Performing salaah on the marble outside the Haram
Q: Can one join the saffs on the marble outside the actual Haram, considering the fact that there are huge gaps inbetween the saffs?
Distance between the Imaam and Muqtadis
Performing Salaah on the 1st and 2nd floor of a musjid
Q: In few mosques there are arrangements to offer prayer with jamat on 1st and/or 2nd floor along with the ground floor. I heard from some elder person that if the distance from one row (of jamat) to the subsequent row is greater than 2 row's size than prayer of the person of the subsequent row will not be valid. Hence if the roof's height of the ground floor is higher than the 2 row's size then the prayer of the person (offering prayer) in jamat on 1st floor will not be valid. Is this case true?
Performing Salaah outside the Haram
Q: In the Haram Sharif the gates of the masjid are closed early. Many people pray on the marble or in the street. At times there is a large space in between the saffs. Will the salah be valid if there is a large space in between the saffs on the marble or praying in the street? By praying on the marble outside the Haram sharif masjid or in the street, will a person get the 100 thousand reward because the gates of the masjid are closed early?
Following the Imaam via the cellphone
Q: I live in a non-muslim country so every time I go to mosque for prayer, I call my brother on his cell phone so he can listen to the Qiraat of the Imaam and pray behind him (He lives in a different city where there is no mosque nearby). Is it allowed to pray like this?
Following the Salaah in the Haram from the hotel jamaat khanas
Q: In some hotels in Makkah mukarramah, e.g. hilton, zam zam towers, they have jamaat khanas that overlook the Haram shareef. For Jumuah and some salaah when busy, people read Salaah in these following the Imaam in the haram. Is this permissible? The saffs continue past where the hotel is along streets.
Safwa towers prayer room
Q: In Mecca, inside Safwa Towers there is a very large prayer area (with its own sound system, recitation coming direct from the Haramain Sharifain Imam). Does this area come under the precinct of the Haramain? In other words, do I get the same reward as praying inside the Haramain Sharifain as praying in the Safwa Towers’ prayer area?
Continuity in the saffs
Q: What is the masaalah in regards to making Iqtidaa of a jamaat which is situated in a building disconnected by a distance of about 50 meters or so? ( a separate building) for eg.. a female jamaat making iqtidaa of the main jamaat in another building etc... on this point if Mufti Saheb could please discuss the situation in the haram when salaah is performed on the roads in saffs which are disconnected.