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Following the imaam in salaah over Skype

Submitted by user2 on Wed, 2020-06-03 08:30

Q: 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 imam delivers the sermon in Skype and leads the prayer, can the muqtadi take part in the congregation from their houses (which is different than the imam's)? Is this congregational prayer valid? If not, what is the basis of this invalidity according to Quran and Hadith?

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Distance between the Imaam and Muqtadis

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Performing salaah in the masjid when public gatherings are banned

Submitted by user2 on Tue, 2020-06-02 08:43

Q: 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 masjids in our locality were shut down for the public. Only the trustees and the imam of the masjids offer namaz in congregation. However, one masjid was an exception so far in that it was allowing musallis from outside as well and so far I had been offering namaaz in congregation in that masjid. However, it was issued multiple notices by the police from time to time that if gatherings are not limited, they will shut down the masjid. Therefore, for fear of the masjid getting shut down by the police, the imam, along with the trustees of the masjid, had decided to temporarily bar the outsiders from attending the jamaat. However, today I could hear from the mike the khutbah but, by then, it was too late for me to attend the jumuah. It was never announced that the jumuah will take place. In that case, is the jumuah that has taken place in the masjid valid?

Regarding this, I also have another query. If the government bans public gatherings beyond six people and our neighborhood masjid does not comply with the order but allows people to come to the masjid for namaaz, what should we do if we hear reports of police beating up namazees with their sticks for for complying? In our locality, though there have been multiple notices, I've not heard of police beating up namazees and therefore, in my opinion, the chances of that happening is low, and so I am not much afraid that police might beat me up. However, if my mother is very afraid and she does not want me to take that risk and prohibits me to attend the masjid in that situation, should I listen to her or should I go for congregational namaz including jumuah?

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Social distancing in salaah

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2020-04-25 07:57

Q: 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 brother says its allowed because the hadith needs interpretations and that Hazrat Muhammed (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said that flee from a leper. So how would you flee from a lion? He also said that Umar (radiyallahu anhu) didn't want to enter a land of the plague and he said that all the Ulama that say social distancing is not permissible are weak in usoolul fiqh and weak Ulama.

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Joining the jamaat in the musjid from one's home

Submitted by user on Mon, 2020-04-13 10:47

Q: 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 of the musjid and follow the imaam from my room, as the imaam’s qiraat can be heard from my home?

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Distance between the Imaam and Muqtadis

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Performing Salaah with Jamaat at home due to the Masaajid being closed

Submitted by admin on Tue, 2020-03-31 12:47

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 with family holding Khutba and all? Musjids are closed due to cronavirus.

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Giving one's place in the first row to an aalim

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2020-02-08 06:50

Q: 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?

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Straightening the saffs

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Moving the Imaam's musalla away from the mihraab

Submitted by user2 on Wed, 2020-02-05 06:23

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 practiced in some Masaajid and not others.

2. What is the status of doing so in a Jamaat Khana?

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Joining a person performing salaah individully

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2020-02-01 07:16

Q: 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 praying fardh.How should the person in salaah warn him that he should not join him because he is praying sunna not fardh?

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Forgoing Salaah with Jamaat in the Musjid due to not possessing good clothes

Submitted by admin on Sat, 2020-01-18 07:19

Q: 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 is not in that condition to go musjid with wearing them. I suffered some financial crisis also I am a teenager so my clothes are unusable very fast as I grow but nowadays I am fullfiling my salaah at home. I know this is not the way of the prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) but when I get clothes, I will rejoin musjid insha Allah. I am also very poor. Making clothes only in eid or some events, so this is only problem of some months, so what should I do?

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