Q: I have a problem waking up for fajar and most of the time I don't wake up for the Salaah. I really feel very embarrassed why I can't wake up for fajar Salaah. Please give me any dua or wazifa which can help me in waking up for Salaah. I will be grateful.
Q: I work from 2:30 till 10:00pm and salaah is at: Asr 8:00, Maghrib 9:16, Esha 10:00. Where I work is on a production belt so one can't just walk off for salaah. I could possibly only be able to read Asr. What do I do? I am so worried the company can't work around this issue. I am regular in salaah.
Q: A brother travels on an aeroplane for 19 hours from point A to B. He does not perform any salaah on the aeroplane. When he reaches his destination he makes Qadha of the Qasr salaat he missed. Is what he did permissible?
Q: I suffer from a sever depersonalisation disorder. It prevents me from praying with reverence. I want to pray and I am now trying to memorize as much as I can of the holy Quran. I am so sad I want to pray but I can't feel that while I am praying I am standing between in front of Allah Ta'ala. I have been struggling with it for 7 years and I always make dua' and do everything I can to stop it from letting me live a normal life. I want to know what should I do? Am I being a bad Muslim because I keep skipping prayers?
Q: I am from the UK and currently in school. I am baaligh and unfortunately the school does not facilitate for us any place for Salaah. What should I do? It is compulsory to attend school but what can I do if they don't allow us to pray Salaah and we have lessons during Salaah time. Now in winter, we will definitely miss Asr Salaah. They don't allow you even for 5 Minutes to go pray and come back. Please advise me.
Q: There are various scenarios in which there could be difficulty in me performing Salaah at its prescribed time (of which I have noted four examples below):
a) Being kidnapped and held at gunpoint for a couple of hours
b) The little room in my workplace (which the hierarchy of the company have allowed me to use for Salah during my break times) being occupied by others for a one-off meeting they are having
c) Bleeding from a wound or a cut for a couple of hours
d) Waking up about 15 minutes before Fajar time ends to find that nocturnal emission has taken place and realizing that there is not sufficient time for me to have a ghusl and pray Fajar.
My questions:
1. If I become a person of Taqwa, it is absolutely impossible for any of the four scenarios mentioned above (or similar scenarios) from occurring? (The reason for asking this is that in a previous answer, Muftisaab stated that when Allah says in Surah Talaaq “And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to Him, He will make a way for him to get out”, it refers to any difficulty that a person may be in. Surely this would also relate to difficulties in performing Salaah at its prescribed time).
2. Would I become a kafir if I believe or state that such scenarios could – on the rare one-off occasion – take place even if I fear Allah and keep my duty to Him? Having such a belief would surely mean that a person has rejected the second verse of Surah Talaq? Yes? No?
Q: If a person does other good deeds but he doesn't pray his five time Salaah, will his other good deeds be counted and accepted?
Q: We are university students in Canada who have final exams coming up. Some of which are from 2pm to 5pm. However, Asr Mithl to Maghrib is from 2:10 to 4:30. How should we pray our Asr Salah assuming we cannot pray during the exam?
Q: My question is if a person misses his or her salah does he or she become a kafir? Some scholars say that it is kufr.
Q: I know someone who has never prayed in his life! From a Muslim background. When I say has never prayed, I mean that he has tried, but without wudhu and not really uttering the words of prayer properly, or even not saying them at all! He is not really one who has abandoned prayer or has left the prayer, because he hasn’t really prayed or prayed properly in the first place. So I said to him that he is like one who has never prayed at all. He is in his early 30’s, but he tells me that he strongly believes in Allah and His Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam). He also mentioned that he knows and believes that praying is obligatory. He also said that sometimes he prays with the people who think he is praying properly, only to please them, but yet he feels tense inside when he is asked to pray with them, as he believes he is not ready. He is never in a state of wudu before he prays superficially anyway. The thing is, he keeps saying that he will learn and pray when he is in the right situation, as he is not in the best of states at the moment. I think he knows that pray is central and foremost, but neglects it and puts other things in front of him that he feels are more important right now for him. Please note that he also knows and believes that prayer is mandatory. He does not look down on Islam, and never mocks it! So I don’t know if he is one who is not praying out of laziness, or by the information above, is one who is considered an unbeliever, because he is putting other things that he feels needs to be achieved first before the importance of prayer? (I’m trying to advise him as best I can) Also the question on making up 33 years of prayer for him, if this applies to him, is extremely burdensome. With people’s life and work life the way they are these days, it would be very difficult. We know, without question, that Allah (azza wa jal) deserves infinite prayers, but if he has to make them up, then this would be calculated at 60,060 prayers that is has missed! Could you shed some light on this person’s status as it would help me try and convince him not to worry about things and to take prayer seriously.