Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Topic
10 articles tagged “Salah”, drawn from every section of the archive.
Yes. Purity is a condition for the validity of the prayer, so a prayer performed without wudu is repeated once you realise — but there is no sin for the honest mistake.
Yes — the majority of scholars permit combining Dhuhr with ‘Asr and Maghrib with ‘Isha while travelling, and it is authentically established from the Sunnah.
Scholars differ. The majority hold that missed prayers are made up; a significant group holds that prayers abandoned deliberately cannot be made up and require sincere repentance and abundant voluntary prayer instead.
Yes, provided they are clean. The Prophet ﷺ prayed in his sandals and instructed his Companions to differ from those who did not — but mosque carpets and modern footwear make it impractical in most masjids today.
For men, the majority of scholars hold it strongly emphasised, and a significant group holds it obligatory. All agree it carries twenty-seven times the reward of praying alone.
Jumu‘ah is not obligatory on women, but their attendance is permitted and the Prophet ﷺ instructed that women not be prevented from the masjid. If they do not attend, they pray Dhuhr.
Pray sitting; if you cannot sit, lying on your side; if you cannot, then by indication. The obligation does not lift, only the form changes.
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.
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.
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.
