Salaah

Q: How many alif should a person pull in the word of Allah in Allahu Akbar in azaan?

Q:

1. Can we answer the Azaan when we are having a bath or in the baitul khala?

2. Is it allowed to enter the baitul khala when the Azaan is on?

Q:

1) In salaah, if you move your head in any direction (right, left, up, down, back or forth), does this nullify the salaah?

2) Moving your chest in salaat in a direction away from the qiblah, does this nullify salaah?

3) If your pants has a small hole and your skin is visible through the hole, performing salaah in this state, will your salaah be valid?

4) If the underneath of a shoe touches the top of your feet, do you have to wash that part of your feet before performing salaah?

Q: If I unintentionally make an intention of praying Asr fard Salaah instead of Zuhr and I realize that after the takbeer, then do I continue or break the Salaah?

Q: A person I know came with me to the Friday prayers. He is not very knowledgeable in Fiqh like myself and we are both non-Aalims. I got out and my companion went to park, but time was running short already, so I managed to find a space, but wasn't sure whether my companion got there on-time. Anyway, I prayed and finished the namaaz. When I got towards the back row I noticed my companion, he pulled me to the side and he was concerned if his prayer was valid, he explained to me the following situation: He came and the Jamaat rose for the 2nd rak'ah, he joined them in the 2nd rak'ah. So when they went into Tashahhud and my companion got up before the Imaam made tasleem, either out of forgetfulness or ignorance, and he quickly managed to finish his final rak'ah and apparently still managed to say the tasleem with the Imaam. He didn't do two prostrations of forgetfulness either. If he neglected to say the Tashahhud out of ignorance as well, would that affect the verdict? What is the verdict anyway?

Q: Our local Imaam recites long Surahs in Maghrib Salaah and very short Surahs in Esha Salaah. My understanding is that it should be other way around. Please advise the correct procedure especially in the light of the sunnah of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam).

Q: Is it makroo to drag your palms on the musala when going into sajda before putting the head first down?

Q:

1.A person has a big step down (e.g. 1m) in front of him. Would this be considered a sutra? i.e. if someone walks past in front he would see their waist

2. What would be the case if the step was small, eg 15cm?

Q: A musaafir became a muqeem in Durban because he intended to stay for 30 days. However, after 20 days, he travels to Port Shepstone, for one day only, returning the same day to Durban. Will this person read qasar for the remaining 10 days or the full salaah?

Q: If you join the jamaat in the last rakaat while the imaam is in tashahud, is your salaat valid or is it preferable to read alone?