masjid Taqwa Kyrwicks Lane, Birmingham
Question: Is it permitted for a non-baligh (minor) to be an Imam in Taraweeh Salah? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب The general rule is that the Imam of adults and Baligh people (who have reached the age of majority) must be an adult and Baligh male, regardless of the types of Salah, i.e. Fardh, Sunnah
Question: Two people are praying in congregation and the Muqtadi (follower) is standing on the right-hand side of the Imam. Afterwards, another person joins them in congregation. What should they do? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب When two people are praying in Jama’ah (congregation) and then another person joins them in Salah, provided that they
Question: What is the correct method of performing Salah in congregation with one’s wife only? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب The general principle is that when a person is performing his Salah in congregation with his wife, and there is no one else, then the wife should stand behind the husband, not next to him.
Question: What is the ruling regarding calling Adhan and Iqamah when praying at home in Jama’ah (congregation)? Is it compulsory, or can a person just pray without calling either of them? Answer: الجواب باسم ملهم الصواب It is not compulsory to call Adhan and Iqamah when praying salah at home, even if in congregation, as
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “He who goes forth in search of knowledge is considered as
struggling in the Cause of Allah until he returns.” [At- Tirmidhi].
