Fatwas of
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
رحمه الله
Clear English summaries of rulings on prayer, purification, travel and everyday worship, sourced back to the Shaykh’s original answers.
Try “I missed Fajr because I overslept” or “Can I wipe over my socks?”
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Wudu
Questions about ablution: washing, wiping, uncertainty and what affects it.
Salah
Prayer from preparation to completion, and the situations encountered in daily life.
Prayer while travelling
Shortening, combining, congregations and changing circumstances during a journey.
Congregational prayer
Questions about praying together, attending a mosque and joining a prayer.
Qiblah
Questions about finding the prayer direction and dealing with uncertainty.
Missed prayers
Questions about missed Salah, keeping the reason and circumstances distinct.
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- Purification
- Ghusl
- Tayammum
- Impurities
- Menstruation & postnatal bleeding
- Prayer times
- Adhan & Iqamah
- Conditions of Salah
- Pillars of Salah
- Obligatory acts
- Sunnah acts
- Mistakes in prayer
- Sujood al-Sahw
- Doubts during prayer
- Imam & follower
- Jumu‘ah
- Voluntary prayers
- Witr
- Rawatib
- Duha
- Qiyam al-Layl
- Eid prayer
- Janazah prayer
- Prayer of fear
- Prayer during illness
- Seated or lying-down prayer
- Qasr · shortening
- Jam‘ · combining
- Air travel
- Car, train & ship travel
- Longer stays
- Frequent travellers
- Studying or working away
- Joining a resident congregation
- Sleeping through prayer
- Forgetting a prayer
- Deliberate delay
- Uncertain Qiblah
- Wrong Qiblah
- Unusual circumstances
Questions to begin with.
- What should I do if I keep doubting that urine came out after wudu?
- Does cream or oil on the skin prevent wudu?
- Does touching a non-mahram woman break wudu?
- Does touching something impure break wudu?
- How do I stop repeating wudu because of constant doubts?
- Does bleeding from the gums break wudu?
- How did the Prophet ﷺ make wudu?
- How should I deal with waswas while making wudu?
- What if I am not sure whether madhy came out?
- What if urine drops continue for a while and then stop?
- Does medical alcohol on the skin break wudu?
- Does hair oil stop water reaching the hair in wudu?
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