Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question If a woman is not able to wash herself, dress herself, or put on a hijab by herself due to a disability, how is the person supposed to make wudu or put on the hijab to pray? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. May […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question The night (al-layl) begins at Maghrib. But I know that night prayer (qiyam al-layl) is specifically after Isha. My question: when the Quran and hadith describe the virtue of worshipping at night, do they mean only after Isha — or does any act of worship from Maghrib to Fajr […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question For years, I washed my arms from the elbow to the wrist in wudu, not realizing that the hands to the fingertips are included. Must I redo my ghusl and repeat eighteen years of prayers? Answer Be at ease: your worship stands, and you do not repeat eighteen years […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I struggle with extreme misgivings (waswasa) in prayer: I repeat al-Fatiha out of doubt, prostrate afterward out of forgetfulness, and fear my prayers—including a witr — are invalid. Does one prostration cover several mistakes? Must I act on doubts in tashahhud? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful […]