Question:
Q1-Is it permissible to Shaheed a Shari masjid and rebuild it from the foundation?
Q2-The Imam of the masjid in Salaat when getting up from Ruku and Sajdah straightens the back of the Kurtaa with both hands is this Amal e Katheer and will Salaat break?
Q3-Is it Fardh to repeat the Salaat read behind the Imam who straightens the Kurtaa with both hands in Salaat? please provide reference to answers, Jazakumullah.
Answer:
- It is permissible to Shaheed a Masjid before rebuilding it in order to make it stronger. (Raddul Muhtaar, Vol. 3, Page 405, Fataawaa Aalamgeeriyyah, Vol. 2, Page 457, Fataawaa Mahmoodiyah, Vol. 10, Page 180)
- Straightening the garment with both the hands after standing up from Ruku’ or Sajdah will not fall under Amal-e-Katheer. Straightening the Kurtaa after standing up from Ruku’ or Sajdah is usually done due to one of two reasons. Firstly, because sometimes the Kurtaa hangs itself onto the waist on the back which causes irritation to some. Secondly, the Kurtaa sometimes gets stuck in the buttocks which also cause irritation and both these situations lead to lack of concentration in Salaah. If the Kurtaa is straightened for a valid reason like the ones mentioned above then there is no harm in doing so but one hand would suffice for them. It will be Makrooh to use both the hands. It will be Makrooh-e-Tahrimi to do so without a valid reason and it will be Waajib to repeat that Salaah in which a Makrooh-e-Tahrimi action was committed. (Ahsanul Fataawaa, Vol. 3, Page 436, Raddul Muhtaar, Vol. 1, Page 473 and 337)
And Allah Ta’ala knows best
Qasim bin Hashim Limbada
Attested to as correct by:
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
20 May 2004
29 Rabee’ul Awwal 1425
This Q&A was indexed in 2012 from the website of Jameah Mahmoodiyah, South Africa. The original website no longer exists.