Zikr & Dua

Q: Is it permissible to make any form of zikr when one's satr is open. Like wearing a three-quarter trouser where below one's knees is open. What type of zikr can be made with one's satr opened. 

Q: What is meant by remembrance of Allah? Does it mean things like zikr? Saying Subhanallah, Alhumdulillah, etc? Is dua remembrance of Allah?

What if you remember Allah in your heart or mind, is that also remembrance of Allah?

Q: I would like to know about the prayer that the bridegroom and bride pray together after nikah and before consuming their marriage. How is it performed and why? I will be getting married soon and have heard about this from an old person and he has not been able to give me more details. All the others to whom I have asked, no one knows about it.

Q: Is this correct? Is it permissible to forward to others?

40 Benefits of Sending Salah Upon the Prophet (ﷺ)

1. Following the command of Allah.
2. Conformity with Allah sending blessing upon him.
3. Conformity with the angels sending blessings.
4. Receive 10 blessings from Allah.
5. Ten levels are raised for the servant.
6. Ten good deeds are written for the servant.
7. Ten sins are erased from the servant.
8. Du’ā’ is accepted if preceded with salāh on the Prophet
ﷺ. 9. Intercession of the Prophet
ﷺ. 10. A means for forgiveness of sins.
11. Allah will suffice the servant.
12. Closeness to the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of Judgement.
13. Reward of charity.
14. A means of the fulfilment of your needs.
15. Allah and His angels send blessings upon the servant.
16. A means of cleansing and purification.
17. Glad tidings of Paradise before death.
18. Protection from the terrors of the Day of Judgement.
19. The Prophet ﷺ responds to him.
20. A means for the servant to remember what he has forgotten.
21. A means of blessings on the gathering and lack of regret on the Day of Judgement.
22. A means to repel poverty.
23. It repels the description of being a miser.
24. Protection from the Prophet’s ﷺ curse.
25. Leads to the path towards Paradise.
26. A protection from the stench of a gathering where Allah and His Prophet ﷺ are not mentioned.
27. It completes speech, after Allah’s praise.
28. Abundance of light on the Sirāt.
29. Protection from hardness of the heart.
30. Allah bestows favourable praise upon the servant.
31. A source of blessings for the servant himself.
32. A means of receiving Allah’s mercy.
33. A means to continuously love the Prophet ﷺ.
34. A means of the Prophet ﷺ continuously loving the servant.
35. A means of guidance and a ‘living’ heart.
36. The servant’s name is presented to the Prophet ﷺ.
37. The servant’s feet will be firm on the Sirāt.
38. The servant fulfils a small portion of the Prophet’s ﷺ right.
39. Comprises gratitude to Allah.
40. It is a du’ā’.

Imām Ibn Al-Qayyim - [Jalā’ al-Afhām]

‏ٱللَّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ

Q: If I want to recite 1000 durood/salawat per day, do I need to say it in one go or one sitting? Can I spread it out, like say 500 in the morning and 500 after Asr?

Q: Is loud zikr in congregation permissible?

Q: My baby boy is almost 2 years old. I'm a single mother. I have a dua and dream that he goes in the right path and becomes very pious or an imam and hafiz. How can he attain that level? Are there any specific duas that I should do and what should I do myself to set these goals?

Q: What should be recited when yawning? Ta’awuz or lā ḥawla wa-lā quwwata ʾillā bi-llāhi l-ʿaliyyi l-ʿaẓīm?

Q: Is it Fardh-e-Ain to praise Allah Ta'ala and His Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)?

Q: What is the ruling on ladies reading the Khwaja khatam in a group loudly for people who are ill and thereafter having tea? Is it advisable for them to carry on and is it a sunnah?