Intention for salaah
Q: Is the salaah valid if a person makes the intention before salaah in non-arabic, and instead of using the word “Fajr”, he says “morning prayer” or instead of using the word “Maghrib”, he says “evening prayer”?
Q: Is the salaah valid if a person makes the intention before salaah in non-arabic, and instead of using the word “Fajr”, he says “morning prayer” or instead of using the word “Maghrib”, he says “evening prayer”?
Q:
1. If one prayed salaah while wearing clothes with a human picture which one missed to see and saw only after looking at them carefully, would those salaahss be valid? Does one need to repeat those salaahs?
2. What about praying salaah in clothes which have clear human/animal pictures?
3. If one prays next to or in front or behind someone wearing such clothes or wearing a work ID with visible picture of the person (around 2 inches in lenth and 2 inches in width) would the salaah be valid due to being in close proximity of a picture?
Q: Will salah be valid if there's najasat less than the hollow of the palm on one's clothing?
Q: I am working on a ship for 6 months at a time. Sometimes we go from America to China and I cannot find the qibla. On sea, our normal application does not work properly so it is difficult to find the qibla. I am performing salaah without knowing qibla direction. Is it permissible?
Q: One day I forgot to offer zuhr salaah and remembered it only 20 min before Asar salaah. I performed the zuhr salaah. Will it be considered as qaza or is it done before Asar time?
Q: I set a musalla (prayer mat) on an impure ground. However the ground had no signs of impurity on it. If my feet get off the musalla (prayer mat) and touch the ground during salaah for just a short period of time, will my prayer be valid? No impurity came on my feet and the ground had no signs of impurity.
Q: Sometimes after getting my haidh, my underwear would become stained with blood and I would perform salaah in this manner. I also cannot recall how many salaah was performed like this. Please advise me what to do.
Q: A person has a urine problem, where if he goes to the toilet, for the next 30-45 minutes he cannot read salaah due to urine drops. If the time of salaah is about to end and the condition persists, does he have to make Wudu and perform salaah, or let the salaah become qadhaa and perform it after the time has expired. (The person is not a ma'zoor as the condition did not last for an entire salaah time)
Q:
1. Is our namaz valid if the Imaam combines two namaazes (zuhr-asr or maghrib-isha) as per Hambali maslak?
2. What is the procedure to be followed by a Hanafi follower if the bus driver does not stop for the maghrib prayer because the Hambali people do combine the namaazes later during isha?
Q: In my college, Maghrib azaan was called four minutes early and I respectfully told the brother to make the adhaan again. He refused but the Jamaat was performed on time though. Will my salaah be valid? Do I have to repeat my salaah and did I do the right thing?