Q: In salaah do I have to recite bismillahirrahmanirraheem before surah fateha? Does this make for the 7 ayats mentioned in quran?

Q: In a maghrib salaah, if I join the jamaat in the third rakat, the next two rakats do I have to recite a surah after surah fatiha? Do I have to sit in tashahud in both the remaining rakats? Similarly, how do I do it in isha if I joined in the last rakat?

Q: During weekdays, I perform Zuhar and Asr on the staircase in the office. So, there is not much convenience and hence I miss out zuhur sunnah salaah on a regular basis. And also I perform Zuhr about one hour before Asr time, so that I do not have to do wudu twice. Please advise.

Q: What is the end time of Fajr salaah? For example, if Sunrise is at 6.35 am, can I perform fajr until 6.30 am?

Q: What is the duration between the end time of Asr salaah and the Maghrib salaah? for example, if maghrib salaah time is 6.45 pm, can i perform asr until 6.30 pm?

Q: My house is about one bus stop away from the mosque, which is about 10 mins walk. So, when I'm home, I do the salaah at home and sometimes go to the mosque. Please advise.

Q: I actually belong to India (hanafi) but I've been living in Singapore for the last 4 years because I work here and it is shafii fiqh followed here. So, are my prayers valid behind an Imaam of another mazhab? And there would be a slight variation in the salaah in fajr here to as of what we do back in India.

Q: If the toes slide slowly during sajdah (because of the khuffs) without it becoming seperated from the ground, is the sajdah and thus the salaah valid?

Q: Is a person's wife being scared i.e when left alone at home, (so scared that if there was some noise on the roof she would duck down on the floor) a valid excuse for the husand not attending jamaat salaah in the musjid eg. fajr salaah?

Q: The Mukrooh time for Asr Salaah sets in when the sun looses its glare and one is able to gaze directly at the sun without any hurt to the eye. If this is correct, then will it be correct to apply the opposite  in order to establish the time of Ishraaq? I.e. After sunrise, as long as one is able to look directly at the sun the time of Ishraaq has not yet set in. However, once one is not able to look directly at the sun, can it be said that the time of Ishraaq has set in? Generally we are told that Ishraaq can be made 10-15 minutes after the time of sunrise. However, in some places it has been noticed that after 5-7 minutes (from the time of sunrise stated on the calender) the sun becomes bright enough that one is not able to gaze directly at it. Furthmore, what is the easiest way to determine the time of Ishraaq when the time of sunrise is not known?