Answered by Ustada Shazia Ahmad Question I am a university student. Due to my tight routine, I find it difficult to offer my dhuhr salah. I manage to offer only the fard prayer of dhuhr. I have to skip the sunnah prayers. Again, sometimes out of laziness, I don’t offer the sunna at all. Am […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question A latecomer arrives for prayer. The imam has finished the prayer, but the latecomer has only completed one rakat. Should the latecomer raise his hands to shoulder level after the imam says his Salam or do it in his third rakat? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful […]

Answered by Ustadh Farid Dingle Question Can I lead someone else in prayer if I am praying a make-up (qada) and they are praying a current performance (ada)? Answer Thank you for your question. Yes, it is perfectly valid to lead someone else in prayer if you are praying a make-up (qada) and they are […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question I live in Scandinavia, where Isha and Fajr do not appear under certain months from late spring to late summer. Even Isha, according to the red twilight (Shafaq al-Ahmar), will become very late and then stop to appear. When I use an estimation (taqdir) for my prayer times, is […]