Salaah

Q: If there are only two people reading namaaz together, should they stand next to one another or should the person following stand at the foot of the imaam?

Q: There is a man who brings his small son to the masjid. The na baaligh son wears shorts and his knees are exposed. Is this permissible?

Q: Kindly answer below questions related to salaah: 

1. If a muqtadi misses some rakaat, at what point should he/she leave the jamaat and stand to continue the missed rakaat? Should he/she do it after the imam completes the 1st salaam or after the second salaam? 

2. For a muqtadi who has to missed a rakaat in jamaat salaah, should he remain quiet after the last tashahud behind the imaam and wait silently for the imaam's salaam to continue the missed rakaat, or can he/she recite durood and prayers after the last tashahud? 

3. If a person misses the 4 sunnah prayer prior to Zuhr or Jumah Salaah and joins the farz prayer in jamaat, does he/she needs to offer the missed sunnah prayer afterwards or not? If yes, then what's the correct sequence of offering the missed sunnahs? Should those be offered immediately after the farz jamaat salaah or after the 2 or 4 sunnah prayers that we usually pray after Jumah or Zuhr farz salaah? 

4. If a person makes sajdah while a couple of hair strands cover half the width of his forehead, would the sajdah be valid?

Q: Can a woman travel from a mahram to a mahram via a flight less than 3 hours?

Q: If I place a pure prayer mat on an impure carpet and pray on it but while making sujood the edges of my long jilbab touch the carpet, will my salah be valid?

Q: I am 72 years old and I have a problem with concentrating in namaaz. I know it is not permissible to read namaaz with your eyes closed but at the moment I concentrate better with my eyes closed. Please advise me how to overcome this problem.

Q: May the four Sunnats of Jumuah, Zuhr, and Asr be performed in batches of two rakaats?

Q: If a person is praying salah and you wish to go past them, is any of the following ways permissible? 

(a) You walk in front of them, stop for a while (say, 10 seconds) and then continue past them. 

(b) You walk in front of them, sit down, then stand up and then continue past them. 

(c) You walk in front of them, perform 2 rakat of nafl salah and when finished, continue past them.

Q: If one prayed Maghrib and though it was the second unit so he stood up from Tashahhud and then he had a doubt and thought actually he has already prayed three and this is a fourth but he went with the first thought and completed that unit even though the thought that this was a fourth unit was strong and he did Sajdah Sahw, would it be Wajib to repeat the prayer?

Q: 

1. With regards to paying fidyah for the deceased person's missed salaahs, what is the minimum amount in the form of wheat? 

2. An alternative to discharging the fidyah in the form of wheat or money is to feed one poor person 2 meals to their full for each salaah. Does it have to be the same poor person that is given two meals or can it be 2 poor persons given one meal each? Also, can one person be fed multiple times or given more than the stipulated amount of wheat? (E.g. Giving him 6 meals or a 10kg bag of wheat)? 

3. How would fidyah be calculated if given in the form of rice or maize? 

4. Are their any criteria for the recipients of the fidyah? Do they have to be Muslim and can children be fed as well or do they have to be adults? 

5. As these calculations come to quite exhorbitant amounts, is it permissible to discharge the fidya in a country where the price of food is cheaper such as India, and does mufti know of anyone in India who can assist us in having this done?