Q: I want to ask about my prayer. Can I pray at home as my mother is bedridden for the last 5 years and she needs a lot of care the whole day; from eating, drinking, changing, etc. like a toddler. Its very difficult for me to join fard prayer on time. Please advice.
Q: It has been observed in madaaris, khanqaas, marakis and masaajid in general that students, mureeds, mamoors and general musallies at the time of iqaamat forego their place of the front saff by stepping backward into the second saff to give preference to the ustaad, shaikh, ameer or another Muslim in general, to take their place in the front saff. At times these individuals are in the saff well before hand. On the other hand the one given preference comes much later or even a short while before salaah. Can Mufti Sahib please explain if it is correct to do this? Can one forgo one's reward for another? Please shed any other information you have on this subject.
Q:
1. I just wanted to ask that if I, as the son lead my mom in prayer while she stands directly behind me, is that fine?
2. If I make my nephew stand with me or my son who has not yet reached the age of puberty yet in Salat, will it still count as if I did my Salat in Jamat? Will I get the rewards mentioned for praying Salat in Jamat.
Q: When I was in my prayer (I was waiting for the Imaam to end the prayer with salaam) in congregation,
1. I needed to use the washroom urgently. In that condition, is it permissible to end the prayer by myself and go to the washroom, or is it not permissible?
2. My stomach was well. If my stomach had been upset, would it be permissible to end salaah before the Imaam (the same act which is asked in Question 1)?
Q: If a person comes lates to the masjid and misses the jama'ah, will it be best for him to:
(a) perform salah individually in the masjid or
(b) go home and perform a jama'ah together with his wife or mother?
Q: I have a ghair muqallid relative. He doesant adhere to a madhab and he was saying how is my Salaah accepted if I don't recite faatiha in quiet Salaah behind the imaam. I gave him the verse of the Qur'an to prove but he said how can the imam be heaed if he is quiet. He confused me. Please clarify what should I do? I sometimes doubt.
Q: Should a person recite faatiha if he joins the Imaam in the third and forth rakaat?
Q: Is it permissible for a person performing Nazar Salaah to follow a person offering Fardh Salah?
Q: I was asked this by a friend, if a person, in his teenage years led one fajr salaah in the state of janaabat, what amends does he have to carry out in order to make this right with Allaah Ta'ala? This happened in 2006. He does not know the exact date of the salaah.
Q: What is the correct way to pray the Salats of Zuhr and Asr behind the Imam? Also, please, explain what is the correct way to perform the third Rak'ah of Maghrib and third and fourth Rak'ah of Isha behind the imam. Should a Muqtadi (person praying Jamaat behind Imam) recite Fatiha and Surah in the first two Rak'ahs of Asr and Zuhr and then recite Fatiha only in the last two Rak'ahs of Zuhr and Asr? Also should the Muqtadi recite Fatiha in the third Rak'ah of Maghrib and in third and fourth Rak'ah of Isha or should he stay quite? You I have to read inni and sana before surah fatiha in jamaat and in sunnat prayers shall I recite inni and sana? While performing prayer alone of maghrib what to recite in the third rakat?