The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.980- If a person himself recites the sajdah verse and at the same time hears it from someone else, it would be sufficient to perform one sajdah.

Issue No.981- If a person recites or hears a verse of sajdah while he is in sajdah other than that of the prayer, he should raise his head from that sajdah, and perform another one.

Issue No.982- If one hears the verse of sajdah from a tape recorder or a radio and the like, he should perform sajdah, as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No.983- As an obligatory precaution, while performing the obligatory sajdah of the holy Qur’an, one’s forehead should be placed on a thing on which sajdah is permissible, and the private parts should be covered, and the place of sajdah should not be a usurped one. However, it is not obligatory to observe other conditions that are required for the prayer.

Issue No.902- It is recommended that in the first rak‘at of ẓuhr prayer on Friday, one should recite sūrah al-Jumu’ah after al-fātiḥa, and in the second rak‘at, to recite sūrah al-Munafiqun; once a person begins one of these sūrahs he is not allowed, as an obligatory precaution, to abandon it and recite another sūrah instead.

Issue No.905- If the person offering prayer forgets a part of sūrah, or cannot complete on account of shortage of time, he can abandon that sūrah, and recite another sūrah, although he may have recited half of it, or even if it may be sūrah al-Ikhlāṣ or al-Kāfirūn.

Issue No.906- It is obligatory for men to recite al-fātiḥa and the sūrah loudly, while offering fajr, maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers, and it is obligatory for men and women to recite al-fātiḥa and the sūrah in a whispering manner while offering ẓuhr and ‘aṣr prayers. A woman can recite al-fātiḥa and the sūrah in fajr, maghrib and ‘ishā’ prayers loudly or in a whispering manner. But, if a non-maḥram hears her voice, she should, as a recommended precaution, recite them in a whispering manner.

Issue No.907- Where a person should recite al-fātiḥa and sūrah loudly, if he intentionally recites a word in whispering manner, his prayer is void and similarly where he should recite al-fātiḥa and the sūrah in whispering manner, if he intentionally recites a word loudly, his prayer is void.

Issue No.908- If a person intentionally offers the prayer loudly, which should be offered in a whispering manner, and vice versa, his prayer is void. In case, however, he does so owing to forgetfulness or not knowing the rule his prayer is correct, unless he has come short in learning his obligation; therefore, as an obligatory precaution, one should offer the prayer again.

Issue No.909- If while reciting al-fātiḥa and the following sūrah a person realises that he has been reciting loudly or in whispering manner while he should not have; it is not necessary to repeat what he has recited, although it is better to do so.

Issue No.911-The recitations of the prayer should be pronounced correctly and if one does not know the correct pronunciation he must learn it. However those who are not able to learn the correct pronunciation, they are allowed to recite as best as they can, and the recommended precaution is that they should offer their prayers in congregation.

Issue No.914- If a person does not know a certain word of al-fātiḥa or the sūrah, or other dhikrs in the prayer, or does not correctly pronounce Arabic linguistic signs like "fatha" or "kasra", or mispronounces one letter instead of another like “Z” for “Ḍ” in a way that it would be counted wrong according to the Arabic language, his prayer is void.