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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 8 of 30
- Ask Imaam24 Sep 2020
Reading Jumuah Salaah after lockdown in a Jamaat Khana
We are a Company based in Durban. Ever since lockdown at the end of March this year, we have been performing Jumua salah in our jamaat khana where…
Ebrahim Ibn Ahmed Dadan - Mufti Online24 Sep 2020
Imaam turning to either side after salaah
Is it sunnah or nafil for the imaam to turn his face after saying the salaam of the Asr Salaah. Please explan it.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Sep 2020
Standing behind the imaam if there are no other muqtadis
I started performing salaah with the imaam and because another person was just there, I stood behind the imaam expecting the other person to join…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Sep 2020
Performing salaah at home due to fear of contracting the virus
As we are in Covid 19 period and now that most of the masijds are reopening for Jummah and all other salats but due to fear of contracting Covid 19,…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Sep 2020
Performing salaah behind an Imaam who shaves his beard
I would like to know on what basis is a person justified to leave out performing salaah behind a particular Imaam? For example, if the Imaam shaves…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online24 Aug 2020
Performing salaah at home if there is social distancing in one's masjid
With the distances of one meter at the Masjid, some people prefer to perform their salaat in jamaat in other private places (like in a house) with…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam21 Jul 2020
How will a muqeem complete his salah behind a musafir imam?
Asalamu alaykum. How will a muqeem complete his salah behind a musafir imam? Will he recite fatiha and a surah in the 2 rakaats he completes after…
Mohammed - Ask Imaam11 Jul 2020
What are the laws for women in the congregational prayer?
As salaam alaykum What are the law's for a lady to b aware of when following an imam in congregation prayers? What are the laws of the imam to take…
Mohamed Ebrahim bin Ismail Abdullah - Ask Imaam20 Jun 2020
Will the prayer of a lady be valid if imam not aware she is following?
As salaam alaykum Will the prayer of a lady be valid if imam not aware she is following? Was salaam
Ahmad Patel - Mufti Online14 Jun 2020
Jamaat salaah with social distancing
Is Jamaat Salaah valid with the two-meter social distancing spacing?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Jun 2020
Performing Jumuah Salaah in jamaat for villagers and travellers
1. I know that when one misses the Jumuah Salaah one has to pray Zuhur Salaah individually, not in Jamaah. a. What about those in the villages that…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Jun 2020
Performing Zuhr Salaah in jamaat on Fridays
1. During these times of corona restrictions, where Muslims are not allowed attend Masaajid, can they also perform Zuhur Salaah in Jamaah on…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Jun 2020
Obtaining the virtue of Takbeer-e-ula
Regarding the hadith which says that a person who performs salaah for 40 days with the first takbeer will get 2 certificates, is the first takbeer…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online6 Jun 2020
Following the imaam of the masjid from one's home
My home is very near to the masjid and the voice of the imam can be clearly heard in my room through the loud speaker of the masjid. Can I join the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN4 Jun 2020
Can one Imaam lead multiple Jamaats (congregations) for one Salaah?
Under the COVID – 19 restrictions, multiple Jamaats of 50 people are taking place. Can one Imaam lead all the Jamaats in Salaah?
- Mufti Online3 Jun 2020
Following the imaam in salaah over Skype
During a special time like an epidemic, is it permissible to pray in congregation by following an imam over Skype? For example in Jumu'ah, if the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Jun 2020
Performing salaah in the masjid when public gatherings are banned
Due to the Corona virus pandemic, the Indian government has instructed all gatherings to be limited to at most six people. As a result, all the…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam15 May 2020
Performing Taraweeh with female congregation - Is this permissible for men?
Asslamu alaikum, In ramadan due to lockdown we are going to perform salah and tarabi in congregation at home along with our mother and sister is it…
Ahmed-Ur-Rahmaan Ibn Mufti Mohammed Patel - Ask Imaam9 May 2020
Taraweeh of Hanafi behind Shafi Imam with Mushaf - Will this be permissible?
Asalamu alaikum Molana I saw that Shafi'ee can read from the Qur’an while in salaah. If i make taraweeh n make a khatam can the hanafi follow me in…
- Ask Imaam4 May 2020
What should masājid do regarding congregational prayers during this current Covid-19 outbreak?
Salam. Please advise what masjids should do in this current worldwide coronavirus pandemic? Regarding congregational prayers.
Ibn Aḥsan - Ask Imaam3 May 2020
Can a woman lead an all women Jamaat in the home for Taraweeh?
Assalamualaykum Mufti Saheb I was just wondering if a woman could lead an all women Jamaat in the home for taraweeh if she is a Hafiza?
Sohail ibn Arif - Mufti Online25 Apr 2020
Social distancing in salaah
Is social distancing in salaah permissible? My ustadhs say its not permissible and its makrooh tahreemi and that's what I follow but at home, my…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam24 Apr 2020
Can we try to remove the imam because of too many mistakes in taraweeh?
What is one is supposed to do if the imam who is leading the TAraweeh prayers does lot of mistakes. He is also the imam of the masjid for all 5…
Muhammed Al-Ameen bin Moulana Ismail Akoo - Ask Imaam24 Apr 2020
Taraweeh Salah behind an Imam who shaves/trims his beard - Is it permissible?
Will our Salaah be valid if we pray behind a person who trims/shaves their beard? Also does the same rule apply to Huffaadh?
Arshad Ali - Mufti Online13 Apr 2020
Joining the jamaat in the musjid from one's home
My home is near the musjid, and the voice of the imaam can clearly be heard in my room through the loud speaker of the musjid. Can I join the salaah…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam3 Apr 2020
Can a paralyzed person make Imamat on a wheelchair?
Slmz If a man is in a wheelchair paralyzed from waist down. Can he make Imaamat for his wife and kids?
- Mufti Online31 Mar 2020
Performing Salaah with Jamaat at home due to the Masaajid being closed
1. The musjids are closed, can I perform Jamaat at home with one wife, son 12 years, 2 daughters 11, 9 years old? 2. Can I perform Friday prayers…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online31 Mar 2020
Masbooq forgetfully making salaam with the Imaam
I missed one rakaat of jamaat salaah. I would like to know if sajdah-e-sahw should be made or not in the following cases after the Imaam made salaam…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam16 Mar 2020
Coronavirus - Should Congregational Salaah continue?
assalaamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu Please can the honourable ulema provide some proactive guidance on what steps one should take in light…
Bilal Yusuf Pandor - Ask Imaam10 Mar 2020
As an Imam, is it permissible to recite the Masnoon Dua between Sajdah in Salaah?
As an Imam, is it permissible to recite the Masnoon Dua between Sajdah in Salah?
Hasan Ahmed Razzak - Mufti Online4 Mar 2020
Musaafir muqtadi making the intention of four rakaats behind a musaafir imaam
1. If during traveling, an Imaam makes intention of qasr Asr but the muqtadi, who is also a traveler, mistakenly made intention of four rakaats.…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam1 Mar 2020
Imam lead Jumu‘ah twice, is my Jumu‘ah valid?
If a Hanafi is praying 2nd juma behind a shafi or ghair muqallid imam who already led the first jumma, will his jumma be valid? And would it make a…
Hammad Ibn Ismail Jogiat - Mufti Online15 Feb 2020
Muqtadi reciting thanaa after the qiraat commences
If the muqtadi joined the salaah at the time when the qiraat had commenced, then should he recite the thanaa?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online8 Feb 2020
Giving one's place in the first row to an aalim
If I am in the first row for Salaah, and there is an aalim in the second row, can I offer him my place in the first row?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Feb 2020
Moving the Imaam's musalla away from the mihraab
1. What are the conditions for moving the Imaam’s musalla many saffs back and away from the mihraab when the number of people is less? I see this…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Feb 2020
Joining a person performing salaah individully
If one is praying sunna prayers and another muslim comes and stands besides this person wanting to follow him as a muqtadi thinking that he is…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Jan 2020
Forgoing Salaah with Jamaat in the Musjid due to not possessing good clothes
I am a teenager. I fullfil my daily salah with jammat but now I can't go to the musjid because I have no more clothes. I have only old clothes which…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam21 Dec 2019
Imam correcting Muazzin whilst giving Azaan. Is this permissible?
Respected Mufti Saheb. Yesterday the Imam while on the Mimbar corrected the Muazzins Tajweed or pronunciation of لا إله إلا الله while the Muazzin…
- Ask Imaam1 Dec 2019
Imam making errors in Salah. is the Salaah valid?
1) If an Imam is leading Salah and in (Fajr, Maghrib or Eisha) doesnt recite the Qiraah aloud in the first two rakahs at all, is the salah valid…
Mudassir Benish - Ask Imaam15 Oct 2019
If a latecomer sees that the Imaam is performing Ruku
Aww when a Musalli is coming to join a jamat and the imam is already in ruku The musalli will raise his hand & say takbir then should he fold his…
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