Touching one's private part in Salaah
Q: During salaah, if you touch around or if you directly touch your private part, is that okay?
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Performing Salaah in a Ahl-e-Hadith Musjid
Q: Is salah valid if it is offered in:
1- Ahl-e-Hadith musjid?
2- Jamaat-e-Islami musjid?
Women performing Salaah at a petrol station
Q: I understand it is not good to travel without valid sharai' reason. However, I had to travel by car to another city because my husband was insisting to take me with him. During safar came time of asar, so he stopped at a gas station. There was an open masjid, where he told me to offer namaz. I did so, and at that time I did not remove my gloves, and kept my veil (which covers face and eyes) on. The reason was that it was an open masjid, and there were gas station's workers around. Is my salah valid, or should I repeat? I didn't feel good praying like this with na-mehram men around, but there was no other option.
Performing Salaah behind an Imaam that shaves his beard
Q: What is better, to offer Salaah behind a temporary Imam who don't have a beard and his pants are below his ankles and I am not sure about his level of Islamic knowledge or alone without jamaat?
Foregoing Salaah due to illness
Q: My father is 92 years old and suffered a stroke about a year ago. The stroke left him weak on one side, he is now not able to control his urine and hence he messes himself. So he now wears diapers. My father had been living with my sister and brother in-law until last month. He now lives with me in Cape Town. I have just learnt that my father hasn’t performed any Salaah for the past year. He says he can’t perform any Salaah because he is always in the state of impurity because he messes himself and he has to wear a diaper. What is the Islamic ruling in regard to this matter?
Reciting the same Surah in the first two rakaats of a fardh Salaah
Q: I recently led the jamaat for zuhr salaah and for some reason I have doubts and cannot recall if I read the same surah in the 1st and 2nd rakaat (after surah faatiha). I don't know the two gentleman that read behind me. What should I do to rectify this? What if I cannot find them?
Sitting and performing Salaah in a coal mine
Q: I work on a coal mine, where the roof is not high enough to allow one to stand up straight. We work morning shift for a week and night shift the next week. Dhuhr is delayed until returning to surface when working morning shift, however salaah is performed underground when working afternoon shift. As one is required to stand upright, is it required to a) sit and pray (and then repeat the parayer when on surface) or b) stand and pray (even though one stands slightly crouched)?
Doubting how many rakaats one performed
Q: It sometimes happens that while offering four rakaats namaz, I get confused whether I am in the third or fourth rakaat, so I either pray the whole namaz again or conclude that I am offering the third rakaat and offer one more rakaat, do sajdah-e-ahw and finish my namaaz. I want to know if I get confused regarding the rakaat, then what has to be done?
Ensuring that the satr does not become exposed during Salaah
Q: Is salaah acceptable if the trouser of a man is going very low from the back but the line between the buttocks is not visible?
Salaah behind an Imaam who wears his pants below his ankles
Q: Is salaah valid if the Imam is wearing pants below his ankles and don't have a beard?