Whilst praying, is it permissible for him to close his eyes, because it helps him to concentrate more when doing so?
Category: Scholars
Sitting during the prayer without a genuine reason
Some people who are capable of standing [during the prayer, choose instead to] sit during the second rak'ah of the Fajr prayer until the imaam is about to bow [into rukoo'], so he bows along with the...
Take the best from every thing
Knowledge is more than what can be enumerated, so take the best from every thing.
Carrying a small child during prayer
What is the ruling regarding carrying an infant during the salaah, and particularly when it has soiled itself?
When the sins decrease
[Regarding] the heart, when it's sins decrease, it's tears will hasten.
Forgot to make the intention before prayer
Whilst in mid-prayer, if he remembered [not having made] the intention, is it sufficient that he then makes the intention whilst he is praying?
Whilst praying voluntary prayer, the iqaamah is called
[The Prophet ﷺ said:] «When the iqaamah for the prayer is called, there is no [other] prayer other than the prescribed [obligatory prayer]» [from the hadeeth of Abu Hurayrah, as transmitted by Muslim...
Verbalising the intention
Some [people] infer that it is permissible to verbalise the intention [using as evidence] the Prophet's ﷺ words “I am fasting” - when he did not find anything to eat?
Prayer in the bedroom where there is an adjoining bathroom
It is popular in new builds to have the bathroom inside the bedroom; would it then be permissible to pray in the bedroom?
Protecting his photographic memory
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer رحمه الله informed me about our Shaykh, Muhammad al-Gondalwi رحمه الله that he would not read the newspapers or magazines - so as not to [inadvertantly] memorise them!