Performing Salaah in forbidden and makrooh times
Q: Is it haraam to pray in forbidden times? Would they be valid? What is the status of qadha prayers performed in the last 20 minutes of Asr? Are they valid and disliked?
Salaah
Reciting an aayah of the Quraan Majeed in the qa’dah of salaah
Q: If a person recites an aayah in qa’dah, will sajdah sahw be compulsory upon him?
Making qadha of salaah that was performed behind a child
Q: Do I have to makeup for salaah if it was led by a child who is not a mukallaf?
Wudhu breaking by laughing aloud in salaah
Q: I have some questions regarding laughing aloud (such that another person can here you) in salaah. I have seen multiple views and do not know which one is correct.
1. Can you touch the Quraan afterwards (i.e. is it hadath or not)?
2. For those who say it is for reprimanding the person, not hadath, according to them can you make tawaaf with that wudhu, or is tawaaf similar to salaah therefore tawaaf is invalid with that wudhu?
Shaafi woman who doesn't have the strength to get out of bed for wudhu and salaah
Q: A woman who is a Shaafi and doesn't have the strength to get out of bed for wudhu and salaah, what should she do?
Keeping the head straight during qiyaam
Q:
1. Would it be disliked if someone bowed their head till their chin touched or almost touched their upper chest, in the standing or sitting positions of the prayer (while keeping their eyes at the various sunnah positions during the prayer)? If so, for what reason would it be disliked, and when would it not be disliked?
2. If they did this out of feeling comfortable, would it be disliked?
Woman making the intention of itikaaf when performing salaah at home
Q: 1. When a lady performs her salaah, it is recommended to make intention of nafl itikaaf, is this correct?
2. Will only her musallah be considered as the itikaaf area, or if she is reading in her bedroom, will her bedroom also be considered as the area of itikhaaf?
Using sound effects for the qiraat of salaah
Q: Is it permissible to use sound effects like echo for the qiraat of salaah?
Reciting the tashahhud in ruku or sajdah
Q:
1. Does (mistakenly) reciting the tashahhud (partially or fully) in ruku', rising from ruku', prostration, or sitting in between the prostrations, necessitate sajdatus-sahw?
2. Is there a difference of opinion about whether the above necessitates sajdatus-sahw, or doesn't?
Making qadha of witr salaah before the qadha of esha
Q: I had many qadha salaahs and I had made the qadha of my witr salaahs before all my esha salaahs. Will the witrs have to be repeated, and if so, must I repeat just the witrs or the eshas as well?