Guidelines on how to perfect one's salaah
Q: Could you please advise me on some english books and some guidelines on how to perfect your salaah to the highest level?
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Difference in salaah of men and women
Q: Do men and women offer prayer similarly especially sajdah?
Woman having no mahram to travel with
Q: I am a woman who lives in Canada and I need to get my passport renewed in order to go to Turkey where the rest of my family has settled. I am not financially independent so I cannot live here on my own. However the place where I need to go to get my passport renewed is over 100 km from where I live. I have no mahrams here and my father who is in Turkey is not religious and would not come to Canada just to drive me 100 km to get my passport. I can drive myself but I know that I cannot go that far without a mahram normally. In this situation can I just drive myself? If not what would you advise I do?
Making the intention of sunnat-e-muakkadah and qadha salaah
Q: When reading a qadha salaah, can one also join the intention of reading a sunnat and or sunnat e muakkadah salaah together with the qadha of the fardh salaah?
Laughing audibly in salaah
Q: Does laughing audibly with your mouth closed during salaah break your wudhu and salaah?
Should the person who is going to drop off someone at the airport perform qasr salaah?
Q: If an airport is out of the city population, would someone who is not a passenger and going to drop off or pick up someone pray qasr?
Travelling safar distance
Q: If a person living in North Beach, Durban travels to the Pietermaritzburg CBD using the N3 will he be considered a Musafir?
What should one recite if one does not know Durood-e-Ebrahim and Qunoot?
Q: I don't know the last durood that is read in last before salaam. What can I read inplace of that? I also don't know the dua in witr salaah. What should I do?
Doubting if one's salaah is valid
Q: While I was reading my asr salaah,my brother and i were reading together and i was imam,i felt a urine drop come out but i carried on and finished the salaah.After the salaah I checked to see if any urine drops came out but i didn't see anything. This incident happened a while ago but now I'm thinking that I need to repeat the salaah because I'm sure that a urine drop came out and after the salaah i didn't check my underpants properly.Do i need to repeat the salaah?
Making intention of multiple nafl salaah in one salaah
Q: Can we make niyyat/intention for chaast/ishraaq/hajat/shukur/taubaa when performing salaatul tasbeeh?