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Congregation & Imamat
1,199 fatawa from 9 South African Darul Iftas on Congregation & Imamat, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Congregation & Imamat fatawa — page 2 of 30
- Mufti Online20 Nov 2025
Looking after one's child in the musjid
1. What age is it suitable to start introducing a boy to the masjid, by taking him now and again? 2. What age is it suitable to regularly bring a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood17 Nov 2025
Females Following The Imaams Of Haram Shareef
Is the Salaah of females behind the Imaam in Haramain Shareefain accepted?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Azaadville4 Nov 2025
An Imaam Reciting In Different Modes Of Qiraat In The Salaah
At the Masjid I sometimes attend in ____________, the Imams are now beginning to read very often in a different style of Qiraat. They have sometimes…
- Ask Imaam29 Oct 2025
I Have An Uncomfortable Feeling While In Congregational Ṣalāh Regarding Touching The Person Next To Me
I have some serious about praying in congregation in masjid. I dont know what has happened to me, since I came back from Umrah, (my first umrah) 2…
Mahmood Patel - Camperdown28 Oct 2025
Imaam Repeating a Valid Salaah and the Ruling of the Masbooq
Can I please request a response on the following question: Imam makes a لحن جلي [qirat mistake] in the Salah. This mistake is corrected in the same…
Azhar Mownah - Camperdown21 Oct 2025
Hanafi Omitting Tashahhud After Sajdah Sahw While Following a Shafi Imam
Assalamu Alaykum. I am a hanafi who read salah behind a Shafi. The Shafi imam made an error and made sajdah sahw at the end. However, the Shafis…
Baba Abu Bakr - Mufti Online23 Sep 2025
Performing salaah at home to concentrate on one's studies
I want to stay home to focus on my studies and quit going outside because whenever I go outside the home, I get distracted. Can I perform my salaah…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood4 Sep 2025
Following The Imaam
What is the ruling in Salaah when the Imaam prolongs the Takbeer from Qiyaam / Qawmah to Sajdah. Do we wait until the Takbeer is complete and then…
Mufti Muhammad Isa Ali - Mufti Online26 Aug 2025
Imaam going into ruku after reciting a sajdah aayat
A few days ago, our imam recited Surah Alaq in the second rakah of Isha salaah. When he recited the aayah of sajdah, he did not perform the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Aug 2025
Making qadha of salaah that was performed behind a child
Do I have to makeup for salaah if it was led by a child who is not a mukallaf?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood25 Aug 2025
Leading Females In Salaah With Jamaa’ah
If the Imaam is aware that there are women performing Salaah behind him but he doesn’t make a clear intention of leading them, is their Salaah valid?
Mufti Muhammad Isa Ali - Azaadville20 Jul 2025
A Second Jumuah Jamaat (Congregation) In A Masjid
Many Masajid have a second Jummah Salah at a later time to accommodate some people with the rationale being that they are unable to readily obtain…
- Mufti Online9 Jul 2025
Performing salaah behind an imaam involved in bid'aat
Namaz behind such imam: If there's a Barelvi masjid in my area and they say the following before or after azan: "assalatu wassalamu alaika ya…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Jul 2025
Masbooq starting his salaah while the imaam is in qa'dah or making salaam
1. If the latecomer joins the Imam in the first or final tashahhud for even a moment, then does the latecomer finish his tashahhud before rising up…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Jun 2025
Women attending the musjid for the five daily congregational salaah
Are women allowed to attend the masjid for 5 times daily salaah with congregation? Just like how in the western countries it's done?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Amjadi28 Jun 2025
The Ruling On Thana For Latecomers (Muqtadi) in Congregational Salaah
AMJADI DARUL IFTA SPREADING SCHOLASTIC LIGHT THROUGH SAYYIDI ALA HAZRAT’S SIGHT DARUL ULOOM ALA HAZRAT 165 MOORTON DRIVE, CHATSWORTH If the Imam has…
Mohammad Quaiser Ali Razvi Misbahi - Mufti Online5 May 2025
Man leading his female mahrams in salaah
Is it possible for a man to lead in salah his female mahram family members? So can one man and one woman pray in congregation? Is the presence of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online28 Apr 2025
Ruling on a clean shaven haafiz
1. Will a clean shaven Hafiz be termed as a fasiq in Shari'ah? 2. Will his Shahadat be accepted? 3. Can he lead Taraweeh Salah in his own house with…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood24 Apr 2025
Multiple Jamaats in a Musallah
There is a Musallah that allocates two official Jamaats for Zuhr and Asr. Reason being that they are catering for the different break times of the…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ask Imaam23 Mar 2025
Is a second Jamaat of Taraweeh Salaah permissible?
I know a mosque in my area which performs two taraweeh jamaat at different times with different imam in different floors i.e first jamaat in ground…
Muhammad Fayyaadh - Azaadville20 Mar 2025
Nafl Salaah In Congregation After The Taraweeh Salaah
In a Masjid it is announcedthat Tahajjud will be prayed in congregation during the last 10 nights. The brothers sitting for Itikaaf, as well as…
- Azaadville19 Mar 2025
Women Performing Taraweeh Salaah In A Ladies Jamaat
Is it permissible for women to gather and perform Taraweeh Salaah in Jamaat with a lady as Imaam?
- Azaadville28 Feb 2025
A Ma’zoor Making Imaamat (Leading The Salaah)
What is the ruling with regard to a Mazoor making Imaamat?
- Mufti Online22 Feb 2025
Imaam starting the qiraat while one is reciting thana
In Prayer behind the Imam, if the Imam starts reciting whilst one just started reading the Thana and he was in the middle of saying اللهم in the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Feb 2025
Hanafi performing Witr Salaah behind a Shaafi imaam
If I am a Hanafi and I move to an area that is mainly Shaafi's, do I follow the Shaafi mazhab or stick to Hanafi mazhab. For example, in instances…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Feb 2025
Following an imaam who makes masah over cotton socks
I have a situation where in my work place in Saudi Arabia (far from any musjid in construction site), the person that often is imaam of the small…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Feb 2025
Masbooq standing up after the second salaam
If a person misses a rakaah of his Salaah with jamaat and he is a masbooq then what is the correct method of standing up? I have noticed that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville31 Jan 2025
A Second Jumuah Jamaat To Accommodate Students
We have approximately 5-7 boys who attend schools and are unable to read Jummah on time. We are thus making an effort to ensure that these boys do…
- Mufti Online28 Jan 2025
Shaafi imaam not making sajdah sahw
If I am performing salaah as a Hanafi behind a Shaafi and he makes an error by forgetting the first tashahud in Asr Salaah, what is the right way of…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Dec 2024
Imaam facing the congregation after salaah and making zikr
After leading a congregation in Fard salah, some Imams choose to do zikr after turning and facing the congregation directly or turn and sit at an…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online2 Dec 2024
Imaam making a mistake in qiraat and remaining silent for more than three subhanallahs
The imaan was reading Surah Sajdah. He got stuck repeatedly and paused for more then 3 subhanAllahs. Does salaah need to be repeated because he…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville7 Nov 2024
Witr Behind The Imaam In The Haram-Shareef
In the Haram, should a Hanafi perform the Witr Salaah behind the Imaam or individually? If he performs it behind the Imaam, must he repeat it?
- Mufti Online2 Nov 2024
Getting a panic attack when performing salaah in the masjid
I have problem. Last year I had a panic attack while performing salah. From that day I am unable to pray salah in a masjid. Whenever I went for…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Oct 2024
Muqtadi standing slightly behind the imaam when two people perform salaah together
If there are only two people reading namaaz together, should they stand next to one another or should the person following stand at the foot of the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online17 Oct 2024
Bringing a small boy who wears shorts to the masjid
There is a man who brings his small son to the masjid. The na baaligh son wears shorts and his knees are exposed. Is this permissible?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Oct 2024
Questions related to a masbooq
Kindly answer below questions related to salaah: 1. If a muqtadi misses some rakaat, at what point should he/she leave the jamaat and stand to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville18 Sep 2024
Installing Cameras And Screens To View the Imaam
Our masjid is quite small and had to be slabbed for extra space for Musallis. You cannot see the Imam from the floor above. Trustees have now…
- Ibn Masood5 Sep 2024
Holding Two Jamaats In A Hall
Our Nazirah classes are upstairs now, and if we go downstairs for Namaz, that would create problems for Namazis. Would performing our own Jamaat…
Maulana Ahmed Saeed - Azaadville7 Aug 2024
A Hanafi Performing Eid Salaah Behind A Shafiee Imaam
Is it permissible for a Hanafi to perform Eid Salaah behind a Shafiee Imaam since the the Shafiee consider the Eid Salaah to be Sunnat?
- Azaadville18 Jul 2024
A Shafiee Musaafir Imaam Leading Hanafi Musaaafir Muqtadis
If a Shafiee Imaam performs four Rakaats, what will be the condition of the Hanafi Muqtadis Salaah?
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