Question: Is it permissible to pray with ones shoes on? Answer: Bismillah. Praying with your shoes on is permissible as long as the shoes themselves are free from an excusable amount of filth. This equates to approximately 3-4g of solid filth or approximately 3-4cm in diameter of liquid filth. It is best avoided, however, because praying […]
Question: If a follower catches imam at jalsa (sitting) position but imam stands up for third rakah before he can complete his tahiyyat, is he obliged to complete his tahiyyat and delay his standing even though he will have to repeat that jalsa anyway? Answer: Bismillah. When you pray behind an imam, you are bound to follow him and utter the various remembrances […]
Question: Is it permissible to increase the price for a service (with notice) in an ongoing contract? For example to increase the hourly rate when providing tutoring services for a child in Maths. Or alternatively in an ‘assumed’ fixed contract? ‘Assumed’ as in the term has not been stipulated by either party but is assumed […]
Q: During the salah, can I switch between different qira’at? For example doing al-Fatiha in warsh and then another Surah in Qalun? A: It is permissible to recite in any mass-transmitted, canonical recitation of the Qur’an in the prayer. It is also permissible to change from to another, either within the same cycle (rak‘a) or […]
