Optional night prayer is a confirmed Sunnah and it is the best prayer after the obligatory ones. **The Prophet (may Allah exalt his mention) said**: >The best prayer after the obligatory prayer is the optional night prayer. [[Sunan an-Nasa'i 1614](http://www.sunnah.com/nasai/20/17)]

--- **Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh,** I hope you are well. I am writing to seek guidance regarding a difficulty I am facing in my Salah. I used to pray normally—silently with lip movement and a soft whisper. But over the years, due to waswasah and anxiety, I slowly started praying louder to avoid doubts about pronunciation. Now it has become a habit I cannot undo, and I feel I must hear every word clearly for my Salah to be valid. Even small background sounds like a fan disturb me, so I recite much louder than necessary. Because of this pressure, Salah has become very tiring. My tongue sometimes becomes stiff due to anxiety, and even Attahiyat becomes a struggle. I also tried returning to silent prayer, but it feels forced, unnatural, and even more incorrect, which increases my anxiety. This habit has also increased the duration of my Salah. Time is not an issue for me, but in India where people pray fast, others sometimes question why my prayer takes longer, which makes me more conscious. Praying in the mosque becomes harder because Imams complete Attahiyat very quickly. Many times the Imam stands up while I am still halfway through, which adds to my fear and confusion. All this has affected my khushu, and I often feel emotionally drained after Salah. I love Salah deeply and do not want waswasah to take away my peace. My questions are: 1. Is my Salah valid if I cannot clearly hear my recitation due to background sounds like a fan? 2. Can I pray with a soft whisper or only lip movement, even if doubts remain? 3. How can I break this habit of loud recitation and return to the proper silent method? 4. What should I do when I pray slower than the congregation or struggle to finish Attahiyat behind the Imam? 5. Are there Islamic guidelines or steps to overcome this type of waswasah? I would be grateful for your advice. May Allah reward you for helping people in these matters. **JazakAllahu Khairan. Wassalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah.** ---

I have a few things I’m unsure about regarding ghusl after sexual dreams: 1. If a woman wakes up from sleep without remembering that she had a sexual dream, and only recalls it hours, days, or even a week later after praying, and did not check for any wetness when she woke because she did not know about the dream at the time, is she required to redo her prayers or perform ghusl? 2. I have discharge that varies with my cycle, sometimes very light or dry, but heavier during ovulation. If I have a sexual dream at that time, I cannot tell whether any wetness upon waking is from the dream or my normal discharge. In this case, is ghusl required, or only if the wetness exceeds my usual discharge? 3. I’m also confused and don’t know what exactly counts as a wet dream. If I have a sexual dream, does it have to include climax, or do I still need to check even if there was no climax in my dream? I’ve seen different things online and want to know what actually requires ghusl. 4. Is ghusl required if there’s only madhi after a wet dream, and what if I can’t differentiate?

Assalamualaikum, I have a weird question: I have missed Asr and Maghrib due to arguments with couple of people. Not only that, I was not mentally feeling focused towards Allah and salah at that point (may Allah forgive me). Is there a way to make these up? Or am I done for, for deliberately missing these waqts due to my own stupidity and incompetence? Please help with some guidance. JazakAllah Khair

After every salat in masjid, I often see that some people recite something putting their right-hands on their head or forehead and counts in another hand. What is that dua and where they have found it? If it really exists, then what is the benefit of reciting it and how many times should it be recite? Jajakallah.

While in congregational salat ,after the imam has risen from the ruku position stating "sami'a Allahu li-man hamidah " do the followers say Rabbana wa laka l-hamd" out loud?

In the times when confusion comes in my salah, sometimes there is doubt that I have left a rakat and sometimes I am sure that I have left a rakat. I have to do sajdah sahu in second case but, what about the first case ? I have to do sajda sahu in first case also ?

If somebody missed out on salah for a few years intentionally out of negligence, are they obliged to make it all up (by praying a prayer of the current time and then adding a one after it for years), or should one repent to Allah and never miss a prayer again? There doesn't seem to be a clear answer on what is the correct view online. Could somebody help me?

Ibliss he was very truthful to God before Adam. My question does Ibliss still pray to Allah or has he stopped?

If you have the urge to laugh and try to stop yourself but make a slightly sneaky noise with your throat for a second, without smiling, does that break your prayer?

If you are used to using water and tissue to clean it is very hard to use only tissue and feel clean. However it would depend on how solid is your output as more solidity would be less need for water generally speaking. Now salah cannot be missed because you just used tissue say in a non Muslim place of work and you didn't arrange to have a bottle or wet tissue. Question: So in this situation would you try your best to clean only with tissue but it didn't do a great job as your output was softer but that is best you can do and then you do wudhu and pray?? Having said that if you can use water to do wudhu and after washing your hands you ought to be able to use it for cleaning after toilet.

Assalamu walaikum,I've been searching for a answer for my question,Due to laziness i failed to pray 3 prayers (yesterday 2, today's 1) ,so i want to pray the Isha prayer,but the thing is, I'm confused,cause,I also had many qada prayer from before(I made a list of which day and which prayer I didn't prayed),so if i pray isha, should i pray the missed 3 prayers first ,or can i add this 3 prayers to my qada prayers list and then pray at a comfortable schedule

My father is a Muslim, but unlike me, he does not do prayers. In his youth, a few decades ago, he was licked by a dog. As far as I know, the dog belongs to a hard-to-remove najis, and to remove it, you need to wash the place 7 times with water, and 1 time with water mixed with clean earth so that the water will be cloudy. The question is, does my father need first of all to clean the alleged place where the dog licked him from najis (my father does not remember exactly where the dog licked him), since he wants to start doing prayers?

Assalamualaikum, I have been having this doubt for a while now, and no one seems to have an answer, I know that lash extensions and fake lashes invalidate wudu as water can’t pass through and reach ur real lashes as the false lashes sit on top of your natural lashes, however with clusters they are applied underneath your real lashes so wouldn’t water reach?

Recently I have been wondering regarding something that I've been hearing since childhood. when we stand in the congregation for the obligatory prayer making the lines, the imam says in arabic a few phrases. i can make out that what he says is to make the lines in accordance with the sunnah (*our mother tongue is not arabic*) my question is that is it a must to say that in arabic everytime before we start the prayer?, or is it sunnah?, or are they doing it just to remind us to make the lines straight as its kind of like the responsibility of the imam.

If I look at youtube, an imam may recite a surah X from ayah a to b, or surah Y from ayah c to d during a salat. For example Al Baqarah from ayah 153 - 158, Humazah from ayah 1 - 9, or Ash Shu'ara from ayah 86 - 104, etc. Where do we learn this ? How do we know that we can recite Al Baqarah 153 - 158, and not 157 - 159, or 151 - 155 ? If I look at either the quran.com or quranwbw.com, there is no symbol whatsoever that indicate it.

If a man has to offer salah,how much minimum area of his body should be covered? answer with reference please

I go to a non-muslim school with barely any muslim boys there, and the majority of them do not take their religion seriously. The school did not allow me to leave at lunch to pray at the mosque. I go to the school prayer room every Friday to pray Jumuah, however, I find myself to be alone there and that none of the other boys have showed up. Due to this, I resort to praying Dhuhr. Am I required to go around the school and find some boys every Friday and call them to pray with me? I tried this once with another boy, and he said he would come pray Jumuah with me next Friday, but he did not come. Am I sinful in this situation? I don't know what to do.

Is it permissible to make dua during a sunnah sajdah (i.e. one of the 15) in the Qu'ran? I remember reading somewhere that it is not permissible to do so - rather we should say subhana rabbi al A'la (x3) and raise after that. What is the most authentic opinion on this?

Assalamualaikum, I've been constantly experiencing was was in all aspects of worship (do not read if ur facing the same situation as I ended up mimicking other people's obsessive actions as well) whether it is my wudhu that I have to redo 3+ more time or doubting the purity of my clothes, my pronunciation ect... or if I released discharge during prayer (this one always turns out to be false so it easier for me to ignore it ) but there's also mainly if I did one or two sajda. For the later one recording myself praying and then checking made me realize that I've always performed it well everytime. So can I not even second guess it even tho the doubt is strong and am I allowed to not repeat any Salah regardless of how doubtful am I at least until the waswas is gone? and will Allah hold me accountable for not acting upon anything until it gets better?