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Conditions of a valid prayer

7 segments in 7 recordings · 2019 to 2022 · 0 verified · 6 checked positions · fiqh/prayer/conditions-and-validity · Feed

Most recent statement · 10 Dec 2022Why did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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192021 · 322

Latest answer · 10 Dec 2022

10 Dec 2022video LatestWhy did Abu Hanifa allow things like praying in Persian? Abu Hanifa's legal stratagems, such as letting someone who knew no Arabic pray in Persian, were meant to create ease for new Muslims, not to change Islam, and Mufti Abu Layth says that spirit is needed today. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaImam Malikal-Awza'i [?]Sufyan al-Thawri machine5 min 15 s17:01on YouTube

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2021 · 3

27 Apr 2021video Can I pray while carrying my child? Yes: the Hanafi rule that three consecutive movements break the prayer is made up, and the Prophet prayed carrying Umama; Mufti Abu Layth puts the attacks on Shaykh Aslam down to jealousy. Lessonposition checkedsalahwudureport: the prophet prayed carrying a child (Umama)Ibn Abidin machine7 min 58 s4:23on YouTube
26 Apr 2021MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDo obscene or blasphemous thoughts during prayer ruin my salah? Intrusive or blasphemous thoughts in prayer are not a reason to worry: noticing them is a sign of faith, as a hadith says. Mufti Abu Layth adds that jinn in the Quran means the unseen and possession stories are folklore. Discussionguest speechLupe Fiasco (guest)salahwuduwaswasa machine7 min 40 s1:31:29on YouTube
6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can I carry a child while I pray? Mufti Abu Layth says one may carry a child while praying and that Hanafi rulings such as the three-movement rule, or that laughing or reading something breaks the prayer, are made up. He sees the campaign against the preacher who showed this as sectarian jealousy. Lessonposition checkedHanafi schoolAbu HanifaAbu YusufIbn Abidin [?] machine12 min 45 s23:17on YouTube

2020 · 2

22 Sep 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Do women have to cover their wrists and ankles in prayer? Mufti Abu Layth says relax: the deen is natural, and obsessing over whether a wrist, ankle or hair shows came centuries after the Prophet. Question from live chatposition checkedHanafiAbu YusufhijabQuran 6:38 (We have not neglected anything in the Book) machine8 min 14 s45:48on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream What parts of the body count as 'awrah for men and women? Mufti Abu Layth follows the school of Madinah: the core 'awrah is the private parts (for women, from below the navel to the thighs), and uncovering the rest in prayer does not invalidate it. Question from live chatposition checked'awrahMaliki school (the school of Madinah)salah machine5 min 02 s34:01on YouTube

2019 · 1

4 Mar 2019Quick Fiqh! Is my prayer valid if I pray in a bikini or swimwear? On the Maliki view of Qadi Isma'il, which he finds strong, her prayer would have been valid, since covering is an obligation separate from salah; it is still not something he recommends. Either way nobody has the right to attack her. Question raised by Mufti Abu Laythposition checkedQadi Isma'il (Isma'il ibn Ishaq al-Qadi)al-Bukharisalah'awrah machine10 min 18 s0:38on YouTube