Salah & Masjid · Subtopic
Method of Salah
1,270 fatawa from 10 South African Darul Iftas on Method of Salah, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Method of Salah fatawa — page 2 of 32
- Mufti Online1 Dec 2025
Where to fix the gaze when sitting and performing salaah
When sitting and reading nafl, where should one look?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Dec 2025
Muqtadi making a mistake behind the imaam
If a muqtadi makes any mistake in his own salaah behind the imaam, then does he have to repeat the salaah or is the imaams salaah counted?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood28 Nov 2025
Ayah Of Sajdah Effective Over Recording
If one hears an Ayah of Sajdah over a recording, does Sajdah Tilaawah become incumbent?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ibn Masood25 Nov 2025
Error In Qiraat In Salaah
The Imaam recited Surah Nuh in the Fajr Salaah and read, “الاضلالا” at the end verse instead of “الا تبارا”. Is the Salaah valid, or should it be…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ibn Masood12 Nov 2025
Forgetting To End Salaah With Sajdah Sahw
Sajdah Sahw became incumbent on a person due to the omission of a Waajib act in his Salaah. However, he only remembered after he completed his…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Amjadi5 Nov 2025
The Mustahab Dua Between the Two Sajdahs
What dua should one recite between the two sajdahs in an obligatory Salaah? Question posed by: Salim Bhai, Chatsworth
Mufti Mohammad Quaiser Ali Razvi Misbahi - 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…
- 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 Online16 Oct 2025
Reciting a surah after surah faatiha before going into ruku
I was praying maghrib. After reciting Surah Faatiha in the first rakah I forgot to add another surah and was going for ruku. I opened my arms but…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Sep 2025
Forehead touching the ground in sajdah
Does the whole forehead have to touch the ground in sajdah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Sep 2025
Forgetting to say “Sami Allahu Liman Hamidah” in salaah
Is salaah valid if you forget “Sami Allahu Liman Hamidah”?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Sep 2025Arabic
قراءة سورتين في ركعة واحدة في الصلاة
هل ممكن ان تقرأ سورتين بعد سورة الفاتحة في الصلاة؟
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Sep 2025
Forgetting to recite Surah Faatihah in the second rakaat of a sunnah salaah
During the second rakaat of a sunnah salaah, someone while reading another surah, remembers that he forgot to read Surah Faatihah. Thereafter, he…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Sep 2025
Making a mistake in Surah Aala in salaah
Today in witr salah in Surah Aala, I accidentally instead of reading سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخْشَىٰ - add lam meem - so I said sayazakaru limai and just…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Sep 2025
Reciting الله رب العالمين after Surah Mulk in salaah
Does recitation of الله رب العالمين (After Surah Mulk) break ones Salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online7 Sep 2025
Forgetting to make sajdah tilaawat in salaah
What is the ruling regarding one who recites an aayah of Sajdah during Salaah and forgets to make the Sajdah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online1 Sep 2025
Reciting an aayah of the Quraan Majeed in the qa’dah of salaah
If a person recites an aayah in qa’dah, will sajdah sahw be compulsory upon him?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - 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 Online13 Aug 2025
Keeping the head straight during qiyaam
1. Would it be disliked if someone bowed their head till their chin touched or almost touched their upper chest, in the standing or sitting…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Aug 2025
Reciting the tashahhud in ruku or sajdah
1. Does (mistakenly) reciting the tashahhud (partially or fully) in ruku', rising from ruku', prostration, or sitting in between the prostrations,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Jul 2025
Acquiring concentration in one's duas and salaah
Please advise how to soften my heart. I recently cannot cry. No matter how afraid I am of my sins and meeting Allah Ta'ala, I cannot cry when making…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online13 Jul 2025
Making dua in sajdah
Regarding duaas in sujood, can one make any duaa in sujood or does it have to from the Quraan?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online10 Jul 2025
Breathing while reciting a surah in salaah
1. During Salah, while I am reciting a surah or something else, must I stop reciting to breathe in or out through my mouth and then continue or can…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Jul 2025
Sajdah sahw if someone recited Quraan after rising from rukoo
Is Sajdatus-sahw necessary if someone recited Quran after rising from ruku'?
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 - Azaadville7 Jul 2025
Omitting A Sajdah In Salaah
If a person misses a Sajdah in Salaah, what must be done to compensate for it?
- Camperdown3 Jul 2025
Hand Placement for Females During Qiyaam
I have a few questions regarding the Salaah of a female, I was confused from a while, I had been taught Salaah in the same Madrsah that I’m teaching…
Azhar Mownah - Mufti Online19 May 2025
Folding one's hands in the last rakaat of the sunnats of fajr while sitting and performing salaah
If sitting down and performing sunnat of Fajr, after the last sajdah of the salah, one puts their hands up again for Surah Fatiha, but remembers…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam15 May 2025
Will Sajda-E-Sahw suffice for missing ruku in witr salaah?
Aslam Alikum. Today during the Salat-ul-Witr, The Imaam of my mosque, in 3rd rakaat, forgot to make Dua after saying Allah-ho-Akbar and went…
Ridwaan Ibn Khalid Esmail [Kasak] - Ibn Masood30 Apr 2025
Sitting Between Qaumah and Sajdah
When going from Qaumah down into Sajdah, should we go directly into Sajdah, or are we required to sit momentarily before going into Sajdah?
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Ask Imaam9 Apr 2025
Can I make du'aa in any language in Sajdah?
What is the ruling of Dua in prostration. Can i pray anything in any language in prostration regardless of whether its obligator or nafle prayers?…
- Azaadville5 Apr 2025
Sitting Cross Legged In Qa’dah (The Tashahhud Position)
If a person sits cross-legged in the Tashahhud posture of Salaah, what is the status of the Salaah?
- Azaadville10 Mar 2025
Women Performing Salaah In The Masjid
Why is it better for women to perform Salaah at home and not in the Masjid?
- Camperdown10 Mar 2025
Taraweeh Salaah-Sajdah Sahw
During Taraweeh Salaah, the Imaam was unsure whether Sajdah Sahw was necessary, so he performed it as a precaution. Is the Salaah valid, or does it…
Azhar Mownah - 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 Online4 Feb 2025
Picturing that one is standing in front of the Roza-Mubarak when reciting Durood Shareef in Salaah
Is it permissible to picture that one is standing in front of the Roza-Mubarak when reciting Durood Shareef in Salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - 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 Online21 Dec 2024
Adding Sayyiduna when reciting Durood Ebrahim in Salaah
Can a person add Sayyiduna when reciting Durood Ebrahim in Salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online16 Dec 2024
Surahs and du'aas in salaah with illustrations of the postures printed on a musalla for non-Muslims to perform salaah on
Can these musallas be used for new Muslims so they can read the correct du'aas and surahs in salaah? It's basically a 1.5 metre piece of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - 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
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