Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I stayed up late gaming, worried I might miss Fajr but believing I could wake up. I set three alarms, asked a friend and family to wake me, and intended to pray, yet slept through Fajr. Are missing Fajr and voluntarily staying up separate legal matters? If I genuinely […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question As-salamu alaykum, I have a question about the hadith stating that whoever drinks an intoxicant will have their prayer unaccepted for 40 days. I understand that consuming food or drink containing intoxicants is haram, regardless of intention. Does this hadith apply only to someone who directly drinks an intoxicant […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is raising the index finger in the tashahhud incumbent upon a woman the way it is incumbent upon a man? Answer In the Hanafi school, raising the index finger in the sitting (tashahhud) is a sunna for a woman exactly as it is for a man, and it is […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If I am permitted to use dry ablution (tayammum) but have impurity on me beyond the excused amount, must I remove it before praying? Answer In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Yes. If you can remove it, do so before praying. Dry ablution stands […]