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| Question: To my knowledge offering
Sala#h is forbidden at sunset
and sunrise. Is it also forbidden to pray at zawa#l
(mid noon)? Are other forms of worship like reading the Qur’a#n,
remembering Allah, saying Du‘a#
also forbidden at these times?
Answer: According to the Sunnah established by the Prophet (sws), offering any kind of Salah or Sajdah (prostration) is prohibited at the times of sunrise and sunset only since it is at these times that certain polytheists worship the sun. Other forms of worship are not prohibited at these times. Question: I have seen some people saying their Z~uhr and ‘As@r prayers and Maghrib and ‘Isha# prayers together at one time either when they are travelling or when they are very busy. They say that it is a Sunnah. Could you please tell me if this is permissible, and in what circumstances is it permissible?. Answer: In religious parlance, combining the Z@uhr and ‘As@r prayers and Maghrib and ‘Isha# prayers, is called ‘Jam‘a bayn al-s@ala#tayn’. It is only allowed during travel. In no other circumstances is it allowed. Question: Can the various supplications (Ad‘iya#) generally said at the end of the S@ala#h be uttered in one’s native language? Answer: Yes they can be uttered so since the Prophet (sws) has positively bound us at five specific places to say certain Adhka#r (utterances to remember Allah) in Arabic, and the Ad‘iya# are not one of them. They are: (i) Saying Alla#hu Akbar at the beginning of the S@ala#h and at every point of ascent or descent during the course of the S@ala#h, (ii) Reciting Su#rah Fa#tih@ah at the beginning of each Rak‘at, (iii) Reciting some portion of the Qur’a#n after Su#rah Fa#tih@ah and (iv) saying Sam‘i Alla#hu Liman H@amidah and Rabbana Laka al-H@and when one rises to stand up after doing Ruk‘u#, (v) saying Al-sala#mu ‘alaykum wa rah@matulla#h to signal the end of the S@ala#h. Question: Is it permissible to say Al-h@amdulilla#h if one sneezes during S@ala#h and say Yarh@amukalla#h during S@ala#h if another person sneezes? Answer: Though there is no ruling in the Shari#‘ah about the situation you have stated, common sense dictates that when standing before the Almighty in S@ala#h, this should be avoided. Though both S@ala#h and saying certain words at the time of sneezing are forms of remembering Allah, one feels that since in doing the former one is already involved in remembering Allah in a formal way, other forms of remembering Allah should be left to circumstances when one is not praying. |