Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question During the Night Journey and Ascension (Isra and Miʿraj), the obligation was first set at fifty prayers and then reduced to five after the counsel of Musa (peace be upon him). If Allah already knew what His servants could bear, why was it set at fifty? Was the original […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question A class at my masjid on the basics of purity and prayer has left me with far more doubts than I had before, and although I am trying to use the Hanafi rule that certainty is not lifted by doubt, I have ended up back where I was before […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I began the Fajr sunna at 4:34 and later found the time for Fajr was 4:36, so I know that the sunna was not valid. I prayed the obligatory Fajr in its time, and now sunrise and the Dhuhr time have both passed. Do I have to make up […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am traveling 2,800 kilometers over seventeen days, spending eight days in one town and then moving 47 kilometers to a second town for nine days, so neither stay reaches fifteen days. May I pray the traveler’s prayer throughout? Answer You pray the traveler’s prayer for all seventeen days. […]