Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is the obligatory (fard) and minimum recitation for a prayer to be valid — in all prayers, whether fard, wajib, such as witr, sunna, or nafl — only reciting the first verse of Surat al-Fatiha, or one short verse of any surah, in all rakats? Does the same apply […]

يجيب عن السؤال الشيخ محمد فايز عوض السؤال هل يجوز لمن ابتُلي بذنوب خفيّة ويخشى الرياء والنفاق أن يستمرّ في الإمامة والتعليم، أم يعتزل حتى يُصلح نفسه؟ الجواب الحمد لله و الصلاة و السلام على رسول الله فإن إمامة الصلاة في الإسلام لها شأنٌ عظيمٌ ومنزلةٌ رفيعة؛ إذ بها تُقام جماعة المسلمين، فتفضل صلاتهم وترتفع […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I spent about seven years not praying, or praying without meaning it. I am a Muslim, and I want to repent. If I start praying now, do I have to pray all seven years of missed prayers, or can God forgive me? I had bad friends who led me […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Baseless misgivings (waswasa) leave me unable to tell how many cycles of prayer (rakats) I have completed. One answer I read says to take the higher number; another says to follow my inclination, and I never have one. Which do I follow, and how am I supposed to ignore […]