Q: I don't pray salah because I find it very difficult. I can't manage time nor do I have good health. I also have to do wudu every time I pray and change clothes. Praying salah involves so much, I struggle with it very much. I'm amazed how some people can pray salah 5 times per day without struggle or any problems. Please give me some advise how to manage time, how to discipline myself to pray salah and how to make prayer most important thing in my life.
Q: I experience constant doubts in salaat and I am currently combatting this. At the moment, due to work, I have to pray my isha, asr and maghrib when I get home in the evening. When I finish my prayers I doubt whether I have prayed asr for example and that I have maybe accidentally skipped this. I have no recollection that gives me complete certainty that I have prayed it or that I haven’t prayed it. But it can be said that because I have gotten to the end of praying all three prayers, it is likely that I did not miss it and this is just doubt being planted in my head. As I suffer from constant doubts is it permissible to ignore the doubt and deem asr to have been prayed, even if in reality (but unknown to me) my doubt is correct and I did not pray Asr?
Q: I woke up with my alarm fajr time then I saw that there was some time for Fajr salah to end. So I decided to sleep for some time or close my eyes for some time then wakeup and pray Fajr salah but when I closed my eyes I was getting too sleepy so I said to myself and also thought that if I close my eyes or sleep for some time Fajr time will be over but my intention was to pray salah on time. So later I woke up after the time was over...
I was so sad that I woke up after the time finished. This happened for the first time with me and it was never my intention to miss the salah. After waking up after the was time over, I prayed Fajr so is my Fajr valid?
I am so worried. I was sure that if I will sleep I will wake up after Fajr time but my intention was to wake up and pray in time and I slept to get up after some minutes but unfortunately I didn't wake up. I never wanted to miss the salah.
Q: I am inquiring regarding the prayer of an old woman in her 80s, who forgets daily essentials. For example, she forgets when it is time to eat food or did she already eat or not etc. She forgets her family members, for example if any name of her daughter or grand child is mentioned to her then she would hesitate to say who that person is; family member or stranger. But if she is reminded then she would know the person but again in a minute she would forget completely.
If she hears the Azan being called out then she quickly starts getting ready for salah and performs according to the best of her ability. Then, if she hears another masjid calling azan ~15 minutes later for the same prayer, she prays this salah again because she thinks she hasn’t prayed this salah yet.
Is this woman obliged by shariah to perform her five daily prayers?
Q: I have many health problems including back pain, incontinence, tiredness, mentally and physically weak, etc. I spend most of the time resting on the bed. Doing wudhu and praying 5 times is very difficult for me. I feel unwell most of the time, doing wudu, praying salah take very long time and I become tired and stressed out.
I don't know any Muslim doctor to ask this and no one else can help me do wudu. Because my illnesses like back pain, tiredness go worse by wudu and praying, can I do tayammum instead of wudu? And pray salah sitting? I tried doing tayammum and pray sitting but still I struggle.
Q: I offer namaz alhamdulilah but I live in a shared flat with my cousin and he sleeps all day and works night shift and doesn't offer namaz. He is 10 years older than me. I have told him a few times to offer namaz but he doesn't. Will I get azaab (punishment) as well?
Q: I offer salaah regularly Alhamdulilah but I had a few questions in this regard:
1. Although I don't do hijab but whenever its salaah time I feel restless to pray. I am married and prefer to go out only after magrib so that I don't miss salaah but my husband says it's ok if you miss a salaah for which you can offer qadha later as my urge to pray sometimes causes hurdles in schedule of shopping or doing grocery shopping. Please advise on this.
2. I work in a school and offer Zuhr Salaah during working hours. Is it okay if I do the fardh of wudhu only and offer 4 fardh of zuhr only. Kindly advise on this.
Q: Alhamdulillah we have been married for 3 years. My husband has been struggling with his Salaah. He's not been punctual and misses a lot of his salaahs. It really gets to me as Alhamdulillah I try my best to be punctual. Sometimes I feel like I can't take it anymore. Please advise as to what I should do in this situation.
Q: A woman assists by feeding the poor with zakaah donations of food, hampers and vouchers, clothing etc. The problem is that this person does not perform salah at all. She's not listening to me reminding her. How will this affect this person when leaving this world in this state?
Q: At what age does salaah become compulsory upon a child?