Pausing after each aayat in salaah
Q: Is salaah valid if someone does not pause after every aayat of a surah?
Qiraat in Salaah
Reciting qiraat audibly and inaudibly in salaah
Q: If one was reading the qira'ah in salaah with an audible voice, then read without moving the lips a few times, will the salaah be invalid?
Reciting Bismillah when starting qiraat in the middle of a surah
Q: In salaah, after reciting Surah Faatiha, if a person is reading from the middle of a surah, is it preferable to read bismillah or not to read bismillah.
Mic picking up Imaams voice in silent salaah
Q: If due to sensitivity, the microphone picks up the Imam's voice in the 3rd and 4th rakaat of Zuhr, Asr, Esha and in the 3rd rakaat of Maghrib, does that count as having made Qiraat in a loud voice? Is Sajdah Sahw wajib? Please note that the Imam is not intentionally doing so... He is keeping the voice low but the mic picks it up.
Reciting Quraan aloud in salaah
Q: How loud can a person recite Quraan in salaah like in a fardh or sunnah salaah? How loud should a person recite when he is performing salaah individually in his room, etc. in a jehri or sirrri salaah?
Reciting the same surah in both rakaats of a fardh salaah
Q: What is the shar'ee ruling in the case where the Imaam recited the same surah in both rakaats of a fardh salaah? Will sajdah sahw be waajib?
Qiraat in the second or third rakaat of witr salaah being longer than the first rakaat
Q:
1. In the witr prayer, is it makrooh tahreemi, makrooh tanzeehi, or permissible to recite a surah in the third rakat which is longer by three verses or more than the surah which was recited in the first rakat and is it makrooh tahreemi, makrooh tanzeehi, or permissible to recite a surah in the third rakat which is longer by three verses or more than the surah which was recited in the second rakat?
2. In a fard prayer or in a wajib prayer, if two surahs have the same number of verses but not the same number of words then would it be makrooh tahreemi, makrooh tanzeehi, or permissible to recite the surah which has less words in the first rakat and to recite the surah which has more words in the second rakat?
Reciting qiraat with tajweed
Q: Should one read Qur'aan with tajweed in salaah?
Sunnah surahs to recite in salaah
Q: I have often heard that Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) was fond of certain Surahs or Quraanic verses that he would often recite in Salaah. Please provide guidance on the namaaz/rakahs and surahs for:
1. Fajr
2. Zohr
3. Asr
4. Maghrib
5. Esha
Reciting a surah after surah faatiha in the third and fourth rakaat of fardh salaah
Q: In salaah while performing four fardh, in the thrid rakaat, is it permissible if I read surah faatiha then surah ikhlaas?