Jamaat Salaah and Imaamat

Q: If the imaams pants are below his ankles and your pants are above the ankles, is my prayer valid?

Q:

1. If one is diagnosed with Covid, should he isolate and read his salaah at home, or should he go to the masjid if he is affected mildly (i.e. body strength, very light cough, and fever, minor difficulty in breathing, etc.)?

2. If a person who is Covid positive and goes to the masjid and the other musallis are aware that he is positive, will he then be sinful for inconveniencing Muslim brothers as unfortunately not everyone is comfortable being around the sick these days?

Q: Due to my slowness in reciting the tasbeeh in the last qadah, the imam almost always makes salam before I can complete my supplication which has to be done after Durood. Please advise what I should do. Please note that the slowness is due to my adherence to tajweed rules in the durood and at-tayiyat.

Q: There is a rule in Bahishti Zewar that it is makrooh to stand alone in a row. The person should pull a person back from the row before him. What happens to the gap formed by the exiting of the said muqtadi to fill the previous row?

If a Muqtadis wudhu breaks during prayer, should he just leave and leave a gap in the saff? What should he do in this regard?

Q: I am 19 years old and I used to trim my beard. (استغفرلله) Now, I have stopped and I have a beard protruding an inch or so. Can I lead a prayer or call the Azaan? I do not know whether my beard would have reached one fist or not if I had never cut it. Alhamdulilah, I have made Taubah. Am I eligible for imamat and calling the Azaan?

Q: Is salaat valid when performed in congregation wearing a mask and social distancing at the local mosque?

Q: What is the fatwa with regards to performing salaah with the social distance protocol during this pandemic of covid 19?

Q: Is it sunnah or nafil for the imaam to turn his face after saying the salaam of the Asr Salaah. Please explan it.

Q: I started performing salaah with the imaam and because another person was just there, I stood behind the imaam expecting the other person to join the salaah as well. But that person went to perform wudhu and we completed the whole salaah in this manner.

1. Is my salaah valid?

2. Should I have moved forward to go to the right of imam when I felt the other person will be late?

3. Is moving forward during salah permissible and how much can one walk forward before the salaah becomes invalid?

Q: I would like to know on what basis is a person justified to leave out performing salaah behind a particular Imaam? For example, if the Imaam shaves his beard and is involved in haraam activities, will one be justified in not performing salaah behind him?