Cutting short and dismissing the voluntary prayer upon the start of the obligatory prayer

Question: A person performed the obligatory hajj and afterwards he abandoned the prayer – and refuge is sought in Allaah – he then repented and began to perform the prayer. So is it obligatory for him to perform the hajj again, considering he had abandoned the prayer and the one who abandons the prayer is […]

The permissible distance when passing by someone who is praying Question: What is the (permissible) distance in front of the one praying that someone is allowed to pass by? Response: The distance at which it is allowed to pass by in front of the one performing his prayer, so long as he has a sutrah, is […]

The direction in which one should face whilst supplicating Question: What is the qiblah (direction in which one should face) for supplicating? Response: The sky is the qiblah, and raising the hands towards the sky is from the evidences of Ahlus-Sunnah affirming the Loftiness of Allaah (Subhaanahu wa Ta’aala). Even the creatures, if they are afflicted (with pain) […]