Prayer & Worship
Why prayer times differ: calculation methods and settings
Prayer-start times, twilight angles, Asr rules, high latitudes and local settings, with sources and scholarly distinctions.
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Women who taught Islam: knowledge, questions and transmission
Meet Aisha, Amra and Karima through documented teaching and transmission, with primary hadith reports and carefully attributed historical research.
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Muslims, Jews and Christians: friends, frenemies or enemies?
A discussion of religious difference, friendship and justice, with attributed Muslim interpretations and Jewish and Catholic voices.
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Should Muslims celebrate Mawlid? Understanding the scholarly disagreement
Understand selected Sunni authorities’ differing positions on Mawlid, their evidence, conditions and the questions to take to a qualified scholar.
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My app and mosque show different prayer times: a checking checklist
A reproducible comparison of labels, date, location, clock, calculation convention, Asr and documented adjustments.
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Prayer times when travelling: using the clock at your destination
Keep destination, local date and time zone together, and distinguish ground planning from prayer questions during a journey.
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Finding the qibla: direction, maps and a trustworthy reference
Understand location, map orientation, true and magnetic north, and the limits of phone arrows without inventing religious error tolerances.
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Praying in public: faith and consideration for others
Opinion: support visible religious practice while considering access, obstruction and the responsibilities of worshippers, organisers and venues.
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Prayer times in northern summers: late twilight and missing signs
Distinguish late twilight, missing signs and polar conditions, with institution-specific guidance and the limits of calculation settings.
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Fajr and sunrise: which time marks the start and end of the prayer window?
Read Fajr beginning, congregation and sunrise entries correctly, with an explicitly fictional teaching timetable and source-qualified timing distinctions.
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Why are there two Asr times? Understanding the shadow-length methods
One- and two-height shadow calculations, the noon baseline, school distinctions and separate congregation times.
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Friday prayer times: adhan, khutbah and congregation explained
Distinguish the daily prayer window, Friday calls, sermon and congregation, using clearly labelled fictional examples and mosque-specific sources.
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No water for wudhu: when and how to perform tayammum
When water cannot be used, suitable materials, a clearly attributed Shafi‘i procedure, and school-specific renewal and repetition questions.
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