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Evidence:
1- The Hadith of the prophet: ( the difference between Iman and kufr is to leave the
prayer)
2-The Ayah: “Allah will not cause your Iman to go to waste” meaning your prayer.
So, Allah called the Salah Iman showing you that is this the only act that has been called Iman.
3- The Tabeoun said the Companions would not consider leaving any act to be
kufr except leaving the prayer.
4- The hadith in Bukhari that Allah says to the Angels go to the fire of
hell and take out all the believers by looking at the marks of sujood.
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5. ""قالوا مل نك من املصلني
Rulings of Abandoning Salat
Second: Neglecting salah out of laziness or other
reasons without denying its obligation
[Bukhari]
• There are different wordings that have been narrated for the
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4. After asr.
No salat until after the sun has completely set.
Why is there a prohibition during the times of the sun at its
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-Remember, the time of salat stretches long and shrinks short throughout
the year depending on the season, it is not always the same. You are
always asking when the salah begins and ends. If the time for the
salawat was fixed, then you would never need to ask. Your mind is
always busy to know when the salah is. Once an act of worship becomes
routine, it loses its value.
- You will find this spiritual break when you really need it, you will
always need a time out as a relief from the stress of this life.
- The prohibited times, these are to force you not to turn into a monk
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3. Zikr while you are in the state of qeyam سمع هللا لمن حمده
ربنا ولك الحمدthis is the minimum.
4. The zikr between the two prostration. )(رب اغفر لي و اجبرني وعافني واعف عني
5. The first tashahud. If there is more than one tashahud, the first is of the wajibat.
3. Doubt:
The Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “If one of you has some doubts during
his Salat and he does not recall (the number of rak'as) he has Prayed, three or four,
then he should cast aside his doubt by performing Salat according to what
he was certain of [the lesser amount] and then making two sajda
before the Taslim….” [Muslim]
Fiqh scenarios:
When does its time start, and when does it end?
Once salat al-isha has been prayed. The end time is fajr time.
What to do if you wake up for qiyam at night after you’ve already prayed
witr? Do you have to re-do your witr?
The Prophet (SAW) said there should be no two witr in one night. The Prophet
(SAW) said to make witr the last thing that you pray.
What if someone enters the masjid while the jama’ah has already
been established?
Join the jama’ah straight away.
What if someone enters the masjid on Friday while the khateeb is already on the
minbar giving the khutbah, should he sit down or pray?
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He should pray two rak’at and make it short.
5. The prostration of recitation ((سجود التالوة
If there is a group of people of all genders: The men of learning and piety occupied the first
raw, followed by the general men of the community, followed by the youth and the children ad
then the women should be in the last rows.
Count the rak’ah if you are able to go into the ruku’ position and say
‘ ’سبحان ربي العظيمone time before the
imam says ‘’سمع هللا لمن حمده.
It is a fard ayn for men who have reached the age of puberty who are residents and not
traveling. For women, it is mubaah.
-What if the masjid has no separate area for women, then can they pray in the back of the
masjid?
Women can pray in the back of the masjid. If men and women maintained the same modesty of
the sahabah, then there would be no need to maintain the barriers.
If u arrived in jumuah prayer, and u missed one rakaa, how many rakaas do you make up, one
or three?
No. Many masajid today follow a particular school of thought (Hanafi) that the khutbah is
mandatory to be given in Arabic even though no one understands it, so they make up for it by
having the imam give a halaqah in English before. It is even a dispute amongst the scholars of
the Hanafi madhab. The purpose of the khutbah is to give it in a language that the people
comprehend.
It is mustahab that you start your takbeer before salat al eid al fitr from the night before,
meaning once they announce that it is Eid al Fitr.
Abdullah ibn Umar used to start his takbeer from the beginning of the month of Dhul
Hijjah. The most popular opinion today is that you start making the takbeerat after fajr
salah on the Day of Arafat, which is the 9th of Dhul Hijjah until three days after Eid.
The khutbah is an optional act. If you would like to attend you can, but if you want to go
out, then you can.
First opinon:
Second opinion:
First opinion: Abu Hanifah All use the same hadeeth as proof. When salah was
It is wajib for the traveler to shorten the salah. prescribed first it was two rak’ah, and then it was
increased in the residency and remained two for the
Second opinion: Malik traveller.
It is highly recommended.
Abu Hanifah said that based on this hadeeth the qasr
Third opinion: Shafi’ee and Ahmad salah is two rak’ah. Uthman (RA) when he went for
It is permissible concession. umrah would not shorten, and based on this, the ulema
say that it is permissible to shorten. If it is a charity,
you have the option to take it or reject it.
Fajr remains in its actual time. You can combine dhuhr and asr and you can combine
maghrib and isha.
Usually the most convenient is to pray dhuhr and asr at the beginning of the time of
asr.
traveling imam and continue with two more rak’ah to finish the salah.
4. Salat al-Khawf (prayer during the time of fear or danger)
To keep the jam’ah together even though it is a time of war. You are
connected to Allah in the best way.
Some of the people are taking position to guard and protect the army and the camp,
and they keep looking in all directions. You pray two rak’ah because you are
travelers. The imam prays with the rest one rak’ah
(recitation, ruku’, rise from ruku’, two sajdahs, rise from sajdah).
The imam remains standing while those following finish one more rak’ah and make
salaam. As each person finishes, they trade positions with a person who had been
guarding. The remaining people join the imam with a takbeer (someone gives the
imam a gesture that everyone is there).
The recitation is made, ruku’, rise from ruku’, two sajdahs. The imam sits down for
the tashahhud and the followers stand up and make up for the missed rak’ah.