Women's hair becoming exposed during salaah
Q: If while praying, my scarf kept falling and I kept picking it up, do I have to repeat my prayer?
Conditions for the validity of Salaah
Joining salaahs when travelling
Q: I have a question regarding combining prayers while travelling.
In 3–4 days, I will be travelling to another city for just one night. I suffer from severe waswasa (intrusive doubts), especially related to purity. Because of this, using the washroom becomes very difficult for me, as I doubt splashes and often end up washing my legs repeatedly. My wuḍūʾ also takes a long time, and prayer becomes difficult as well. Due to my anxiety, I even record the prayer and listen to it afterwards to reassure myself and it won't be possible for me to pray in a mall prayer room or a mosque as I recite out loudly and if I'm combining prayers it would be just easier as I would have to go through it just twice rather than 4 times (dhuhr, asr, Maghrib, Isha).
All of this takes a lot of time and causes me distress. When travelling, it upsets me because we usually go out to malls, and praying outside the home becomes even more challenging for me. I wanted to ask whether it would be permissible for me to combine prayers on that day only, as travelling already shortens the prayers to two rakʿahs. Praying two prayers together with one wuḍūʾ would be much easier for me—for example, praying Ẓuhr and ʿAṣr together, and Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ together.
Normally, I pray on time and do not combine prayers. I am confused because technically there will be proper facilities at the hotel (washroom, hot water, etc.), so I am unsure whether my situation is considered a valid reason. At the same time, it is winter, the buildings are centrally air-conditioned, and washing my legs repeatedly becomes very difficult. I also sometimes need to call a family member to help me with wuḍūʾ due to my anxiety, which may not be easy in a new place as it's just difficult seeing if they are free and a I am feeling very anxious and confused about this, and I would appreciate guidance on what would be permissible for me in this situation.
Holding one's baby while performing salaah
Q: Is it possible in hanafi fiqh to hold ones baby or toddler during salah, if they are upset? When my child is upset it is very difficult to leave him when I pray. Does this depend on whether one knows they have or might have a dirty nappy?
Repeating salaahs that were combined on a journey
Q: If I combined prayers as I follow the Hanafis during traveling, am I supposed to read them again?
If for the kaffara my father, with his money, feeds people, like many people not only who are needy, is it okay?
Exposing less than a quarter of a limb that is compulsory to be covered during salaah
Q: If less than a quarter of a limb is exposed during salaah, would the salaah be valid ?
Standing on an impurity during salaah
Q: If a person performs salaah on a pure musallah but their feet touch a place which has dry impurity when going into sujood during salaah, is the salaah valid?
Performing salaah with a short sleeve jubbah
Q: What is the sharia ruling praying salaat with a short sleeve jubbah above the elbow?
Makrooh time to perform Asr Salaah
Q: When does the forbidden time for asr start? Is it when the sun starts to become a distinguishable shade of orange, when the rays fade completely, or automatically 30 minutes before asr starts?
What if the eyes still slightly sting when looking at the sun? Does this mean that there’s still time for asr?
Performing salaah in transparent clothing
Q: Is the salaah valid if one part of clothing was very slightly see through, but the salaah was prayed in the dark where an onlooker would never be able to notice, and the woman praying didn't even notice either? The colour of the skin was seen but only slightly to the point where it wouldn't be apparent unless one looked a little more closely (in normal lighting)?
Awrah of a person being exposed during salaah
Q: If quarter of the Awrah is exposed for less than three subhaanAllah, is the salaah valid?