Expert: Islamic Scholar - 8/10/2007

Question
assalaamu alaikum

i have 2 questions

1)one day i was about to pray zuhr salaat alone at school and my non-muslim friend
was curious about how to pray so i taught him the actions. i was imam and he
just followed along with me... my question is, do i still get the reward of
praying in congregation in that salaat or do i only get reward for praying
alone...
likewise, if i had a five year old son who had imaan (faith) but didnt know how
to pray and just folowed wat i do, wud i get reward for praying in congregation?

2)today i was praying fajr namaaz and during the second rakaah, after ruku, we did a dua of qunoot for some reason. i dont know what that was all about  because ive never done that before so could you tell me why we did that. also, is this dua qunoot same as the one that is recited in salatul witr
jazakallah for your time>>>>>>>>>  

Answer
WA ALAIKUM ASSALAAM W.B.
1)one day i was about to pray zuhr salaat alone at school and my non-muslim friend
was curious about how to pray so i taught him the actions. i was imam and he
just followed along with me... my question is, do i still get the reward of
praying in congregation in that salaat or do i only get reward for praying
alone...

ANSWER: IT WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS REGULAR CONGREGATION - BUT YOU WOULD BE REWARDED FOR ENCOURAGING HIM TO GOOD.

likewise, if i had a five year old son who had imaan (faith) but didnt know how
to pray and just folowed wat i do, wud i get reward for praying in congregation?
ANSWER: YES YOU WOULD BE REWARDED/

2)today i was praying fajr namaaz and during the second rakaah, after ruku, we did a dua of qunoot for some reason. i dont know what that was all about  because ive never done that before so could you tell me why we did that. also, is this dua qunoot same as the one that is recited in salatul witr
ANSWER: That is another method of praying with.....normally practiced by the Shaafi school of taught.


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