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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

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Is it sinful if I often miss prayers and wake up late, such as around Maghrib or Isha, after staying up for Fajr? When I do wake up, I find it hard to get out of bed quickly and tend to delay my prayers. How can I change this pattern of behaviour?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

It is obligatory to perform every obligatory Prayer on its time and ir us sinful to deliberately miss any obligatory Prayer. We must make every possible arrangement to perform our obligatory Prayers on time and never miss any of them.

We need to organize our sleeping time to be able to get up and perform our obligatory Prayers.

We might use an alarm or request some one to wake us up for obligatory Prayers.

Wassalam.
How can I manage my prayers when non-Ahlul Kitab maids work in my house, making it difficult to maintain purity due to their tasks with dishes, cleaning, and food? My mother is unwilling to replace them, and this situation worsens my OCD.
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

If you are sure that an item is Najis, you must avoid using it in your Prayers. If you are not sure that it is Najis, you can consider it as Taahir unless you want to practice Ehtiyaat (precaution). 

Wassalam.
What precautions should a solo female traveler consider if she feels uncomfortable praying discreetly in non-Muslim countries and non-Shia mosques? Can she postpone midday prayers until just before sunset to avoid negative experiences?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

That's very good that you plan your itinerary around your prayer time. This will definitely bring barakah to you in this life and the hereafter.

Such scenarios do not exempt you from not praying, and that is a major sin. If it is a matter of delaying from the recommended time, but still in the shar'i time, that's fine. 

Just base things on individual scenarios that you encounter, and make correct judgments accordingly.

And Allah knows best
I have been making a mistake in Surah Al-Fatihah for about two years. Should I repeat all my prayers, or will Allah forgive me without having to do so?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

If your mistake in the reciting of Sura Al-Fatimah was unintentional and due to un avoidable ignorance, you don't need to repeat you Prayers.

Wassalam.