Performing a second jamaat in the masjid
Q: When we are in Saudi, in some masjids they perform a second congregation. Are we allowed to take part in that congregation if we haven't already read our salaah?
Salaah
Women's hair becoming exposed during salaah
Q: If while praying, my scarf kept falling and I kept picking it up, do I have to repeat my prayer?
Performing salaah when one experiences a strong urge to relieve himself
Q: What should be done if one prayed while needing to urinate/defecate, wants to pray the same salah again after relieving himself, but a disliked time for salah (asr, fajr) is going to enter?
Should one repeat the prayer during the disliked time anyway?
Joining salaahs when travelling
Q: I have a question regarding combining prayers while travelling.
In 3–4 days, I will be travelling to another city for just one night. I suffer from severe waswasa (intrusive doubts), especially related to purity. Because of this, using the washroom becomes very difficult for me, as I doubt splashes and often end up washing my legs repeatedly. My wuḍūʾ also takes a long time, and prayer becomes difficult as well. Due to my anxiety, I even record the prayer and listen to it afterwards to reassure myself and it won't be possible for me to pray in a mall prayer room or a mosque as I recite out loudly and if I'm combining prayers it would be just easier as I would have to go through it just twice rather than 4 times (dhuhr, asr, Maghrib, Isha).
All of this takes a lot of time and causes me distress. When travelling, it upsets me because we usually go out to malls, and praying outside the home becomes even more challenging for me. I wanted to ask whether it would be permissible for me to combine prayers on that day only, as travelling already shortens the prayers to two rakʿahs. Praying two prayers together with one wuḍūʾ would be much easier for me—for example, praying Ẓuhr and ʿAṣr together, and Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ together.
Normally, I pray on time and do not combine prayers. I am confused because technically there will be proper facilities at the hotel (washroom, hot water, etc.), so I am unsure whether my situation is considered a valid reason. At the same time, it is winter, the buildings are centrally air-conditioned, and washing my legs repeatedly becomes very difficult. I also sometimes need to call a family member to help me with wuḍūʾ due to my anxiety, which may not be easy in a new place as it's just difficult seeing if they are free and a I am feeling very anxious and confused about this, and I would appreciate guidance on what would be permissible for me in this situation.
Holding one's baby while performing salaah
Q: Is it possible in hanafi fiqh to hold ones baby or toddler during salah, if they are upset? When my child is upset it is very difficult to leave him when I pray. Does this depend on whether one knows they have or might have a dirty nappy?
Repeating salaahs that were combined on a journey
Q: If I combined prayers as I follow the Hanafis during traveling, am I supposed to read them again?
If for the kaffara my father, with his money, feeds people, like many people not only who are needy, is it okay?
Performing salaah on a plane while sitting
Q: A person read salaah on the plane. Due to severe turbulence and short time for asr and the flight crew not allowing him to stand, the asr Salaah was read sitting on the seat not facing qiblah.
I understand that one will have to repeat this salaah standing up afterwards. The time of asr ended and maghrib time came in. The flight now landed.
1. Will the Asr Salaah be regarded as invalid and Qadha have to be read (fardh not done at all), or was it a valid adaa but necessary (waajib) to repeat the salah?
2. If one is saahib e tarteeb and the next salaah comes (e.g. maghrib comes in), will one read the next salaah (maghrib) first, or repeat the salah in question (asr) first?
3. If someone in the family did not have wudhu, and neither had anything to make tayammum with, then performed the Asr Salaah sitting on the seat in that state, will the masla change in both questions 1 and 2?
Sound system malfunctioning during the fardh salaah
Q: Some people were reading salah in the main hall and others outside the hall. The microphone got cut half way through, such that the people outside the hall couldn't hear the imaam or see him. There was also no one to call out the takbeer. What is the ruling in this case?
1. Is the salaah valid for those outside despite the mic being off throughout the rest of the salaah?
2. Some people broke their salaah and some carried on. Is their salaah valid?
3. If the mic was to start working again, then can the people outside carry on and catch up to the imaam?
Father correcting the son for missing salaah in the musjid
Q: On one occasion I missed Salah in the masjid. In this case I read it at home. I understand this is not ideal however if my father comes to find out about this he claims that I have a shaytaan in me. This is understandably upsetting to me.
1. Is it okay from a Islamic perspective for him to say this to me?
2. If so, what purpose does it serve?
Woman travelling to her parent's house and other places thereafter
Q:
1. A woman travels unaccompanied from her house to get to her mother's house (25km away) then travels to another area (56km away from her mother's house and about 31km from her house) for a total of 81km on the same day. She passes the locality her house is in on the way without entering it (her house is about 1km from the highway). Has she travelled safr distance?
2. If the total distance to the third area is less than safr distance (for example 60km) and she then travels back to her mother's house and then the total is safr distance, would she be considered to have travelled safr distance?
3. If when leaving her house to go to her mother's house she didn't know she would travel further, would it still count as safr distance?
4. If she is staying at her mother's house for some time, is she allowed to travel distances around her mother's house if it eventually adds up to safr distance? How long would she have to be staying at her mother's house for this to be allowed, if Mufti Sahib can provide a detailed answer on how this works.