Salaah

Q: What is the procedure of ladies Salaah? Last month I did Umrah. In Saudi Arabia both men and women performed Salaah in the same manner.

Q: There appears to be no practical requirement for a microphone to be used for certain Salaah in the Masjid, in particular Fajr where, unfortunately, the congregation is small. Therefore I have 5 specific questions:

1. Is it necessary from a Shar'ee perspective that the followers of the Imam need to hear the Qir'at of the Imam?

2. If the answer to the first question is in the negative, why are our Ulama using microphone for Salah?

3. What are the Shar'ee objections or requirements, if any, for using a microphone in Salah and

4. Even if the Jamat is large, is it not sufficient to use the method of citing people at intervals in different rows so that they recite the takbeer and everyone else can therefore come to know that the Imam has gone in to Ruku, Sajdah etc?

5. Finally, the use of the microphone also entails the Imam engaging in loud congregational Du'a after the Salah and/or announcement and/or Naseehah which then disturbs the Masbooq. Is this permissible? If not, why is it done by our own Deobandi Ulama?

Q: I am just a bit confused about this question that once I made niyyat of reading four rakaats but I made salam after two rakaats an just as I made salam I remembered so I stood up and completed my other two rakaats. So now was my Salaah accepted or do I have to make Qadha for that Salaah. Please advise.

Q: How many minutes before sunrise is fajar Salaah accepted?

Q: During Salah, if one recited a particular Surah after Surah Al Fatiha in the first rak'ah (for example, one recited Surah Al Kauthar), and then in the second rak'ah, after reciting Surah Al Fatiha, one begins to recite Surah Al Kauthar and then realises that he has already recited this Surah in the first rak'ah, and so he immediately starts again by reciting a different Surah (for example, Surah Al Ikhlaas). Does this action require sajdah sahw, since he was reciting a particular Surah, then stopped, and started again by reciting a different Surah?

Q: If one is travelling in a plane and wants to read salah with another brother in jamaat, in the limited space at the back of the plane would it be permissible due to space being limited:

1. The imam stands directly in front of a single muqtadi?
2. The imam stands almost next to muqtadi, just a few centimetres in front (due to space restrictions the ideal of one foot behind the imam cannot work)?
3. The imam stands on the right of the muqtadi, muqtadi behind imam one foot length?

Q: I prayed asr or Dhuhr I think, and I think in 2nd rak'ah I said ayah of al Faatihah wrong but was not sure so I ignored it and on the third rak'aat I noticed it was probably wrong so I took the 3rd rak'aat as 2nd and finished like normal and then did 2 sujood sahw. Any thing wrong with this?

Q: I have a lot of years of umra Qadha to pray. I try to do as many as I can after each Salaah. My question is can I sit on a chair to pray even more when I get tired?

Q: In Salaah, I recited in my last rak'aat  "Ihdina siraatal mustaqeem". But when I tried to do the Qaf with kasra it was like kaaf and so I recited it again, but this time the ta in Al-Mustaqeem was not properly audible I think, but I moved my tongue to say it and I guess I now think the second time I recited it, it was acceptable - but at the time my mind was like blank, I thought of both carrying on and saying it again and as I was quite pressured because I did not want to remain silent without reciting anything I said it again for a third time, but now I wonder is my prayer invalid because both times when I recited after the initial mistake were acceptable, so is it like I made a purpose addition in my Salaah or am I excused?

Q: Can Hanafis in countries whose asr Salaah time is in accordance with the other three Mazhabs perform the Asr Salaah with the Jamaah without
re-performing it later when the Hanafi asr time is due?