The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.968- It is permissible to perform sajdah on limestone and gypsum before or after they are baked, and it is also permissible to perform sajdah on brick, earthenware and cement.

Issue No.972- If the turbah sticks to the forehead in the first sajdah, it should be removed from the forehead for the second sajdah; otherwise, the prayer will be void as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No.974- If a person realises in the state of sajdah that he has placed his forehead on a thing on which sajdah is not allowed, he should, if possible, drag his forehead [while connected to the ground] and settle it on an object upon which sajdah is permissible. If it is not possible and the time is limited, he should act in accordance with the previous issue.

Issue No.975- If a person realises after the prayer or sajdah that he had placed his forehead on an object on which sajdah is not permissible, his prayer is correct.

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.