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What Breaks or Spoils Salah
376 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on What Breaks or Spoils Salah, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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What Breaks or Spoils Salah fatawa — page 7 of 10
- Mufti Online23 May 2015
Performing Salaah wearing a short sleeve kurta
Is it proper to read Salaah wearing a kurta that has short sleeves?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online19 May 2015
Looking at a wrist watch during Salaah
If a person is performing salaah and needs to check the time so as not to miss Takbir-e-oola. 1) Can he look at his wrist watch which may involve…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 May 2015
Switching off the phone during Salaah
I know if a person's phone rings on loud during salaah, it is permissible to use one hand and switch the ringer off. If the phone rang very loud,…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 May 2015
Performing Salaah on a musalla which was purchased with haraam money or through an invalid transaction
1. A musalla is purchased with haraam money. Is any Salaah performed on this musalla valid? 2. A musalla is purchased with halaal money, but the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 May 2015
Moving back in Salaah
Two people are praying, with the muqtadi praying to the right of the imam. A third person then joins and pulls the muqtadi back to stand with him in…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Apr 2015
Saying Allahu Akba in Salaah
While reading salah saying Allahu akba will that break my salaah? Suppose I'm going to ruku if I say Allahu akba and to correct it can I again say…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Apr 2015
Performing Salaah with jeans
Is it impermissible to wear jeans during the namaz and also not to fold the jeans upto the heel?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Apr 2015
Screaming and shouting in the Musjid
Is it allowed in a Musjid for someone to recite loudly a naat or nazam and people to start screaming and chanting. The screaming is literally…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Apr 2015
Suppressing one's urge to pass wind while performing Salaah
If we control gas during namaaz, will it be valid or not or again we need to perform the prayer and wudhu? If we are not sure that wind is passed or…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Apr 2015
Making sounds in Salaah
While reading namaaz different types of sounds come out like when I close my lips and while opening the lips and due to the movement of the tongue…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Mar 2015
Turning in Salaah
1) In salaah, if you move your head in any direction (right, left, up, down, back or forth), does this nullify the salaah? 2) Moving your chest in…
- Mufti Online28 Mar 2015
Dragging the palms when going into sajdah
Is it makroo to drag your palms on the musala when going into sajda before putting the head first down?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Mar 2015
Swearing in one's mind in Salaah
If your swear in your mind in salaah, does it break the salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Mar 2015
Swallowing saliva in Salaah
If you intentionally accumulate saliva and swallow in salaah, is your salaah broken?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online25 Mar 2015
Clothing which has pictures of animate objects
If you use clothing that has pictures with eyes and you cover it by wearing a jacket or jubbah, is your salaat valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Mar 2015
Swallowing a food particle in Salaah
If a food particle is stuck in my throat, and I swallow it while in salaah. Is my salaah and wudhu broken? If a food particle is stuck in my throat,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Mar 2015
Performing Salaah with clothing that have pictures of animate objects
I read that using clothing with animate pictures are haram. Are we allowed to read salaah with a picture of an animal but it doesn't have the eyes…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Mar 2015
Making sounds in Salaah due to pain
I was wondering if my Salaah is invalidated if I make sounds during the Salaah when going down into sajda as a result of feeling a pain in my foot?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Mar 2015
Pants below the ankles
1) If you pull up your pants to ensure that it remains above your ankles before going down for rukhu or sajda, does it break your salaat? 2) If your…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Mar 2015
Saying Aameen in one's heart in Salaah
As far as I am aware, speaking intentionally or unintentionally will nullify the salaah and it will have to be re-prayed again according to the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Mar 2015
Repeating the Salaah due to it becoming invalid
If I carry out my fard salaah and later after the time where the salaah is valid, find out that I did an action that would have invalidated the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Mar 2015
Reciting more verses in the second rakaat
If an imam recites the 1st 15 verses (i.e. 1st ruku) from (1-15) of Surah Maryam in his 1st rakaat of fajr salah and in his second rakat recites 25…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Feb 2015
Performing Salaah with short sleeve kurta
Is it permissible to perform Salaah with a short-sleeve kurta?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Feb 2015
Toes slipping in sajdah
If the toes do slide slowly during sajdah (because the prayer rug is slippery) without it lifting off the ground, is the sajdah and thus also the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam24 Jan 2015
I made a mistake while reciting. Does it invalidate my salāh?
During Salah while reciting Surah Yunus Ayat 40: وَمِنۡہُم مَّن يُؤۡمِنُ بِهِۦ وَمِنۡہُم مَّن لَّا يُؤۡمِنُ بِهِۦۚ وَرَبُّكَ أَعۡلَمُ…
Bilal Mohammad - Mufti Online24 Dec 2014
Not fasting due to breastfeeding
Is there any concession for a mother of a new born baby not to fast during Ramadhaan due to breastfeeding if she unable to satisfy her baby's hunger?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Dec 2014
Can one perform Salaah with an American cap?
If a person does not have a topee but he has an American cap, should he perform the Salaah wearing the American cap or should he perform the Salaah…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Nov 2014
Moving one's toes in Salaah
I have these doubts all the time. I know too much movement breaks salaah. I have a habit of curling my toes of both my feet, sometimes not ob…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Nov 2014
When should one recite the dua for entering the Musjid?
When should I say the dua for entering the masjid ("Allahoma-ftah lee abwaba Rahmatik"): when entering the entering hall containing the shoe racks…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online8 Nov 2014
Licking the lips in Salaah
Licking lips in salaah out of dryness, will it break the Salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Oct 2014
Covering pictures of animate objects
If there is a animated picture beside me when praying, is it sufficient to place some a shield before it so that it is not visible anymore to me…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Sep 2014
Performing Salaah in front of a mirror
Offering Salaah in front of a mirror is correct?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Sep 2014
Performing Salaah with shoes
Please provide a detailed well-proven answer with regards to performing salaah with shoes on?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Sep 2014
Removing a particle of food from one's mouth in Salaah
While performing salaah, I felt a small particle of food in my mouth and I removed it with my finger. Is my salaah valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online13 Aug 2014
Eating or lifting one's feet of the ground in Salaah
To pray Salaah without making intention, to eat during Salah, to lift your feet during Salah, to lift your hands and to make an expression which…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Aug 2014
Passing wind in the Musjid
I sat in i'tikaaf this year alhumdulillah. But my question is approximately every 15-20 minutes I needed to past wind (due to digestive problems).…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Jun 2014
Performing Taraweeh Salaah while one's esha Salaah is invalid
If a person performs taraweeh salah for several days and his Esha salah was invalid will he have to repeat the taraweeh salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online11 Jun 2014
Kitaab reading immediately after Salaah
In many Masjids we see a kitab being read, mostly immediately after Fajr entitled 5 Minutes Madrassah. Prior to the reading of this kitab it was…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online11 Jun 2014
Conducting a mashwarah regarding worldly affairs in the Musjid
In our Masjid, Mashwarah is undertaken regarding annual get together for food. The objective being how we can connect youngsters to the Masjid and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam9 Jun 2014
Is a Masbūq’s Salāh invalidated by mistakenly doing salām with the imām if he is aware of the mas’alah?
according to the hanafi madhab, the first salaam is wajib in Salaah. Now if you are a masbooq, when the Imaam completes salaah you will obviously…
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