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Ustadh Sufyan Qufi

October 14, 2023 1 min

How Should Someone Paralyze Pray?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question How Should Someone Paralyze Pray? Answer I pray this finds you in the best of states. According to the Hanafi school if the sick person cannot pray standing they will pray sitting on the ground with prostration.  If they are unable to pray sitting, they will pray lying down […]
October 13, 2023 2 mins

Can Women Uncover Their Hair While in Ihram, and Do Umra Rulings Apply to Childr...

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I’m planning to do Umra next week with my husband and 9-year-old daughter. She is not an adult, so will all the rules of umra/Ihram will apply to her? She has very short hair, so after Umra, is she also eligible for a hair cut? If she makes any […]
October 11, 2023 4 mins

How Should I Deal With Irregular Bleeding before My Menstruation?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Every time before I get my period, I get brownish/yellowish discharge a couple days before it starts. What is the ruling on praying tahajjud and Fajr with the same wudu? Let’s say I wake up 30 mins before Fajr to pray Tahajjud, and right after I want to pray […]
October 8, 2023 2 mins

Can I Pray at Home Instead of the Friday Prayer When the Mosque Is Very Far?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Mosque to attend Jumah Salah is 11 km from my Institute. Can I pray Zuhr instead of attending Jumah ? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. Yes, being far from the mosque can be an […]
October 7, 2023 3 mins

Is the Interdiction to Delay the Prayer Only for People Praying in Congregation?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question In one answer, I have read that: “As for somebody praying alone, the dislikedness does not apply to them in the first place, and this is what Ibn’ Abidin relates from Khayr al-Din al-Ramli.” Is this explanation of “dislikedness only applying to congregations” true for all cases of delaying […]
September 29, 2023 2 mins

What Is the Legal Status of the Two Sittings in the Witr Prayer?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question: Please could you confirm if my following understanding is correct: The Tashahhud is wajib in both sittings of the Witr prayer Answer: In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. The first sitting of the Witr prayer is […]
September 28, 2023 3 mins

Do I Have to Come Back to My Hometown Whenever Possible to Pray the Friday Praye...

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question My Uni is in a city 200 km away from my home, where I usually tend to be from Sunday to Thursday in a rented apartment and travel back home on Fridays. I know that jummah prayer is not Fard on me while I’m in the city of the […]
September 28, 2023 2 mins

Is My Phone Filthy after Removing It from Unused Toilets?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I remember I dropped my phone in the toilet once, and I took it out. I don’t remember if there were najasa in the toilet at that time, but is toilet water considered clean after flushing? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this […]
September 27, 2023 2 mins

Can I Use the Water of a Well in Which an Insect Has Died?

  Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question My well water slightly smelled rotten, at first, I thought it was some kind of underground gas so I keep use it to purify myself (istinja). But I felt uneasy afterward, so I checked my well. I found a dead whip-scorpion, actually the dead insect didn’t smell rotten […]
September 23, 2023 2 mins

Is My Wudu Valid despite the Presence of Filth at the Exit Point of My Private P...

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I slept after tahajjud, and when I woke up, I was getting late for fajr prayer, so I rushed and just did wudu no istinja’. Soon after prayer, I realized it was better to do istinja’ as there were some secretions from the private part. So, my prayer is […]
September 21, 2023 2 mins

How to Deal With Urine Incontinence?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I wanted to know the ruling regarding urine incontinence of one who is not a madhur. Two hours after urinating, if I were to stick a small piece of tissue afterward to cover it for about at least 30 minutes and then remove it, there is usually enough time […]
September 21, 2023 2 mins

How to Purify a Sofa?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question How to purify the sofa of impurity (menstrual blood)? The sofa has rough attached textile which is unremovable. My mother told me that a small amount of blood reached from her to the sofa, she then wiped the place with wet tissu, now I see no trace or stain. […]
September 17, 2023 2 mins

Does Laying Down and Closing My Eyes Break Wudu?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Is wudu valid if you’re lying down on a bed and close your eyes (not asleep) to rest for a while, like 30 minutes? You know what’s happening around you as thinking about different things, and doing breathing exercises. Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, […]
September 14, 2023 4 mins

How Can I Deal with Difficulties in Achieving Proper Ritual Purity?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I have two problems that are making my life very hard these days. One: I keep thinking back at the times I didn’t wash myself properly, and then I wash over those areas, but later on, I remember another area, and I wash that area, and then I feel […]
September 10, 2023 2 mins

Can I Pray with Cat Hair?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I know that Shias believe that if there is cat hair on your prayer clothes, then your prayer is void. Is this true? (I am a Sunni) Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. Cat Hair […]
September 10, 2023 2 mins

When Is Water Not Valid for Wudu?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I’ve read that your head and feet must be dry during wudu, is this true? Also, does my ears also have to be dry? Can my feet and head (maybe ears) be damp? I also read that the wudu water can’t be mixed with other water, is this true? […]
September 10, 2023 2 mins

How to Deal with Doubts When Washing Impurities?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question With respect to obsessive misgivings (waswasa), keep in mind that the default assumption of all acts of worship is soundness and validity. What is the clear meaning of soundness and validity? Does it mean the act of doing it? For example, if I had najasa on hand and I […]
September 10, 2023 2 mins

What Are the Options Available for the Stonings in Hajj?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question What are the options permissible for stoning three Jamarat on the 11th and 12th Dhul-Hijja, in Hanfi Madhab? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, The stoning during the 11th and 12th Dhul Hijja must happen after Zawal ( the time for the Zuhr prayer). After […]
September 8, 2023 3 mins

Should I Repeat All My Prayers Because I Was Masturbating during My Youth?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question A few years ago, I did not know this was the case, and I used to do istimna as a young teenager. Just over a year later, I had come to know that pleasurable ejaculation of semen invalidated prayer. Also, I did not know that the post-ejaculation secretion made […]
September 7, 2023 2 mins

How Can I Purify My Mouth?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question One can purify an impure mouth by spitting out or washing it. 1. For spiting: a) They say to spit till no trace of blood is left, but do you need to wait for saliva to build/move your tongue around, or can you spit out quickly back to back? […]
September 3, 2023 1 min

Does Saying the Glorifications of the Prostration after It Break the Prayer?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question Does that break prayer if one continues the third “Subhana rabbi al-A‘la” while getting up from the sujud? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. No, your prayer will remain valid because you have not missed […]
September 2, 2023 1 min

Can I Pray More than the Sunna Prayer of Fajr before the Fajr Prayer?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question I would like to ask if it is permissible to pray a Nafal prayer between the Sunnah and the Fardh of Fajr. Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. It is disliked to pray after dawn […]
August 31, 2023 2 mins

Does Spraying Water on Filth Produce Filthy Splashes?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question My query is concerning is about some amount of Urine on the Floor and tap water falling on it. Are the splashes resulting from this filthy? Answer In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, I pray this finds you in the best of states. As long as […]
August 31, 2023 2 mins

Does Finding Traces of Filth on My Underwear Invalidate My Previous Prayers?

Answered by Ustadh Sufyan Qufi Question At the beginning of the day, I took a pair of clean underwear from the drawer to wear. I thought nothing of this. Before the Isha prayer, I visited the bathroom and noticed dried white streaks on one side of the underwear. To my knowledge, that day, there was […]