Prayers/Salaat
Can I Make Dua in My Own Language?
Yes, outside of the prayer without any dispute, and inside the prayer according to many scholars — though several schools restrict supplication within the prayer to Arabic.
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Ibaadah
Worship in practice — prayer, fasting, zakah, hajj and supplication — with the rulings and etiquettes that govern each of them.
Prayers/Salaat
What Is the Correct Way to Perform the Funeral Prayer?
Four takbirs standing, with no ruku‘ or sujud: al-Fatihah after the first, salah upon the Prophet ﷺ after the second, supplication for the deceased after the third, and the salam after the fourth.
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Prayers/Salaat
How Should I Deal With Waswasah in Worship?
Do not engage it and do not act on it. Certainty is not removed by doubt, and repeating an act because of a whisper reinforces the pattern rather than resolving it.
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Hajj & Umrah
Can I Delay Hajj if I Can Afford It?
The majority hold Hajj must be performed as soon as the conditions are met — Islam, sanity, adulthood, ability and safety of the route. The Shafi‘is permit delay provided one does not die having neglected it.
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Ramadhan
What Invalidates the Fast Without Requiring Expiation?
Deliberate eating and drinking invalidate the fast and require making up the day only. Intercourse during a Ramadan day is the case that additionally requires kaffarah.
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Prayers/Salaat
Is It Permissible to Use Perfume Containing Alcohol?
Most contemporary scholars permit it, holding that the ethanol used in perfumery is not the intoxicating wine addressed by the prohibition, and that it is not consumed in any case.
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Sins & Repentance
How Do I Repent From a Major Sin?
Stop the act, regret it sincerely, resolve not to return, and restore any right you took from another person. There is no requirement to confess to anyone.
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Prayers/Salaat
Does Missing Jumu‘ah Three Times Really Seal the Heart?
Yes, that wording appears in a sound narration — but it concerns abandoning Jumu‘ah out of negligence, not missing it for a valid excuse such as illness, travel or unavoidable work.
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Zakat
Can I Give Charity on Behalf of Someone Who Has Died?
Yes. It is established by a clear hadith and is one of the most reliable ways to benefit the deceased, alongside dua and settling their debts.
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Du'a / Supplication
Fifteen ways through which Allah may dispel worries and regret
1- Tawheed al-Ruboobiyyah (belief in the Oneness of Divine Lordship)
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Du'a / Supplication
25 DUAS FROM THE HOLY QURAN
(And when My servants ask thee concerning Me, I am indeed close (to them): I respond to the dua (prayer) of every suppliant when they calleth on Me - Quran 2:186)
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Du'a / Supplication
Praying for Kaafir
With regard to praying for kaafirs, this falls into two categories:
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