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Fiqh-us-Sunnah was written by Sayyid Saabiq (1915-2000 C.E.), may Allaah have mercy on him. The following information is taken from his obituary in the March 2, 2000 Daily News of IANA Radionet.
In the early 1990’s, Fiqh-us-Sunnah was translated into English by a group of people commissioned by American Trust Publications. The translators included Muhammad Sa’eed Dabas, Jamal al-Din M. Zarabozo, Abdul-Majid Khokhar, and M. S. Kayani. This group published Fiqh-us-Sunnah in five volumes.
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Section : The imam may prolong the first rak’ah to allow others to join. It is permitted for the imam to prolong the first rak’ah while waiting for others to join the congregation. In the same way, it is preferred…
Section : It is obligatory to follow the imam and forbidden to precede him. Abu Hurairah reports that the Prophet sallallahu alehi wasallam said: “The imam is selected to be followed; therefore, do not differ with him. When he makes…
Section : Consitution of a congregation. One person with the imam would constitute a congregation even if the other person is a child or a woman. Ibn ‘Abbas says: “I stayed with my Aunt Maimunah and the Prophet sallallahu alehi…
Section : An imam may change his place and become a follower. If the regular imam or appointed imam is not present, it is permissible to appoint someone else to perform the duty of imam. If the regular imam appears…
Section : Catching up with imam or the congregation. Whoever joins a congregation, he should perform the opening takbir while standing and then move directly to the act that the congregation may be performing, for instance, if the congregation is…
Section : When it is permissible to not attend Congregation. Ibn ‘Umar narrated that the Prophet ordered the mu’azhzhin to say: “Pray in your places,” on a cold, stormy night during a journey. This is related by alBukhari and Muslim.…
Section : The one who should be imam is the one who is the most versed in the Qur’an. If two or more are equal in this, then it is the one who has the most knowledge of the sunnah.…
Section : Whose imamate is acceptable. The imamate of all the following is acceptable: a discerning boy, a blind person, a standing person for those who are sitting, a sitting person for those who are standing, a person praying fard…
Section : Whose imamate is not acceptable. It is not allowed for one who has a health problem which does not allow him to remain in a state of purity to be an imam for others who do not have…
Section : It is preferred to have a woman imam for women. ‘Aishah used to lead the women in salah and stand with the women in the middle of the first row. Umm Salamah would also do so. The Prophet…
Section : A man leading a group of women in prayer. Abu Ya’ la and at-Tabarani, in al-Ausat, record, with a hasan chain, that Ubayy ibn Ka’b came to the Messenger of Allah and said: “O Messenger of Allah, I…
Section : Evildoer or innovator forbidden to lead prayer. Al-Bukhari records that Ibn ‘Umar prayed behind al-Hajjaj. Muslim records that Abu Sa’id al-Khudri prayed salatul ‘id behind Marwan. Ibn Mas’ud once prayed four rak’at of fajr, behind al-Walid ibn ‘Uqbah…
Section : Permission to leave the congregational prayer. If the imam makes the salah too long, it is permissible, under certain circumstances, to leave the salah with the intention of performing it individually. The following are examples of when this…
Section : Repeating a salah with a congregation. Yazid al-Aswad says: “We prayed dawn prayer (fajr) with the Messenger of Allah at Mina and two men came and stopped at their resting places. The prophet ordered for them to be…
Section : Imam’s leaving the place after the salah. It is preferred for the imam to tum to the right or to the left after the salah and then to leave the place of prayer. Qabaidah ibn Halb relates that…