FILED UNDER: Community Building, Featured Articles, Ramadan, Social Issues
TAGGED WITH:: 'id, calculations, debate, differences of opinion, eid, fasting, global sighting, imam, local sighting, moon sighting, mosque, Ramadan, Saudi, Sohail Hanif
/by Content Team“Local!” “Global!” “Sighting!” “Calculations” “Saudi!” “Pakistan!” Shaykh Sohail Hanif makes sense of the annual moon-sighting debates. The blessed month of Ramadan is almost upon us. It is a month of contemplation, fasting, prayer and tranquility. But just as the tranquility of Paradise is “surrounded by disliked matters,”[1] Ramadan can only be arrived at after crossing […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Prayer, ANS-General
TAGGED WITH:: baseless misgivings, doubts in prayer, imam, prayer in congregation, waswasa
/by YusufUstadh Salman Younas dispels misgivings on performing certain acts in prayer. I’m one who frequently questions the validity of the prayer and genuinely questions whether I have committed a mistake. This has recently been magnified by my reading of that delaying a necessary act by the length of three tasbih is itself a wajib. Now […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh, ANS Prayer
TAGGED WITH:: congregation, imam, position of the follower in prayer
/by sufyanAnswered by Shaykh Umer Mian Question: Assalam’aleykum, Where should the follower stand when he is alone with the Imam in prayer? Answer:Wa alaikum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Short answer: If there is only one male follower behind an imam, he should stand to the right of the imam with his heel alongside (i.e. parallel […]
FILED UNDER: history, Knowledge, Prophetic Guidance, quran, Video
TAGGED WITH:: differences of opinion, having a shaykh, imam, islam, madhab, qur'an, Qur'an and Sunnah, scholar, scholarship, school of thought, sects, Shaykh Walead Mosaad, sound scholarship
/by Content TeamWhy do we need scholars? Why can’t we directly go to the Quran and Sunnah? Shaykh Walead Mosaad talks about the central role of scholars in transmitting, contextualizing and teaching Islam.
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: child, Congregational Prayer, imam, kid, prayer
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaikum, What is the minimum age for leading the congregational prayer? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray that you are in the best of health and faith, insha’Allah. The minimum age requirement for the imam is that he be an adult (i.e. has reached puberty) […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: acceptance, beard, congregation, Congregational Prayer, covering the head, imam, jummah, obligatory acts, prayer, salah, validity of prayer, validity of the prayer
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Salman Younas Question: I have been advised that a prayer must be repeated if it is performed behind someone who does not have a fist length beard or his head covered and wears short sleeved clothing. Is it correct? Should I pray alone when on more than one occasion I have noticed […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: cycle, imam, latecomer, mistakes in prayer, prayer, rak'at, rulings for latecomer
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam ‘aleykum. If the Imam stood up after the last sitting for an extra cycle and the follower stood up with him then, is the prayer of the follower invalid? What about a latecomer? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah, I pray that this message finds you well, insha’Allah. If […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: condition for wiping footgear (khuff), imam, Khuff, microphone, prayer
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: As salam alaykum, My Imam raises the microphone to his mouth when he says takbirs, recites surah and says salam. Also he keeps holding his microphone when he moves into prostration. Is it valid to pray behind him? Also some imams no doubt wipe over their socks. To what […]
FILED UNDER: ANS Hanafi Fiqh
TAGGED WITH:: imam, leadership, seeking leadership
/by sufyanAnswered by Ustadh Tabraze Azam Question: Assalam alaikum. Can I take the position of an Imam in a school? What hadiths pertain to going for leadership? Answer: Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I pray that you are in the best of health and faith, insha’Allah. Yes, you can. The obligation of earning a livelihood […]
FILED UNDER: Events
TAGGED WITH:: community, community building, imam, Ingrid Mattson, Knowledge, leadership, seekers of knowledge, sensitivity
/0 Comments/by Content TeamAdvice for Students of Knowledge Overseas: A Meeting with Dr. Ingrid Mattson Most Western religious students studying overseas intend to return home to help their communities. However, after years of immersion in a foreign culture, students may find themselves out of touch with the Muslim community and the broader society. These students must know the […]
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