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Will my salah be accepted if I pray at home?
Ahadith advising us to pray at home
There are enough ahadith in which we are asked to offer some of our prayers at home:
From Sahih al-Bukahri and Sahih Muslim and via an other chain and here for ...
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Not praying in masjid when imam is a government paid employee?
First of all the prayer in congregation and in a mosque is considered by some scholars as a fard (mandatory) for each man who can follow the call of the prayer and isn't hindered by a disease to go ...
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Forty years between Al-Masjid-ul-Haram and Al-Aqsa?
There's no evidence that Abraham was the first to build the Masjid al-Haram, nor is there proof that Solomon was the first to built the temple. These are merely speculative conclusions.
The word "...
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Is it compulsory for Imam of a masjid/mosque to have a beard?
The major issue is how do scholars qualify a shaved man?
So the majority of scholars consider a shaved man as fasiq and that shaving the beard is haram, but a saghira (minor sin). While shafi'i ...
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How to respond when you hear multiple Azans(call to prayer)?
All perfect praise be to Allah
Yes this is the general issue. And i had discussed it with many people and al of them had same solution.
Follow one azaan from start to end, answer that azaan and ...
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Is there a reward for building a mosque in Minecraft?
(I am not sure why the question got so down-voted, I'll try my best at least to answer.)
It was narrated that 'Umar bin Khattab said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever builds a mosque ...
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Confusion on word "Mosque"
This is straight up misinformation.
The word "mosque" might have originally come from the Spanish, where they use the word "mezquita", which itself possibly came from transliterating Egyptian Arabic'...
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Things to know when visiting/attending a Mosque but you're not Muslim
Muslims don't really expect non-Muslims to know what to do, and etiquette will vary from mosque to mosque. It's really not a big deal if you slip up unintentionally; at worst, someone will politely ...
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Is it possible to pray Jamat with just myself and my wife?
I'd like to add to the correct answer of Hamza Islam the following:
As OP asked about how the prayer is done. There's one IMO important thing which is not explained: Who should perform Iqamah of the ...
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Where was the first wall put inside a Mosque?
Assuming by wall you mean a gender separation, which -these days- might be found in almost all mosques around the world except al-Masjid al Haram!
There was no wall separation or any kind of ...
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Is using a loudspeaker in a mosque mandatory?
Loudspeakers can't be mandatory since they didn't exist in the time of the Prophet(p.b.u.h) in 600-700 CE. The Islamic traditional method of relaying the voice of the Imam to a large group of people ...
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Can I bring my own Quran inside the mosque and read?
It is Mustahab (recommended) to read the Quran in Arabic because it is the language in which it was sent down. When it is in other languages sometimes the full meaning is lost.
If you can than try ...
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Does Hagia Sophia belong to Muslims?
Constantinople was conquered by force and fighting to the end (فتح عنوة). When this happens to a city, whatever is in it becomes spoils of war - the Muslims gain lawful ownership over it.
فكلوا مما ...
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Is it allowed for a Jew to pray in mosques?
Mosques are not in the ownership of any person, rather they belong to Allah. No one may stop a person from entering the mosque; Allah says in the Quran:
"And [He revealed] that the masjids are for ...
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Authenticity of a Hadith
According to Sunnah.com, the following hadith has been collected in Sahih Muslim:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported the Messenger of Allah saying:
He who eats of this (offensive) plant, i. e garlic, ...
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Struggle to keep up with the Imam during prayer at the mosque
In most madhabs the Imam's recitation is enough (and this seems the most proper view). That means if the Imam recites loudly you don't need to recite, you just have to follow/listen to his words (see ...
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Is using a loudspeaker in a mosque mandatory?
Loud speakers are used for convenience. Take a note,
Without them the Imam had to put in a lot of effort to make his voice reach the last qatar of the mosque.
For large congregational prayers ...
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Things to know when visiting/attending a Mosque but you're not Muslim
Consider picking the right time of the day/week depending on what you hope to see/do:
If you:
just want to have a look at people praying - look at the Mosque's prayer times (should be on their ...
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Do i read the sunnah rakkats in the mosque
I assume with the two rak'a optional (sunnah) you mean the so called greeting of the mosque, as the sunnah prayers related to any mandatory (fard) prayer have their known timing! If you mean other ...
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How to know if Mosque is Shia or Sunni?
How do we know if the mosque is Shiite or Sunni?
You can ask the Imam of the mosque because all the mosques in the world are not very different from each other with external or internal differences. ...
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What is the procedure for creating a mosque?
A mosque can be established anywhere by default
One of the things granted to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ exclusively was that the entire Earth was made as a Masjid, or place of worship, for him and his ...
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What is the basic process of becoming an imam (prayer leader) at a local mosque?
As you can imagine, this situation has emerged numerous times during the time of the Prophet ﷺ. While right after hijra, there was only one masjid, and the Prophet ﷺ was the imam, as Islam spread ...
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Skipping a mosque for another
Assalamu alaikum Youssouf,
According to a fatwa in islamweb (http://fatwa.islamweb.net), there is nothing wrong in skipping a close mosque to a further one if you feel more focused in your prayer in ...
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What does the circular (sometimes crescent-like) symbol on top of Islamic Minarets and Domes represent?
This is a crescent, heraldry of Tatars and Mongols who got absorbed into Muslim culture.
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What is a langar - it is served?
In mainstream culture, a langar is normally associated with the religion of Sikhism . As per wikipedia, it is a community meal from the Sikh community kitchen in a Gurdwara where a free meal is served ...
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Islamic architecture
No there's no connection between the five pillars and the architecture of traditional mosques unless we interpret into it.
Honestly speaking الاركان الخمسة (which is usually translated the five ...
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