Paternal homeland (Waṭan)
Is one’s paternal homeland considered as one’s own homeland (Waṭan)?
The Paternal homeland of a person is not considered as the homeland of that person unless he/she stays there continuously for a long time like one year.
Start and end of the distance of Qasr prayer
How should the start and end of the distance be calculated for the distance where prayer becomes shortened?
The distance between the last house of the departure city and the first house of the destination city should be considered as the distance for prayer to be shortened.
The ruling regarding a traveler who performs his prayers completely where he should have performed shortened prayers
What is the ruling regarding the prayer of a traveler who makes the intention of staying less than 10 days so he should perform prayers shortened but he forgets the matter?
He should perform the qaḍā of prayers (i.e. perform them again later as compensation) that he has performed completely.
Feeling of pretension in congregational prayer
I feel I am closer to Allah swt in congregational prayer and this matter causes the lengthening of my invocations but I fear that this might end up in pretension; what is my duty?
Such fears and doubts are the insinuations of Satan. Don’t pay attention to that and attend the congregational prayer continuously.
Purpose of the intention of ten days
My question is that what is the ruling as to when one wants to travel somewhere and stays there for 11 or 14 days or more? Please answer that when 10 days is counted from? For example if I stay from 3rd day until the 13th day of a month then how does it count?
If a person wants to stay 10 days or more in a place, in this case prayers should be performed complete and the person must fast. And if this person wants to stay less than 10 days then prayers should be performed shortened and the person cannot fast. The beginning of 10 days is from the moment of entering the destination, for example from noon of the first day of arrival until noon of the next day is considered as one day.
Does merely appearing to be a just person Suffice for a person to be qualified as the prayer-leader of a congregational prayer
I am an M.A student and when we don’t have a prayer-leader for our congregational prayers in university, my friends insist that I act as the prayer leader of the congregation but I don’t consider myself Just because of my sins (even cardinal sins). What is my duty?
If other people consider you just then there is no problem for you to be Imam of congregation.
The Ruling regarding the prayer and fasting of a person who lives in one place and works in another place
I have to travel to another city four days every week because of my occupation so I am in my own city three days a week and in another city four days a week. How should I perform my prayers and fasting?
Your prayers and fasting should be performed complete in both places.
Closing the Eyes during Prayer
Is closing the eyes during prayer impermissible? Is it permissible if we can pay more attention to Allah by doing this act?
This act is makrūh (abominable) unless this is the only way of having presence of the heart (full concentration).
Reserving a place for another person in the row of a congregation
Is it permissible to reserve a place for another person in the row of a congregation? (It means that we place a turbah for another person and don’t let other people to sit there) Or is the criterion piety or earlier arrival?
There is no issue with doing this, but if that person doesn’t join the congregation before rukū‘ of the first rak‘at then his/her right is voided.
Dependence of wife on her husband in leaving her homeland
When a wife has no choice but to leave her homeland because her husband is leaving that place, is she considered to have abandoned her homeland or does the matter depend on her intention?
It depends on the intention of the wife, if she hopes to convince her husband to return then it is not considered as abandoning the homeland and if there is no hope, then it is considered to be an inevitable abandonment.
Declaring the intention for the missed prayers that have remained from the beginning of one’s maturity
I don’t know exactly when I became mature. When and with what intention should I perform my qaḍā prayers that remained from the beginning of my maturity?
Perform the number of prayers that you are certain you have missed with the intention of obligatory qaḍā and if you want to perform more than that, perform them with the intention of precautionary qaḍā.