Qiraat

Q: If I am offering prayers alone then can I read qirat (reciting Holy Quran) in a loud voice? If there is no person except me.

Q:

1. What is the status of reciting consecutive Surahs in fardh salaat? For example, reciting Surah Ikhlaas in the first rakaat and Surah Falaq in the second rakaat?

2. In fardh salaah, it makrooh to intentionally recite Surah Ikhlaas in the first rakaat and Surah Naas in the second rakaat?

3. In Witr salaah, what is the status of reciting Surah Ikhlaas in the first rakaat, Surah Falaq in the second rakaat, and Surah Naas in the third rakaat?

4. What are the two shortest Surahs that can be read in the first and second rakaat of fardh salaah?

Q: If a person read Surah Naas in the first rakaat, what should he read in the second rakaat?

Q: How long should one remain silent between fatihah and the next surah in jummah prayers? The Imams of the Haram usually remain silent after aamen for half a minute.

Q: Is it compulsory to recite Surah Fatihah in the third and fourth rakat of farz salaat. I have read somewhere that its not compulsory when reading salaat individually without jamaat.

Q: Let's suppose we are offering zuhr namaz or any other namaz as a muqtadi in the mosque behind the Imaam. In the second rakat when we get up from the first rakat do we have to say the "Tasmia"in the start of second rakat?

Q: Which two small surahs can be recited for namaaz-e-tauba?

Q: I heard that the Surah recited after Surah Faatihah in the second rakaat should be shorter than the one recited in the first rakaat. What is the Shar'ee ruling regarding this?

Q:

1. Must the surah recited in the second rakaat be shorter than the surah recited in the first rakaat?

2. If so, how is the length of a surah determined?

Q: I read in tafseer Ibn kathir that Surah Fateha has seven verses in it and there are some Hadith also there in that tafseer from two sahihs that Bismillahir rahman nir Raheem is a first verse of Surah Fateha. There are only seven verses in Surah Fateha. Now, I saw in Sahih Bukhari Narrated From Anas bin Malik (radhiyallahu anhu): Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu anhu) and 'Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) used to start the prayer with "Alhamdulillahi rabbil aala min" Vol-1,book 12, number 710. ( Sahih Bukhari-- characteristics of prayer). Now, what should we start the prayer with?