Fatwa ID: 04733

Answered by: Mufti Mujahid Hussain

Question

Please help me understand matters regarding fardh prayers when performed at home.

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer

The Fardh, when read at home should be prayed in the same manner as prayed in a Masjid with the congregation.

So you pray the same number of Rakats and the actions are the same.

However, if you happened to pray by yourself at home, then you may recite the Quran quietly even in Fajr,  Magrib and Isha prayers.

( Radul-Muktar V 2 P 251-252 Darul-Kutub-Alilmiyyahباب صفة الصلاة)[1]

However, effort should be made to pray Salah in the masjid with the congregation as there is more reward in that.

Only Allah Knows best.

Written by Mufti Mujahid Hussain

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah 

Darul Ifta Birmingham

[1] (وَيُخَيَّرُ الْمُنْفَرِدُ فِي الْجَهْرِ) وَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ وَيُكْتَفَى بِأَدْنَاهُ (إنْ أَدَّى) وَفِي السَّرِيَّةِ يُخَافِتُ حَتْمًا عَلَى الْمَذْهَبِ (وَيُخَافِتُ) الْمُنْفَرِدُ (حَتْمًا) أَيْ وُجُوبًا (إنْ قَضَى) الْجَهْرِيَّةَ فِي وَقْتِ الْمُخَافَتَةِ، كَأَنْ صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ بَعْدَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ

قَالَ فِي الْخَزَائِنِ: هَذَا مَا صَحَّحَهُ فِي الْهِدَايَةِ وَلَمْ يُوَافِقْ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ اخْتَارَ شَمْسُ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَفَخْرُ الْإِسْلَامِ وَالْإِمَامُ التُّمُرْتَاشِيُّ وَجَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ الْمُتَأَخِّرِينَ أَنَّ الْقَضَاءَ كَالْأَدَاءِ. قَالَ قَاضِي خَانْ: هُوَ الصَّحِيحُ. وَفِي الذَّخِيرَةِ وَالْكَافِي وَالنَّهْرِ: هُوَ الْأَصَحُّ