Q: What should be done if one forgets the number of rakaats completed while reading Salah?

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?