New Muslim reciting SubhaanAllah in each posture in salaah
Q: Can a new Muslim who doesn't know any surah or duaa and is still learning, recite SubhaanAllah thrice in each posture? Will that suffice until they learn Surah Faatiha?
Various masaail of Salaah
Unintentionally swallowing blood
Q: If one felt the taste of blood in the mouth and eventually so he went to bathroom and spat out and there was discoloured saliva and didn’t seem to see blood and swallowed intentionally as he didn’t think there was blood but it tasted like blood. So most likely he would have consumed blood but not intentionally. Does this mean his salah may not be accepted for 40 days because of consuming this blood?
Walking in front of person who is performing salaah
Q: If a person is praying salah and you wish to go past them, is any of the following ways permissible?
(a) You walk in front of them, stop for a while (say, 10 seconds) and then continue past them.
(b) You walk in front of them, sit down, then stand up and then continue past them.
(c) You walk in front of them, perform 2 rakat of nafl salah and when finished, continue past them.
Making fardh wudhu and performing salaah
Q: In wudhu, if sometimes we wash all the parts one time instead of 3 times, can we offer salah with this wudhu?
Musallahs with pictures of the Kabah and Islamic names
Q: Is it permissible to use musallahs with pictures of Kabah, Hajr-e-Aswad etc. on it?
Also is it permissible to personalize a musallah with an Islamic name on it or is it disrespectful because it goes on the ground, and most have names of Prophets and Sahaabah etc.
Wearing shoes and performing salaah
Q: What is the ruling regarding wearing shoes and performing salaah according to the Hanafi madhab? Is it permissible? If so, then under which circumstances etc?
Performing salaah in a room with a TV
Q: Can salaah be read in the same room in which there is a TV if the TV is switched off at salaah time? Does the position of the TV matter? Can Islamic frames be hung in the lounge when there is a TV in that lounge?
Performing salaah on a soft and thick musalla
Q: If one suffers from knee pain, can one pray on prayer mats that are softer and thicker at the feet and knees end than the sajdah end, such that the sajdah area becomes lower than the feet and knees?
Sajdah Shukr
Q: Can sajdah shukr be done immediately and openly.
Performing salaah with glasses on
Q: Can I offer namaaz while wearing glasses?