Salaah

Q:

1. If a person is a Haafiz, is it permissible for him to recite the Qur'an in front of everybody without a topi?

2. Can he lead the namaaz?

Q: In beheshti zewar it is mentioned that the when a person is using a sutra and performing salaah, it should be placed slightly to the right or left side and not directly in front of him. Please can mufti saheb explain the reason for this?

Q: If a person has been put forward for imaamat and he finds that closing his eyes and performing the salaah especially the qiraat will help him to relax and not to become stressed whereby he would make mistakes, is this permissible?

Q: What are the prayer and other sharia rules concerning a person born out of wedlock. If he can't inherit from his father and can't lead a jamaat in prayer then why must he himself read prayer or fast?

Q: If a husband and wife are performing salah individually in the same room, is there any basis of the wife not being allowed to be ahead of her husband in standing?

Q: I have missed many namaaz in the past (as per my calculation 17-18 years namaaz). Now for the last one year I am regular in it. My question is regarding my qaza namaaz. I read that I have to perform my qaza farz namaz too. I read a short procedure of performing namaz too, in which I have to recite single time Subhana Rabial Azeem and Subhana Rabial Aalla only once, in Attahiyat short Darood shareef and in 3rd or 4th rakat Subhana Allah 3 times instead of Surah Fatiha, and Rabigfirlli 3 times instead of dua Kanoot. Is it valid? Do I miss my sunnatul Mukada and pray my qaza namaz and complete it as early as possible and then start praying my whole namaz after completing my all qaza namaz?

Q: If a person is praying Zuhr salah at home and a family member calls him from another room, what is the best way to notify the family member that he is in Salaah? Is it ok for him to recite his qira'ah loudly for 1-2 seconds to show that he is praying (even if it is Zuhr salat), or should he say "subhaanallah" loudly or is there any better way?

Q:

1. If a person comes early for Asr and Esha salaah, but needs to learn dohr. Can he read two rakaats as the Sunnat Salaah?

2. When reading this two rakaats Sunnah, can he make intention of other Nawaafil e.g. tahiyyatul masjid, wudhu etc?

Q: For whatever reason which Allah (Ta'ala) knows best I woke up for fajr salaah a bit later than usuall i.e. within permissible time but not enough to make it to the masjid as I felt I could miss the Jamaah and fall within an impermissible tome. I commenced with salaah and performed a short but not hesty salaah with Jamaah at home. I had completed salaah and tasbih* and dua by 04:35am- 20/12/2015-durban. Latest Jamaat commencment time in locality is at 04:25 (Masjid is Al-Hilal)- did my salaah fall within the permissible time and was my decision to perform salaah at home with jamaat at home valid on grounds that I could have missed salaah and permissible time completely had I driven to the masjid. Note that we follow the Shafi'i Madhab so the duration of salaah included dua e qunoot which was incumbent on me as the imam leading salaah.

Q: We have developed a new product which is placed in front of the prayer mat that records the number of Sajdas and Rakaats performed by the worshipper on a small screen. It has no video and no music. Using this product the worshipper is not confused or distracted regarding Sajdas performed. With this product a person can concrete and focus on praying which is very important. Please advise whether it is permissible to use this product to remember?