What should the Muqtadi recite between the both sajdahs
Q: My question is that when we pray Fardh salah behind the Imam should we recite anything in between the 2 sajdahs or it is sufficient that Imam recite?
Method of Salaah
Where should the thumbs be kept is sajdah
Q: For males and females- where should the thumbs be kept in sajdah- in line with the ears or eyes?
Sequence of Surahs in Salaah
Q: Whilst praying maghrib salaah, what should we do if we accidently pray surah falak and surah naas in the three farz rakaats. Do we pray the same surahs in the two sunnat rakaats as well or can we pray any other surahs?
Rasing the index finger in Tashahhud
Q: My question is regarding the raising of the index finger and the motion of the right hand during salah.
- Is the finger to be lowered at "wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan"
- Is the right hand to be kept closed from the moment at which the index finger is raised, up until Durood Ibraheem (Alayhi-salaam) or right until tasleem?
Correcting and re-reciting a mistake that would invalidate the Salaah
Q: According to the book Halabi Kabir p. 480:
Is the invalidity of salaah lifted when a mistake that would invalidate the salaah, is re-read correctly?
Tashahhud of Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ood (Radiyallahu Anhu)
Q: Are Hanafi's allowed to pray this Tashahhud:
التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَى النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِين. أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ.
Pausing in between both salaams
Q: In namaz when one salaam is done people stop in the middle than do the second salaam. What is the correct way of doing both salaams?
Congregational Dua
Q: One person who has ta'lluq with the salafees told me that making dua with jamaat after salaah is not established. Therefore we shouldn't make it in group. Rather each one should make his dua separately.
Reciting Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam instead of the durood in Salaah
Q: If we are short in time when praying salat, instead of reading the whole "Allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa.." in Durood, can we suffice with just "Salla allahu alayhi wa sallam", will the sunna be fulfilled by this? Also, is it ok to just mention the Prophet as a pronoun or should he be mentioned by name i.e. "Salla allahu ala Muhammedin wa sallam"?
Reciting the tasbeeh of ruku' and sajdah only once
Q: I would like to know, is it necessary to do sajda-e-sahw if we pray "Subhanarabiyal azim "only once in ruku instead of three times, also if we mistakenly pray "subhanarabiyalala" only once instead of three times in sajda?