Question:

1) Is it necessary to wait for commencement of Iqama at the Masjid in the locality, to pray fardh salah at home individually or salah can be performed immediately after adhaan.
Also is it necessary to wait for adhaan before praying sunnah salah of that particular time,
and can we pray qaza or nafl in between sunnah and fardh salah?

2)Is it necessary to do istinja on secretion of mazi which is just accumulated at the tip of the private part (less then hollow part of palms' diameter), or using tissue will suffice; during travel within the local city (not a mussafir)?

3) To what extent and how much mistakes are tolerable in salah in qiraat since I often repeat certain letters like taw, sow and is sajdah-e-sahuw wajib on loud qiraat of letters or words or wrong pronunciation of takbeer, and the tasbeehat of; sajda, ruku, qiyaam and while rising from ruku? 

4) During prayer I have doubts of my chest, slightly moving away from the Qibla, for a moment, but I ignore this, is this approach correct?

5)I read a portion of taleem-ul-haq, downloaded from your site. In wajibaat of salah, it is stated
"8. TA'DEELE ARKAAN, i.e. performing RUKU, SAJDA, etc. with contentment and in a good way" , could you explain?, and if I hasten in salah in some circumstances and if the sajdah-e-sahw is also hastened, then the salah would be invalid?

6)I usually do wudhu at my home in a bathroom. Is it necessary to close the lid of the toilet seat before wudhu, whether the toilet pan contains excretory substances or not? 

JazakAllah.

Answer:

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1) It is permissible to commence salat (both Sunnah and Fard) after the time of that salat has started. However, note the following:

- If one (i.e. a male) lives in a locality where there is a masjid, he should offer his salat there in congregation, unless he has a valid excuse not to.

- If one (i.e. a male) is offering salat at home due to some reason, he should still call out the azan and iqamah, even when offering salat individually.

2) It is sufficient to wipe it with a tissue, although washing with water carries more rewards.

3) It depends on the mistake and whether the meaning changes due to the mistake. If someone made a mistake in qira’at and thereafter fixed the mistake in the same salat, his salat will be valid. We suggest that you have your qira’at, takbeer, tasbeeh etc. assessed by someone who knows tajweed. What do you mean by loud qira’at of letters and words?

4) The salat breaks when one’s chest turns away from the Qibla by 45 degrees or more. If it turns less than 45 degrees, the salat will be valid.

5) It means that when you go into ruku’, for example, you should remain in the proper ruku’ position for at least as long as it takes to say “Subhaana Rabbiyal Azeem” ( سبحان ربي العظيم ) once. The same thing applies to sajda, qawmah (standing from ruku’) and jalsah (sitting between the two sajdas). (Tahtawi: pg. 249)

6) No, it is not necessary. However, you should not take the name of Allah Ta’ala therein with your tongue.

And Allah Ta'ala knows best

Mufti Faizal Riza
17/4/2013

Darul Ifta Australia
www.fatwa.org.au

 

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