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09 Jamadi al-Awwal 1448  ,  20 October 2026

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Conditions for the Validity of the Friday Prayer

A group of about thirty young men will go to a farm on Friday. Is it permissible for one of us to deliver the sermon (*khuṭbah*) and lead us in the Friday prayer, or is it necessary to go to the nearest mosque?

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Ruling of Islamic Law on the Prayer of one who Performed a Prostration of Forgetfulness for Omitting the Recitation of a Surah after al-Fatihah

A man led the people in prayer as imam, and at the end of the prayer he performed a prostration of forgetfulness (*sujūd al-sahw*) because he had omitted a short *sūrah* after al-Fātiḥah. What is the ruling on his prayer and that of those praying behind him?

 

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Islamic Ruling on Praying Seated due to Obesity

What is the ruling on praying seated due to severe obesity, given that I experience hardship in performing the prayer — especially when rising from the ground after sujūd to perform the next rak‘ah?

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Islamic Ruling on Performing Prayer on the upper Floors of al-Masjid al-Haram

What is the ruling of Islamic Law on performing prayer on the upper floors of al-Masjid al-Ḥarām?

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Islamic Ruling on Following the Imam in the Actions of Prayer

What is the ruling of Islamic Law on following the actions of the imam in prayer and how this following is achieved?

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The Proper Timing for Raising the Hands upon Standing for the Third Rak‘ah is after one has Fully Risen [to a Standing Position]

What is the correct point at which to raise the hands when standing up for the third rak‘ah (after the middle tashahhud)?

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The Specific Wording of the Exhortation is not Required in the Friday Sermon
What is the ruling on a Friday sermon in which the khaṭīb did not explicitly exhort the congregation to be conscious of Allah (taqwā) in both sermons, but sufficed with commanding them to obey Allah and refrain from disobeying Him?
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Voluntary Prayer during the Time of Istiwā' (the Sun's Zenith) on the Day of Jumu‘ah (Friday) is Permissible without restriction.

What is the ruling on performing voluntary (nafl) prayer during the time of istiwā' (the sun's zenith) on the day of Jumu‘ah (Friday), and is this ruling specific to someone who has come to the mosque to perform the Jumu‘ah prayer?

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Islamic Ruling on Praying Alone in a Row [i.e., Positioned behind the Congregation's Rows without anyone Standing beside oneself]

What is the ruling on praying alone (munfaridan) in a row, and what should I do if I enter the mosque together with another person, and there is only a single gap in the first row with no second row present — should I fill that gap in the first row, or should I stand together with him in a new second row?

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Islamic Ruling on Performing the Witr Prayer as a Single Rak`ah

What is the ruling on performing the Witr prayer as a single rak`ah?

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Islamic Ruling on the Follower’s Prayer if the Imam Stands for a Fifth Unit (Rak'ah)

What is the ruling on the follower`s prayer if the Imam stands for a fifth rak`ah?

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Islamic Ruling on Forgetting an Integral of the Prayer?

What is the ruling on forgetting an integral of the prayer?

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Islamic Ruling on Omitting the Prostration of Recitation

What is the ruling on omitting the prostration of recitation?

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Islamic Ruling on Performing Tahajjud after the Witr

What is the ruling on performing Tahajjud after the Witr?

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Islamic Ruling on Doubting whether one or two Prostrations were Performed

What is the ruling on doubting whether one or two prostrations were performed?

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