Salah & Masjid · Subtopic
Women’s Salah
193 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Women’s Salah, part of Salah & Masjid. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
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Women’s Salah fatawa — page 2 of 5
- Mufti Online28 Jan 2023
Haafizahs performing Taraweeh Salaah in jamaat
My two daughters are haafizah. Can my two daughters pray together the Taraweeh Salaah while one of my daughter recites the Quran and the other…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online18 Jan 2023
Haafizahs performing Taraweeh Salaah in jamaat
My sister and I are haafizah of the Quraan Shareef. Is there any possibility of me and my sister reciting Quraan in taraweeh salaah for revision…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ibn Masood20 Nov 2022
Following the Imaam from ladies facilities on Masjid premises
I would like clarity in relation to some masaajid that have ladies salaah facilities vs the response to ladies offering Salaah in their hotels at…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online3 Nov 2022
Woman's ankle exposed during salaah
If the ankle of a woman is exposed for the duration of her entire salaah, is the salaah valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Camperdown20 Oct 2022
Do females also perform Janaza salaah?? If yes, then how. With jamaat or individually
Do females also perform Janaza salaah?? If yes, then how. With jamaat or individually
Arib Raza - Mufti Online10 Sep 2022
Women performing salaah in the two Harams
Are women allowed to perform salaah behind the imaam in the two Harams?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood9 Sep 2022
Females keeping their hands beneath the Burqah when saying the ‘Takbeer’ of Salaah
Salaah Burqahs with sleeves are quite popular these days. Alhamdulillah, they make it very easy to be fully covered when we leave home to run on…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online31 Mar 2022
Women attending the congregational, taraaweeh or eid salaah
Why do the Ulama prevent women from attending the congregational salaah in the musjid or from attending the taraaweeh salaah or the eid salaah,…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood29 Mar 2022
Ladies performing Salaah in the Haram of Makkah and Madinah Sharif
Ladies are not allowed to perform Taraweeh Salaah in their local Masaajid. Having said that, are they allowed to perform Salaah in the Haramain…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ibn Masood23 Mar 2022
Ladies performing Taraweeh Salaah in Jamaat
I will like to know the ruling regarding Salaat-ut-Taraweeh in Jama’ah for ladies? Can they follow a Shafi’ee Imaam? If the ladies are following…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online23 Oct 2021
Woman performing salaah with her niqaab in the presence of non-mahram men
Is a woman allowed to perform salaah with her niqaab covering her face in the presence of non-mahram men?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Oct 2021
Women's satr exposed in salaah
1. I now wear 2 khimars, 2 shalwars, 1 half-sleeve T-shirt underneath two kurtas, and a pair of gloves (and I try my best to tuck in the sleeves of…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online29 Aug 2021
Haafizah reading Quraan loudly in salaah
I am a haafizah and read my dhor in my salah. I find it a bit difficult when reading my dhor soflty in salah. Is it allowed for me to recite my…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN17 Jun 2021
Proof for The Method of Sajdah For Females
Is there any proof from Hadith or from the statements of the Sahabah (radiyallahu ‘anhum) or Tabi’un regarding the Hanafi method of Sajdah for…
Moulana Suhail Motala - Mufti Online24 Mar 2021
Girls performing salaah behind other girls
We are 4 girls and our room is very small. We don't have enough space to pray in one line. Is it allowed for me to pray behind them? For example,…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Feb 2021
Wearing a long dress or skirt for salaah
Will a woman be allowed to wear a long dress or long skirt to read salaah?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online22 Feb 2021
Performing salaah in leggings
Can I pray in leggings if my top ends a few inches above my ankles?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Feb 2021
Salaah for a woman whose water broke and is in labour
I would like to know what is the ruling on this particular case: 1. When a pregnant woman's water has broken and she has a bloody show, is salaah…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online17 Oct 2020
Woman covering her feet in salaah
A woman who follows the hanafi school, if she doesn't cover her feet in salaah, will the salaah be valid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Oct 2020
Woman sitting and performing salaah in a public place
A woman is at some public place (e.g park, bazar, airport) and she has to offer fardh salaah. What will be the correct method: 1. Offer salaah with…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Jul 2020
Woman performing salaah with her purdah on
Is it permissible for a woman to read salaah with her purdah on?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online20 Aug 2019
Women reciting audibly when performing salaah alone at home
Is it permissible for a female to read salaah audibly in her home where there is no chance of a non-mahram hearing her? Does the ruling differ with…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online6 Aug 2019
Females placing their elbows on the ground when making sajdah
According to the Hanafi mazhab, females are supposed to be close to the ground during sajdah and should therefore put their elbows on the ground.…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online14 Jul 2019
Wife standing in front of her husband when performing salaah in the same room
If a husband and wife are reading salaah at home in the same room but separately, is it necessary for the wife to read behind the husband or can the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN19 Feb 2019
Salaah in congregation with one’s wife at home
Is it permissible to pray jamah with wife in home without going mosque?
Rabiul Islam - Mufti Online10 Feb 2019
Performing salaah in long abaayas that touch the floor
How long should a woman's abaya be? If a women's abaaya is so long that it touches the floor, will her namaz with such an abaaya be accepted because…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Feb 2019
Woman's ankles becoming exposed in salaah
If a woman's ankles get exposed while performing salaah, will her salaah break? Also, how much of the leg being exposed breaks the salaah?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Jan 2019
Performing salaah with a thin scarf
1. When I tie a scarf around my head to pray, it sometimes moves or my hair can be seen through the material or my shoulder or neck can be seen…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online27 Jan 2019
Performing Salaah without moving the lips
If a female offers her qiraat silently in salaah but does it in a whispering way, is her salaah valid?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Dec 2018
Women's rukoo
I was bowing in ruku and usually I tend to bend my knees slightly when doing so because apparently that is how a woman’s salah is supposed to be…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - 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 Online17 Oct 2018
Women facing their toes towards the qiblah during sajdah?
In salah I mistakely thought women were supposed to point both toes towards the qibla in sajdah because I felt like I remembered reading an…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online14 Oct 2018
Wife standing besides the husband in Salaah
If a husband and wife want to read salaah side by side and seperately (not in congregation), can they do so? I read salaah beside my husband several…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online3 Oct 2018
Women going to the Haram for salaah
1. I heard that it is more virtuous for a female to pray at the hotel than praying in the Masjid Nabawi or at the Kabah. Is this true? 2. If so,…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online26 Sep 2018
Book on women's salaah
Can you give me book on womens salah? How to perform it perfectly?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN31 Aug 2018
The Sajdah of a Woman
When making salaah in the Haramain, the Arab women insist on correcting our sadjah posture, (making it like that of men). They keep screaming at us…
Uswatul Muslimah Panel of Ulama - Jamiat KZN26 Jul 2018
Dua to read for children to be punctual in five daily prayers
I would like some guidance for tarbiyah, Alhamdulillah I have two Hafiz Quran sons, At fajr time they are very lazy to go pray in the masjid.. is…
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Mufti Online5 May 2018
Women reading Taraweeh in jamaat
1. I wanted to know if two women are reading Taraweeh together, must the one leading for those rakaats stand a little forward and the one following…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online24 Apr 2018
Women reciting in an audible voice in salaah
Do women have to recite Salah in a voice audible to their ears or not?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee
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