Salaah

Doubts with regards to mistakes in Salaah

Q: I have constant waswas.

1. When I am reciting suras in salah or reciting tashahud sometimes the letters do not come out loud enough so I can hear. Is my Salaah still valid?

2. If I make a mistake in reciting in Salah how far do I go back to correct myself. Do I restart from one whole verse or just from where I made the mistake.

3. In tashahud I didn't say "warahmatullah hi barakatu" properly, so I went back to that bit and recited it again. Is the salaah valid?

The time of ishraaq Salaah

Q:

1. When does the time of Ishraaq end?

2. A person engages in Zikr after Fajr Salaah till the commencement of Ishraaq. He stops his Zikr, performs his Ishraaq at this earliest time, and thereafter resumes his Zikr until completion. Will it be better for him to complete all his Zikr first, and then perform his Ishraaq Salaah? Or will it be better to pause his Zikr and perform Ishraaq at the earliest time?

Salaatul Hajaat

Q: A person is faced with some aspect that needs a decision, or some haajaat. He makes dua. Someone asks him if he read two rakaats salaatul istikhara /haajaat to fulfil his need? He says that I made dua. How does one reply to this, how to give targheeb to him that the salaah and then the dua will be more effective?