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Conditions of Salah
554 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Conditions of Salah, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
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Conditions of Salah fatawa — page 5 of 14
- Mufti Online30 Jul 2019
Keeping qadha fasts with the niyyah of the six fasts of Shawaal
Can one fast the 6 days of Shawwal as your fard days that you have to pay in together or must it be separate?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Jul 2019
Performing salaah after the time has expired
I got wrong time by mistake and prayed Fajr after sunrise and Zuhr at Asr time Asr at Maghrib and Maghrib at Isha time. So do I have to pray qaza or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Jun 2019
Intention when performing one janaazah salaah for a few mayyits
How to make niyyat for the combined janazah of a few people who passed away (male, female, children)?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Jun 2019
Unintentionally vomiting while fasting
During fasting, I got a severe headache (while traveling) and vomited 3 hours before iftar. I tried to take some pills but didn’t take anything and…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Jun 2019
Wearing an ihraam where parts of the skin is visible
Zaid has a towel ihraam which is made in such a way that there are very small holes in the ihraam cloth. When wearing the ihraam, little skin is…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online15 Jun 2019
Fowl droppings
I happened to go to a musalla a few weeks ago. There is a courtyard separating the wudhu khana and the Salaah area. There was a lot of rain and it…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ask Imaam4 Jun 2019
How do I make an intention for a qadha fast?
when a person does qadha for the fast of ramadhan, it says that you have to make an intention in the night before "subhe-saadiq" so in the…
Hussein Muhammad - Ask Imaam14 Apr 2019
Intention for Salah
assalam o alaikum .My is question about namaz,i want to know that is it necessary to do nyat before starting namaz like 2 rakat namaz farz.
- Mufti Online14 Apr 2019
Keeping six fasts of Shawwaal with the intention of qadha
If I keep the six fasts of Shawwaal with the niyyat of qadha, will I receive the special reward of these six fasts? Also, is it correct that for…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Apr 2019
Completing one's salaah at the time of sunrise
If sunrise starts at 6:26 am and I finished my Salatul Fajr at 6:26 am, do I need to offer qadha or not? When does zawaal time end?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Apr 2019
Intention for salaah
Is the salaah valid if a person makes the intention before salaah in non-arabic, and instead of using the word “Fajr”, he says “morning prayer” or…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Mar 2019
Performing salaah with animate pictures on one's clothes
1. If one prayed salaah while wearing clothes with a human picture which one missed to see and saw only after looking at them carefully, would those…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online21 Mar 2019
Performing salaah with najaasat on one's clothing
Will salah be valid if there's najasat less than the hollow of the palm on one's clothing?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Mar 2019
Finding the qiblah on a ship
I am working on a ship for 6 months at a time. Sometimes we go from America to China and I cannot find the qibla. On sea, our normal application…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Mar 2019
Musaafir changing his intention
My question is regarding a musaafir: A person left Verulam with the intention of going to Pietermaritzburg (this is safr distance). On his way, he…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Mar 2019
Performing Zuhr Salaah just before the time of Asar sets in
One day I forgot to offer zuhr salaah and remembered it only 20 min before Asar salaah. I performed the zuhr salaah. Will it be considered as qaza…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online12 Mar 2019
Feet touching an impure floor during salaah
I set a musalla (prayer mat) on an impure ground. However the ground had no signs of impurity on it. If my feet get off the musalla (prayer mat) and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Mar 2019
Performing salaah with a blood stain on one's clothes
Sometimes after getting my haidh, my underwear would become stained with blood and I would perform salaah in this manner. I also cannot recall how…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Feb 2019
Salaah of a person who has urine drops problem and salaah time is about to expire
A person has a urine problem, where if he goes to the toilet, for the next 30-45 minutes he cannot read salaah due to urine drops. If the time of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Feb 2019
Joining salaahs
1. Is our namaz valid if the Imaam combines two namaazes (zuhr-asr or maghrib-isha) as per Hambali maslak? 2. What is the procedure to be followed…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Feb 2019
Status of salaah if azaan was given before the time entered
In my college, Maghrib azaan was called four minutes early and I respectfully told the brother to make the adhaan again. He refused but the Jamaat…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Feb 2019
Women performing Fajr Salaah immediately after azaan
My mom said that we should not pray fajar prayer right after adhaan and we should wait for 15 minutes. Is it true and if it then what's the reason…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Jan 2019
Woman's head becoming exposed during salaah
“Quarter of the head is approximately the amount of the palm with the fingers.” So to estimate this, do I place my hand vertically on my head or…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Jan 2019
Strand of a woman's hair exposed in salaah
I’ve noticed that in fard wudu, only a quarter of your head needs to me washed. And when awrah is shown during salah, then only if it is under a…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Dec 2018
Performing salaah with lizard's faeces on the floor
A few men performing jamaat salaah in the masjid or individual salaah at home where there's small lizard's faeces scattered around. It got smeared…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Dec 2018
Performing salaah with impure clothes
I performed the 1st rakaat of a salaah individually with an unclean (impure) trouser but I realized this during the 2nd rakaat. What do I have to do…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online16 Dec 2018
Performing salaah with perfume
Is the namaaz accepted if one is using perfume, using perfume for namaz is permissible?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Dec 2018
Musaafirs intention changing before 15 days
1. If a person intends to stay for 15 days and perform full salah but leaves on the 14th day to a different city which is 10 miles away from the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Dec 2018
Performing salaah with clothes that reveal the shape of the body
If a woman performs salah with 3/4 length trousers and then tights under them, wherein no part of her leg is visible, is her salah valid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online2 Dec 2018
Completing fajr salaah when the salaah time expires
If Fajr time expires at 7:08am and I finished my salah at 7:08 am, is my salah valid or I have to offer qadha for it?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Nov 2018
Time of ishraaq
I want to know that what should be the correct timing to pray ishraq prayer? How much time after fajar aazan can we perform it?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Nov 2018
Performing the sunnah salaah once the salaah time enters
In Ssaudi the Adhaan is given at the very moment the salah time enters. In India, except for maghrib, there is a delay in the Adhaan being given for…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Nov 2018
Imaam making niyyat for leading women in Salaah
If a woman follows one random man in namaz, is the namaz valid (he is not her mahram)? What if there is one imam and one woman behind him and none…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online30 Oct 2018
Imaam of the Haram making intention for leading women in Salaah
It is sunnah for women to offer salah at home. However, when performing tawaaf, if the time of salaah enters, then should she read it with jamaat…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online29 Oct 2018
Imaam making intention for the females following him in salaah
If ladies are following the imam in a separate area from the men, does the imam still have to make niyyat for their imamat for their salah to be…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Oct 2018
Performing maghrib salaah before esha time enters
I leave work before maghrib and on my way home maghrib prayer time enters. I cannot offer maghrib when the time enters and only offer maghrib…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Oct 2018
Making intention of nafl salaah and fulfillment of a vow
I made a vow to read two rakaats of salaah everytime I do a certain sin and double the amount of salaah if I do it again. I'm doing this in order to…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Oct 2018
Completing fajr salaah few seconds before the time expires
I would like to know if I read Fajr Salaah and after I finished, I saw the time was 5:39. Few seconds later, when I checked the time again It was…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online21 Oct 2018
Bedridden person being unable to face the qiblah
While lying in bed I am sometimes unable to face the Qibla as I need assistance and it is difficult for my wife to do it alone. Should I still raise…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online18 Oct 2018
Zawaal time
I reside in an area and noticed that both mussallees and trustees of the local masjid are unmindful of zawaal, this is mainly on a Juma as we come…
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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