Inner lining of the khuff

Q: If the khuff has a cotton inner lining sewn in itself, is its lining is considered to be the khuff ? i.e. if on the leather in that case are 4 holes i.e tears, but the cotton innerlining at these tears is intact than these tears on the leather are of no consideration and they don't count as holes. Is this correct? I remember reading this in Halabi as Saghir it was attributes to Imam Muhammad.

Gifting a picture frame with animate objects to a non-Muslim

Q: I received a wooden wall hanging/frame as a gift from a non muslim. Since it had pictures of horses (animals), i never hanged it any where in my home, rather i just put it in a closed cupboard. can you kindly explain to me whether it is acceptable in Islamic sense for me to give this wooden frame as a gift to a non muslim friend, rather than myself just holding on to it.

Stopping in-between words in Salaah

Q: During Quran recitation or during the Zikrs and duaas while in salaah if one stops at the half of a word and after 2 seconds one continue does the Salaah break? For example when one wants to read "Alhamdulillahi rabbil alamin..." one says "Al..." after 2 seconds "...Hamdulillahi..." or one starts from begining again. Another example when reciting "Ihdinas siraat al mustakim..." one says "siraat al..." then one does restart from "Ihdinas..." Or when reading "...musteqim.." one stops after after "muste..."  then one re-reads it. Does such things break salaah? Also if one makes such an error that would break the salaah, if one re-reads the relevant place correctly again, does the salaah become valid again?

Viewing pictures of animate objects

Q: Whilst the impermissibility of picture-making is known, whether it be digital or not, what is the ruling on looking at such pictures which are not of a haraam nature, for example looking at the picture of a man or a dog, etc. Many a times a person doesn't create pictures himself, but e-mails, etc are forwarded to him with pictures, if he looks at it, is it Haraam/Makrooh/Khilaaf-e-Awlaa or nothing wrong with looking?

Dua after Salaah

Q: I want to ask some questions regarding prayers after namaz:

  1. Is there any proof that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did dua with raising hands right after the Faraz Namaz individually? If yes then please tell some reference
  2. Is there any proof that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did dua with raising hands right after the Faraz Namaz along with Sabahas Collectively? if yes then please tell some reference
  3. Is there any proof that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did dua with raising hands right after the Faraz Namaz  along with Sabahas Collectively and Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did dua loudly and sahabas said ameen only as usualy we follow this practise in hanafis mosques these days? if yes then please tell some reference