Q: My son is a final year kitaab student at a Darul uloom. During the breaks he is given the opportunity to make imaamat at our local Musallah. He does not make a loud duaa after the farad salaah as he is taught at his Darul uloom. He was reprimanded recently by one of the senior aalims for not making a loud duaa. What is the ruling on the making of loud duaa. Is this a bidah practice or is it permissible at times?

Q: The issue of Congregational Dua after the compulsory prayers has become an issue of great conflicts in the recent past. We have found that some senior Scholars also opine that this dua is an innovation

http://www.al-inaam.com/Books/dua_after_salah.pdf (I beleive Mufti E Desai is a senior South African Scholar)

http://forums.islamicawakening.com/showthread.php?t=13247&page=9

http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33919

I would appreciate if Mufti Saheb can please respond to the following:

1) Are the above mentioned Fatawa correct? If not, can Mufti Saheb please respond to their arguments.

2) Is there any clear hadith which shows that Nabi (Sall Allahu alayhi wassallam) and Sahabah or anyone in the Khair al quroon used to supplicate in this manner?

3) Since we are muqallids, is there any mention in the classical Hanafi works (books between 150 A.H to 1250 A.H; before the Ulama of Deoband) concerning CONGREGATIONAL dua after Salaah?

4) There are numerous harms which comes about because of the congregational supplication. Amongst others are:

• It disturbs latecomers
• It has become a mere ritual
• People are totally unmindful of authentic Adhkaar which are recorded in the Saheeh sittah
• People confine themselves to the dua of the Imam
• People began regarding it as compulsory. The proof of this is the numerous critisms on those Imam who omitted it in a few places
• Many do not even understand the meaning, hence, one will find them looking around etc.
• Based on these, can we apply the principle that ? Averting harm is better than attaining benefit?

Can Mufti Saheb please respond to the above questions for the pleasure of Allah Ta'ala and the benefit of the Muslim public. May Allah Ta'ala reward Mufti Saheb.

Q: Can we make Dua and hope to view a damsel of Jannah, in a dream. etc?

Q: When you say that the minimum of reciting the quran for a hafidh, you mean the one that has already completed his hifz? Is it the same for the one who isn't hafidh yet. In my case, i've memorised 5 siparas. What 's the minimum for me to revise daily?

Q: "Dua when setting eyes on the Ka'bah Shareef". Is it only for the hajis who are in makkah and see the kabah? Or is it also valid when we see the kaaba on the tv, or on a video, or on a frame, or on a picture and so on?

Q: "Dua for one's Muslim brother in his absence" What does it mean exactly?

Q: When the Hadith says: "Dua between the Azaan and Iqamah" what about women? (except for maghrib) zohar and asar azan are given 15 minutes before men start the fardh salat. Esha and Fajar, its not allowed to give azan here. So as a girl, i'd like to know when this hadith is valid for me because I don't know exactly when the iqamah is done in the masjid. Should I make dua just after azan?

Q: When should one raise his hands for Dua and when should one not? For example some people raise their hands to recite Dua after Azaan and some people do not. What is the correct way?

Q: I am 46 years old, can I read this dua now for plenty of rozi in old age? Allahum maj al o sa ah rizkika allaya inda kibari sinni wan kitha e umuri. My wife says I must make dua for rozi now, which I am doing, because I am in financial difficulties now.

Q: I'd like to know if it's true that it's good to change places when we do salaah, because on the day of judgement, all these places where we did salaah will testify for us? For example, in a same home, I do fajar in the bedroom, zohar in another room and so on? Please enlighten me on this subject.