1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

646 Questions

If I was unaware of Ghusul al-Janabah due to my young age and learned about it years later, do I have to repeat all my prayers and redo every year of Ramdan fasting?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

If you could ask about your religious responsibilities and rules but you ignored to learn,you then need to repeat every Prayer and fasting done with out proper purity from Janabah.
If you had no way at all to ask or learn your religious responsibilities, then you do not need to repeat.

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Wassalam.
In the case of the night prayer, is it permissible to include 40 individuals whose names I do not know, and what is the best way to ask for forgiveness on their behalf?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Praying for forty believers during the Qunoot of Witr which is the last and single Rak'at in Night Prayer, is recommended but not obligatory. You can include any one whom you want even if you don't know their names as far as you remember them e,g, my teachers, my class mates, those who did good to me etc. You pray for their forgiveness ALLAHUMMA EGHFIR (O Allah, forgive).

Wassalam.
As a wife, in what specific circumstances am I required to shorten my prayers to fulfill my religious obligations?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

If you mean by shortening your Prayer performing it as Qasr, then it is obligatory to pray Qasr during traveling unless you reach to a place where you intend to stay less than ten days.

'If you mean by shortening your prayer, performing it with less recommended acts, then it should be clear that if your recommended worship clashes with your obligatory duties as a wife, then you should not ignore the obligatory for the sake of the recommended.

Wassalam.
If a Majlis concludes at Maghrib and Matam occurs instead of performing Salat, does that mean the prayer is not done on time? Is a 15-20 minute delay in congregational prayer considered to still be praying on time?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Imam Husain (AS) never delayed the Salat even when he was in the mid of fighting in Karbala. We are supposed to follow Imam Husain (AS) not our own thoughts. We should plan the timings of the Majlis and Matam both to finish before the time of Salat.

Wassalam.