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After wiping the water of wudhu with a handkerchief, how is it to place it in front of oneself at the time of salah?
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If a person remembers in ruku that he did not recite the surah, then what should he do?
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Sajdah sahw is not necessary if a person recites two subhaana rabbiyal a’alaa before at-tahiyyaat
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It is makrooh tahreemi (highly reprehensible) to perform congregational salah more than once in an official Masjid
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Due to lack of space the muqtadi can stand alone behind the imam
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Why is the Qirat recited silently in Zuhr and Asr and audibly in Maghrib, Esha and Fajr?
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Shaykh Imdad Allah al-Faruqi al-Thanawi
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