 Peace and blessings of Allah be upon you. Welcome to Ahkam SOS, the show that discusses Islam and duties and practices for Muslims in accordance with the grueling of his eminence, the grant that I told us, say, Salik Shirazi. I am Mohsin Shah and joining me is Sheik Ali Ma'a. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon you. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon you. How are you? Thank you. That's good to see you. Sheik Ali Ma'a, we've been discussing Maqam-e-Mosalli and where we should pray, where we should not pray. Let's carry on the discussion, because last time you were mentioning about praying in the mosque and you discussed how much more great thawab there is. We also discussed how women who observe the correct hijab should be encouraged to go to the mosque and pray in Jama'a. What I wanted to ask you, Sheik Ali Ma'a, was what if we're in the mosque and we're praying and we see some Najasa? I mean, can we ignore it? Do we have to clean it up straight away? Is the Masjid actually allowed to become Najis? I seek refuge with Allah from Satan and the accursed. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. May the peace, mercy and blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and his good people, and all the good people. With regard to the rule of making the Masjid and rendering it Najis, well, it's haram to make the Masjid and the mosque Najis and that applies to the interior of the Masjid. So the walls, the ceiling, the roof, whatever belongs to the Masjid, you cannot make it Najis. And the Sayed also goes beyond and he says, as obligatory caution, it is also not allowed to make the exterior and the outside of the Masjid, Najis, for example, the outside door and the wall, you know, allowed to make it Najis. And if someone observed the Najasa and saw the Najasa, let's say a child had a nosebleed, for example, and he just left the Masjid with the Najasa, that person must immediately go and either inform those who take care of the Masjid to come and to wash and to make that spot tahrir and pure, or himself to bring something and some water and a sponge, for example, or a towel to make that spot tahrir and Najis. You cannot leave the Masjid, Najis, and then you just go to pray and ignoring this Najasa. The Masjid and the mosque must be one of the cleanest, best places for worship and gathering. And we have to refrain it from all types of Najasa, all types of bad smells, bad looking. We try to keep the Masjid as nice as possible and attractive, because the whole idea is to attract more worshippers to come and pray and then leave. So we have to take care of the Masjid as much as we can. Ahsan Sheikh, in terms of Makame Masali and in terms of a place of worship, is it okay for me to board a train or a plane, a ship, any form of transportation? And if I know that I won't be able to pray on that, is it okay for me to go to travel on it? You're allowed to pray on board, on the train, the plane, as long as you cannot make the time, because by the time you arrive to the destination, the sun will be rising or setting, so you cannot wait and do the Qawa. You must pray in time, inside the time. And you pray as Adaa, you pray as inside the time, so you have to make sure that you pray inside the plane, airplane or the train or the bus, as best as you can. If you can stand up and pray, let's say in the back kitchen of the airplane, they give you permission to do so, and you stand upright and you pray towards the Qiblah and you pray normally your course to do everything, otherwise on the seat, for example. So you have to do your best to achieve and fulfill the conditions of praying. That's important. But I think it would be better if you can stop off somewhere, you know, if you're on a coach, maybe a service station or if you're on the train, maybe one of the stations stop, perform your Salah over there and then get back on your journey. This would be better now. Of course, if the driver accepts and he stops, let's say, for a break, for a 10-minute break, then you have this 10 minutes to straight away do Walu, if you don't have the Walu, and start praying, especially if it's, if you're traveling, then it's Qasr. Yes, take advantage. You take the advantage of praying Qasr and shortening the prayer, and then you go back to the bus or the train. That's it. Shekhar, what about other religious places, for example, am I allowed to actually pray my Salah in the church or a synagogue? Yes, it's permissible. You're allowed to pray in churches, synagogues, and other places of worship, but with the consent of the owners. That's important that you have to get the consent. If they allow you to pray, that's fine. Qalas, you pray there. You find a clean place and you pray. However, if that place or that praying, let's say you go to pray with a few people, Jama'a, for example, and they took photographs or they filmed you, for example, if that propagates for them their own belief or their own location, and that promotes their religion now becomes haram. So that's a different story. So you've got different sides. If it's just a prayer, that's fine. You pray with their consent, that's fine. But if it promotes their belief, ideologies, their place, then that moves towards the haram in which you cannot go and pray there. So you have to be very careful in terms of when you pray at these places to not promote and encourage their belief, but in turn try to promote and encourage your own religion in these places. Masha'Allah, we discussed a little bit about women praying next to men. Is it allowed for a woman to pray alongside a man with no gap? And what about if they're in front? Is that allowed? Is that acceptable? Well, as I mentioned previously that with regard to other ulama, they have the issue of making the Salat Batil if they pray close to each other. However, the Sayyid says it's Makruh. If a woman prays next to a man or a head of a man, that's Makruh, that woman is the Salat Batil. However, with regard to Salat Al-Jama'ah, she must be in the back of the Jama'ah men, and she is not allowed to pray in front of the men in the Jama'ah Salat. So that's important. Otherwise, for the Sayyid, it's Makruh. For a man to stand next to a woman and pray. Although the praying is farada and it's separate, it's not Jama'ah. But to make such clothes, the Sayyid says it's Makruh, but you can't in overall. Masha'Allah, what does the Sayyid say in regards to public buildings? For example, schools, colleges, universities, government buildings and places like that. Are we allowed to pray Salat there? Yes, the public places I've mentioned previously, it is allowed. So you can pray in these places. Again, you have to find a peaceful, quiet place away from the crowds. I mean, tahrir, to be tahrir. If all the conditions of Salat is met, that's fine, you can pray. Masha'Allah. Sheikhna, I want you to try and imagine this scenario with me. Imagine we're on a plane and let's say we're going to Karbala for Ziyarah, me and you, Sheikhna. And we're on an airline and we need to pray Salat. But the cabin crew are restricting us from actually getting out of our seats and praying in the aisle or if there's some space at the back they say no, you're not allowed or it's health and safety issues. Plus, we're working, you're going to be causing inconvenience. We're not going to allow you to pray in the aisle or at the back. What do we do in that situation? What can we do, me and you? Well, if there is enough time when you get to the destination where you can pray the Salat there without becoming Qadaa, then that's fine, you just wait. You delay your Salat for a few hours. You arrive in the destination, you pray the Salat. Otherwise, if it is out of the time and it becomes Qadaa, then you have to pray in the airplane or the train or the bus in the best way you can. So on the seats, if there's space you can stand up, upright pray and then you go back to the seat, for example. Otherwise, you just sit in your seat and pray. So you do your best. You try to observe the rules and the conditions of the Salat, the Raku'ah, the Sujood, as much as you can. Otherwise, you just pray as much as you can and to perform the Salat, which is the most important, number one in time, and number two with all conditions, as much as you can. Asfand Sheikh, thank you very much. And I think that's what concludes our discussion on the places of praying. And the next topic that I say discusses is Adhan and Aqama. So Adhan and Aqama, is this wajib and mandatory in Salah? With regard to the Adhan and Aqama, in overall, the Adhan and the Aqama is mustahab and desirable act before the Salah. And they're very encouraged, especially the Aqama, that you first do the Adhan and then the Aqama, and then you start your prayers. However, if you decided to read the Adhan and Aqama before the Salah, you're not allowed to perform the Aqama before the Adhan. You have to follow the sequence, although they are mustahab, but you have to respect and follow the rules of the sequence. So you make sure that you start with the Adhan first, and then you go to the Aqama. You cannot start the Aqama first and then you go to the Adhan. That's wrong, that's not accepted. You begin with the Adhan, and then you begin with the Aqama afterwards, and then you start the Salah with the Takbirat-ul-Haram, and you enter the Salah. Sheikh, you said that the Adhan and Aqama is mustahab, it's not wajib. Can I just do the Adhan and leave the Aqama? Is that okay? Or leave the Adhan and just recite the Aqama? As I've mentioned, these are both mustahab, but it is important that that we try to do these mustahab, but we get more rewards. At the end of the day, we need rewards and thawab. So you can begin the Salah with the Aqama, that's fine. But however, it encourages for a moment, that you try to bring the Adhan over to somebody else in the house or in the mosque, who does the Adhan, and you listen to the Adhan, that's fine. You just do the Aqama and you start the prayer. Sheikh, sometimes we see people, they have recorded Adhan and recorded Aqama. Is that permissible? Is that permissible? Are we allowed to play audios or MP3s or CDs of Adhan and Aqama? Is that acceptable? Well, to play Adhan or the Aqama on tape or record the MP3, for example, without somebody uttering that Adhan, as a live Adhan, the sage states that they are deemed to have no value. It has to be a live Adhan and Aqama, that's important. So it should be recited with the presence of the reciter, not that it's been recorded and you can press play. A word about standing or sitting during the Adhan, the one who is reciting the Adhan and the Aqama, is it okay for him to do it sitting down or is it better for him to stand? It is allowed for the one to sit down and to recite the Adhan and Aqama, but it's better for them to perform the Adhan and Aqama while standing, as Mustahab. So it's better. What about the Aqama? How does that differ from the Adhan? What's the difference between Adhan and Aqama? It's almost similar. It's just that, instead of saying Allahu Akbar in the beginning, four times, in the Aqama you say twice. And everything is twice said up to Hayyya ala khayr al-amal, you add again twice, Okay so it's the same, we're reciting the same dhikr, the same words we recite, except at the beginning, Allahu Akbar twice. Let me go through the same, Ashadu Allah, Allah, Allah, Ashadu Allah, Muhammad Rasulullah, all at twice, all the way until Hayyya ala khayr al-amal, and then there's an addition to the Aqama, which is Qatqama t-asala, twice, and then Allahu Akbar twice, Adhya ala ila Allah twice. Allah Akbar is twice, but Allah is just once. Okay, okay. So you end out once only. Wa Allah, ya Allah. And that's it. You can now begin and commence your Salah by saying the takbirat al-Haram, and you enter the Salah. Exact. Shaykhna, a lot of people say, a lot of people, Shaykhna, a lot of scholars say that Ashadu Anna, Ali, and Waliyula is not part of the Adhan. Does Sayyid, Sadaq Shirazi, May Allah prolong his life, does he also have this opinion? With regard to this Shahada Thalitha of the Imam, commander of Faithful, Alayhi Salam, some alama say that it's not part of the Adhan, but it's mustahab to say it and to mention it. The Sayyid came and even his other brother, Sayyid Muhammad al-Shirazi, that this part of the Adhan, the third Shahada, Ashadu Anna, Ali, and Waliyullah is part of the Adhan. So you cannot say the Adhan without this Shahada. To have the complete Adhan, you must mention this Shahada of the Imam being as vice-gerent. Ascent, Shaykhna. Thank you very much for that. And thank you to all our viewers for joining us on this episode. Insha'Allah you benefited greatly. Insha'Allah we'll see you soon on the next episode of Ahkam SOS. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.