Al-Sayyid Al-Allamah Al-Hujjah Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah Awad al-Mu’ayyidi May Allah preserve him

Question: Which is better: to pray Fajr at the start of its time and then return to bed, or to delay within the time—to the middle or last third—pray Fajr, and then remain seated in one’s place of prayer until...

Question: A man wakes up when the sun is about to rise. He knows that if he performs wuḍūʾ (or ghusl, if required) the prayer time will end with sunrise; but if he performs tayammum he will catch the prayer...

Question: If the imām combines the two prayers, is that an excuse to combine with him? And is combining with him better, or praying each at its time individually?

Question: If time becomes tight and multiple obligations collide for a Muslim—such as an obligatory prayer, forbidding an evil, rushing a patient to the hospital, and the like—what should he do? What takes precedence and what is deferred?

Question: By what is the beginning of Maghrib known? And when does its preferred time end?

Question: If a man goes to the mosque before Ẓuhr, for example, and lies down there until the time of the adhān—intentionally—because if he lay down at home he might miss Ẓuhr: is that permissible?

Question: If the imām of the central mosque is not acceptable, is praying at home better, or in the mosque? And does this apply equally to the Two Sanctuaries and to other mosques?

Question: What is the ruling on smoking in the mosque?

Question: Between my house and my neighbor’s is an old mosque, of which only the foundation remains. People have no need of this mosque. My neighbor wants to enclose this mosque and take it for himself. Is it permissible for...

Question: There are artifacts in some shrines or mosques that the overseer—being unaware of their worth—has discarded outside among refuse. Is it permissible for a Muslim to take such an item for himself?