Marriage is supposed to be the rainbow between two hearts sharing seven colors: Love, sadness, happiness, truth, faith, secret and respect and working towards jannah (paradise). When your wife feels weak, Be to her like a father. when she cries, Be to her like a Mother. When she makes a mistake, Be to her like a brother. When she complains, Be to her like a friend. When she feels afraid, Annex her in to your heart and be to her like a lover. When she needs advice be to her like a sister. And make her feel that you always with her And Will not abandon her till death. Women seeing the imaam during prayer i know that for congregational prayer to be valid a person must pray behind imam so to see him or to pray behind a man who can see imam....etc... but my questionis ..is it same for women?? as i heard that at least one woman should see imam.....and u do understand that most of the womens area in mosque is arranged that it impossible to see imam but to hear from speakers which sometimes can break so that we cannot hear...... or also one time happened to me thaty during traveling with my husband we stopped to pray at mosque and we were running a bit late so what happened was that when i went into prayer area there were no one there at all..and imam was saying takbir and i had no idea to which part of salah that takbir was reffered so i ended up confusing the oreder of salah. Praise be to Allaah. When a woman prays behind an imaam, it is not essential for her to see him or some of the people who are praying behind him, but the rows have to be straight and the women who are praying should be within the boundaries of the mosque and be able to hear the voice of the imaam, so that they can follow him. If women are unable to hear the imaam’s voice for some reason, then they should pray individually, or in a jamaa’ah with other women, if they cannot hear the imaam’s voice or follow him. If a woman enters the mosque and hears the imaam saying takbeer, she should not follow him in saying takbeer until she knows whether he is in sujood or rukoo’ etc. The way out of this dilemma – if she cannot see the imaam or any members of the congregation – is to wait until the imaam says “sami’ Allaahu liman hamidah”, then she can pray with him. Ibn ‘Abd al-Barr said inal-Kaafi(1/212): “Everyone who can see or hear the imaam, and knows where he is in the prayer, and is behind him, it is permissible for him to follow him in prayer. This is the Maaliki view.” And Ibn Qudaamah said: “If there is a barrier between the imaam and the person who is following him, which prevents him from seeing the imaam or the people praying behind him, then there are two views narrated from Ahmad, one of which says that it is not valid for him to pray behind him… and the second view is: it is valid because he can follow the imaam without seeing him, as a blind person does. But for his following the imaam to be valid, he has to be able to hear him.” (al-Mughni, 2/208) In conclusion, if you are inside the mosque and you can hear the imaam’s voice and you know where he is in the prayer, then follow him, otherwise pray by yourself or with a group of women after the imaam finishes the prayer. With regard to whether your prayer is valid or not, we asked Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen, and he replied that to be on the safe side you should repeat the prayer. And Allaah is the source of strength. It is not permissible for one who is praying behind an imaam to recite anything other than al-Faatihah Is it permissible for one who is praying behind the imaam to recite Qur’aan along with the imaam, when the imaam is reciting a lengthy passage? Praise be to Allaah. It is not permissible for one who is praying behind the imaam in a prayer in which Qur’aan is to be recited aloud to recite anything in addition to al-Faatihah. Rather after that he has to listen to the imaam’s recitation (i.e., after reciting al-Faatihah), because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Perhaps you recite behind your imaam?” They said, “Yes,” He said, “Do not do that, except for the Opening of the Book (al-Faatihah), for there is no prayer for the one who does not recite it.” And because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “So, when the Qur’aan is recited, listen to it, and be silent that you may receive mercy”[al-A’raaf 7:204] And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When the imaam recites, then listen attentively.” The only exception made to that is with regard to al-Faatihah, because of the hadeeth quoted above and because of the general meaning of the hadeeth, “There is no prayer for the one who does not recite the Opening of the Book.” (Saheeh, agreed upon). Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz from Kitaab Fataawa Islamiyyah, vol. 1, p. 291. Foot to foot or shoulder to shoulder? While praying in congregation, should we stand foot to foot or shoulder to shoulder? Praise be to Allaah. The correct view is that in the rows of prayer, we should stand shoulder to shoulder and foot to foot. Al-Bukhaari, may Allaah have mercy on him, narrated (683) from Anas that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Make your rows straight, for I can see you from behind my back.” Anas said: “so each of us would stand with his shoulder against his neighbour’s shoulder and his foot against his foot.” Al-Bukhaari (may Allaah have mercy on him) gave this chapter the title: “Chapter on standing shoulder to shoulder and foot to foot.” He said: al-Nu’maan ibn Basheer said: “I saw people standing with their ankles against their neighbours’ ankle.” Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeem al-Abaadi said: he said inal-Ta’leeq al-Mughni: These ahaadeeth clearly indicate the importance of making the rows straight, which is part of the perfection of prayer; they indicate that people should not stand back (from the row) or in front of (the row), and that they should stand shoulder to shoulder, foot to foot and knee to knee with their neighbours. But nowadays this Sunnah is being ignored! If someone does this nowadays the people shy away from him like zebras! Verily to Allaah we belong and unto Him is our return. (‘Awn al-Ma’bood, 2/256) The shoulder: is the place where the upper arm joins the body. The ankle: is the bone which protrudes at the side of the foot. And Allaah knows best. Joining the imam immediately in whatever position he is in If a man enters the masjid while the imam (leader of prayer) is praying. Should he join the imam immediately in whatever position he is in and start praying, or should he wait to find out whether the imam is going to sit or stand? The correct answer is the one to which the evidence points. And that is that he should enter with the imam no matter what part of prayer the imam is in—sujood (prostration), qiyaam (standing), rukuu (bowing) or quood (sitting). The evidence is the hadith of Abi Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him), in which he said, The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, If you come to prayer and we are prostrating, then you should prostrate [but] don’t count it, and whoever catches a raka’a, then he has caught the salaat.1And Mu’ath said that [the Prophet] (peace be upon him) has said If one of you comes to prayer and the Imam is in a certain position, then do as the Imam is doing.2Also, the general meaning of his saying (peace be upon him), applies: What you catch up with, pray. From the book What Should You Do in the Following Situations... ? 1Sunan Abu Dawood 893 and Sahih Sunan Abu Dawood 792. 2Sunan Al-Tirmidhi 591 and Sahih Sunan Al-Tirmidhi 484.. From the book What Should You Do in the Following Situations... ? Ruling on praying alone behind a row in the congregation What is the ruling on praying alone behind a row in the congregation? Is this permissible or not? Praise be to Allaah. The four imaams – al-Shaafa’i, Maalik, Abu Haneefah and Imaam Ahmad (according to one opinion narrated from him) – said that the prayer of a person standing alone behind a row is valid, whether the row in front of him is complete or not. They said that the hadeeth “There is no prayer for the one who stands alone behind a row” (reported by Ahmad inal-Musnad, 4/23 and by Ibn Maajah, no. 1003, and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani inal-Irwa’, no. 514) is like the hadeeth “There is no prayer when there is food prepared” (reported by Muslim, no. 560). The meaning is that the prayer is not proper and complete. But there is a report from Ahmad that the prayer of the person who stands alone behind the row is not valid at all. This is the well-known view in the madhhab of Imaam Ahmad: the prayer of the person who stands alone behind the row is not valid in any circumstances, even if the last row is full. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah took a moderate view, and said: “If the row is full, then the prayer of the one who stands alone behind the row is valid, because in this case he is not able to be a part of the row, and Allaah does not burden a person beyond his scope. If the row is not full, then it is not right for him to pray standing alone behind the row, because he has no excuse.” This is the view of Shaykh al-Islam and of our Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahmaan al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him). This is the view that we think is correct, which is that if the row is full, pray standing on your own, and do not pull someone out of the row to join you or go and stand with the imaam in front. This is the correct opinion, which we think is closer to the Sunnah than the opinion that the prayer of the one who stands on his own is absolutely invalid or is unconditionally valid. And Allaah knows best. (Liqa’ al-Baab al-maftoohby Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 226). (Liqa’ al-Baab al-maftooh by Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 226). Should the person who is praying behind the imaam say the Takbeer loudly or softly? Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid, can you please tell me when saying Takbir after the Imam says Takbir in Salat if it those following the Imam should say it out loud or to ones self? Praise be to Allaah. The imaam should say theTakbeerat al-Ihraam(first Takbeer) and the Takbeeraat for the movements of the prayer aloud, so that the people behind him can hear him and follow him. If the mosque is big and the imaam’s voice cannot reach all the people who are praying, or his voice is weak because of sickness etc. or because that is his nature, some of the people praying behind him can convey the Takbeeraat [by repeating them aloud], because of the saheeh hadeeth which says that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) led the people in prayer when he was sick, and Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) made the people hear the Takbeer. (Agreed upon). With regard to the person who is praying behind the imaam, the Sunnah is for him to say the Takbeer quietly so that only he himself can hear it. This also applies to his recitation of Qur’aan, Takbeeraat, saying Tasbeeh in Rukoo’ etc., the Tashahhud, the Salaam and the du’aa’, whether these words are waajib (obligatory) or naafil (supererogatory). It is not Mustahabb to make it louder than that except where there is a need to help others who cannot hear the imaam, in which case he should make it louder. See Mawaahib al-Jaleel, 2/191; al-Taaj wa’l-Ikleel, 1/532.
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