Reciting Surah Naas in the second rakaat of witr
Q: In the second rakaat of Witr, one reads Sura Naas. What Sura should or can then be recited in the third rakaat?
Q: In the second rakaat of Witr, one reads Sura Naas. What Sura should or can then be recited in the third rakaat?
Q: After the fardh salaah, I know according to the hanafi madhab the tasbih-e-fatimi, ayatul kursi etc should be read only after the sunnah-e-muakkida. However, if I end up forgetting or getting distracted after sunnats and find it easier and can be more punctual in recitation after the fardh immediately, and then after that read sunnats, is this permissible?
Q: I have a question with regards to method of performing salaah. If one is performing salaah, whether alone or in jamaah, should the person recite his tasbeehat in a manner that the next person can audibly hear what he is reading or should the brother read it softly so that the next brother cannot hear what the brother is reading.
Q: What it is to read hamdan kaseeran tayiban mubarakan fee after ruku. Is it sunnat?
Q: I know that according to the Hanafi madhab to have a valid recitation one must hear oneselfs recitation. But what if there a surrounding noise, or during performance of salaah a surrounding noise (such as children talking etc) does start, does one still need to hear oneself ?
I came across to this statement of Nawawi but he is a Shafi scholar does the same count for the Hanafi madhab:
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in al-Majmoo’ (3/256):
The minimum form of reciting quietly is such that a person can hear himself if he is sound of hearing and there is no problem such as surrounding noise and the like. This is general in meaning and applies to recitation, takbeer, tasbeeh when bowing and so on, tashahhud, salaam and du’aa’, whether the prayer is obligatory or naafil; nothing of it counts unless he can hear himself, if he is sound of hearing and there is no problem. End quote.
See: Tabyeen al-Haqaa’iq (1/127) and al-Bahr al-Raa’iq (1/356).
Do the Hanafi scholars state the same since at the end two Hanafi books are mentioned i.e. Tabyin al Haqaiq and Bahr al Raiq ?
Q: I like reciting Surah Ikhlaas, from hadith we know that if one recites Surah Ikhlaas 3 times it equivalent to recitation of one complete Quran. I wanted to know whether surah Ikhlaas could be read:
Q: If I move my lips and tongue in my own individual namaaz but not to such an extent that I can hear myself had there to be pin-drop silence, is my salaah valid?
Q: I have read that during namaz one should focus on the words being recited. But if one does not know the meaning of those words, how is it possible to "focus" on those words? Should we imagine that we are actually "seeing" those words written somewhere, similar to focusing on text written in a book.
Q: Should the feet be kept together or apart in sajdah? All this while I used to have it together until I read in the Majlis that there is no basis for it. What should I do?
Q: Can one read something in salaah if the imaam is taking too long for example I finish read at-thiyatu or durood ebrahim then in the remainin time left, also please tell in which other parts of salaah this can be done?