How long should one remain silent between Surah Fatihah and the Surah?
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.
Qiraat
Reading Surah Faatihah in the third and fourth rakaat of fardh salaah
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.
Muqtadi reciting Bismillah in the second rakaat
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?
Surahs to recite in taubah namaaz
Q: Which two small surahs can be recited for namaaz-e-tauba?
Length of qiraat in the first and second rakaat
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?
Second rakaat being shorter than the first rakaat
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?
Commencing salaah with Surah Fatiha
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?
Should one repeat salaah that was read without pulling the madds
Q: Some time ago, I did not know that I have to read salah with tajweed. So for like almost 5 years I read salah but did not follow the proper rules of elongation and madds. Do I have to repeat the salahs?
Mistakes in qiraat
Q:
1. How will one correct themsleves if they make the follwoing mistakes in Salaah.
1.1. Doubt which word it is and so reads both e.g. ya'lamoon and ta'lamoon
1.2. Gets stuck and cannot complete the ayaat
1.3. After completing the salaah (nafl or fardh) realise they read an ayah incorrect or missed out a part
Reciting Surah Faatihah behind the imaam
Q: In salaah for Hanafi's, should they recite surah Fatiha while following an Imaam in fardh salaah?