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A woman who recently underwent abdominal surgery can stand in prayer, but experiences pain when bowing entirely for sujūd. Sitting for the prayer also causes discomfort when trying to lower the head. Is it permissible for her to place a pillow on the prayer mat or beneath it, and rest her head on it during sujūd? What is the Islamic ruling in such a case?

If I find that the congregational prayer has already started, can I pray the two Sunnah rak'ahs of Fajr after the obligatory prayer or wait until sunrise?

Why did some scholars lean toward identifying the night of the 27th to be the night of Laylatul Qadr?

Is The Qibla in North America North-East or South-East?

What are men required to wear during Islamic obligatory prayers (dress requirements, length, colors, images, writing, design, etc. )?

What time are the prayers?

<strong>If a person suffers from poor memory and a lot of forgetfulness and gets confused in their prayers, Is their prayer valid?</strong>

Can a person pray a voluntary prayer while the obligatory one is in session?

<strong>When are the times in which the prayers are prohibited to be performed?</strong>

When must the prayer be performed when sleeping through or forgetting the Prayer?

When is the cut-off time for each Salah to be performed?

What are the times of the Prayers?

A pregnant woman with bleeding doesn't fall under the rulings of hayth blood. So she doesn't need to do ghusl after she clears. But what if she doesn't feel comfortable not doing ghusl?

<strong>Scenarios for resuming prayer after menses (according to the opinion that all previous daytime or nighttime prayers of the last day need to be done):</strong>

Once a woman clears from her menses, which prayers is she responsible for on the day of her clearing? Is this opinion agreed upon by scholars?

<strong>Is there an exception to the impermissibility of making tawwaf while on menses?</strong>

<strong>What if 40 days of nafas passes? Is that blood considered hayth or istihatha?</strong>

<strong>A woman is currently clear and feels the sign of an upcoming period. Asr time comes in at 4pm and she is making wudu at 4:05pm. During wudu she feels wetness and notices the discharge. Does she need to make up the prayer?</strong>

<strong>What if a woman is currently clear but she feels a sign of an upcoming period?</strong>

The scenario that can occur with menstruating women: What does she do if she is still discharging istihatha after a maximum of 15 days?

<strong>What are the nullifiers of tayammum?</strong>

<strong>What are prohibited acts for one in a state of major ritual impurity that are agreed upon by Muslim jurists?</strong>

<strong>How would a person with urinary incontinence purify themselves for prayer?</strong>

<strong>What are actions that require wudu’ that are agreed upon by Muslim jurists?</strong>

What is the evidence as to why a menstruating woman needs to make up for her missed fasts but not for her prayers?

<strong>If I missed a prayer, do I pray it when I remember it or do I wait till the next day time of the missed prayer?</strong>

<strong>Is it a sin to sleep through Fajir prayer?</strong>

What are prohibited acts for one in a state of major ritual impurity that are agreed upon by Muslim jurists?

<strong>What are actions that require wudu’ that are agreed upon by Muslim jurists?</strong>

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