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On Woman Praying Next to Men
In the Name of Allah. Peace and blessing be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his companions, all of them. Peace be upon...
Prostrating for Omitting the Sura after Al-Fatiha
Question: According to the Maliki view, what is the ruling if one omits a surah after the opening fatiha in one or both rakah of salah;...
Is the Friday Prayer Obligatory After the Eid Prayer?
Translated by Shaykh Hamzah Wald Maqbul A Translation From the Bidayat al-Mujtahid of Ibn Rushd al-Hafid al-Qurtubi, An Authoritative...
A Detailed Exposition of the Chosen and Necessary Prayer Times
Times of the Prayer How many times are there for each prayer? Each obligatory prayer has two times: Its Ikhtiyari time: This is the time...
Prayer Aboard an Airplane
Is it true that prayer aboard a plane is invalid according to Mālikī principles? [Translated By: Ahmad Ali Al-Adani] Our readers will no...
Valid Excuses to Delay The Prayer into The Daruri Times
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, and blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, his family, companions and those...
The Language of the Friday Sermon (Khutba) in the Maliki School
According to the Maliki school, the Khutba must be in Arabic for it to be valid. If one were to speak English for a short portion of the...
Sajdah Tilawah in The Maliki School
According to the Maliki school, the prostration of recitation (sajda tilawa) is considered a sunna, not obligatory, if one is praying a...
Forgetting the Qunut Supplication in the Subh Prayer
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, and blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, his family, companions and those...
Is a Second Congregational Prayer in The Masjid Permissible?
Question: I was at a Jāmi` mosque in the Southern African city where I work. It was around 13h45, that is, 30 minutes past the time for...
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