Placing the upper part of the toes on the ground in sajdah
Q: When praying salah, in sajdah Zaid places the upper part of the toes (the part where the nails are on the toes) on the ground, is the sajdah and Salah valid?
Method of Salaah
Missing a portion of a surah during salaah
Q: A person was offering fajr and recited Surah Al A'laa in it. However, the person missed 4 ayat in the middle of the surah (from ayah 12 to ayah 16) and also did not do sajdah sahw. Should the prayer be repeated?
Length of qiraat in the first and second rakaat
Q: Is the following makrooh:
1. To read a shorter Surah in the first rakaat and a longer Surah in the second rakaat?
2. To read a Surah in the 1st rakaat and then skip a Surah and read the next Surah in the second rakaat?
3. To recite Surahs in the wrong order in salaah?
Planning what surahs to recite in salaah
Q: I have been told that we cannot pre determine what surahs we going to read before commencing salaah. This came up when I told someone that I have first rakaat surahs, second rakaat surahs & so on, so I do not make a mistake or forget which rakaat I am currently reading.
Reciting qiraat in the third and fourth rakaat of a fardh salaah
Q: In the third or fourth rakaat of a four rakaat fardh salaah, a person mistakenly recited a surah after Surah Faatihah. If sajda-e-sahw is not made, is the salaah valid or does the salaah need to be repeated?
Reciting Quraanic duas in sajdah
Q: Is it permissible to recite duas that appear in the Quraan in Sujood? Such as
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
What should one recite if one does not know Durood-e-Ebrahim and Qunoot?
Q: I don't know the last durood that is read in last before salaam. What can I read inplace of that? I also don't know the dua in witr salaah. What should I do?
Making the first rakaat of fajr longer than the second rakaat
Q: The first rakah of fajr should be long. Is it for the two rakah sunnah or the fard only?
Missing a few words in qiraat in salaah
Q: I was a masbooq for esha salaah and in the surah after surah fatiha I think I missed out a few words in surah nasr in the last aayat due to some disturbance. I think the words were 'was tagh fir'. In this situation do you need to make sajda e sahw and do I need to repeat my salaah?
Reciting night surahs in tahajjud salaah
Q: I would like to know if I can pray these 3 surahs in my tahajud salah; surah waqia, surah mulk and surah sajda because I pray out of salah so I can add them to my tahajud salah.