Q: I received a wooden wall hanging/frame as a gift from a non muslim. Since it had pictures of horses (animals), i never hanged it any where in my home, rather i just put it in a closed cupboard. can you kindly explain to me whether it is acceptable in Islamic sense for me to give this wooden frame as a gift to a non muslim friend, rather than myself just holding on to it.

Q: Is it permissible to greet non-Muslims for their festivals by using words such as "merry christmas", "happy easter", etc? 

Q: After the nikaah till how many days can the walima be held?

Q: What is the status of wearing niqaab in Islam? If a man knows that he will save himself from falling into sin, does he still have to observe purdah from women?

Q: If on the prayer calendar sunrise is at 8:38, and one prays fajr and right after the taslim one looks at ones watch and sees that it is 5 seconds are left to become 8:38 i.e. it was 8:37 and 55 seconds. Is the prayer valid? The watch one wears is a Casio Waveceptor which runs always exactly with the atomic clock.

Q: During Quran recitation or during the Zikrs and duaas while in salaah if one stops at the half of a word and after 2 seconds one continue does the Salaah break? For example when one wants to read "Alhamdulillahi rabbil alamin..." one says "Al..." after 2 seconds "...Hamdulillahi..." or one starts from begining again. Another example when reciting "Ihdinas siraat al mustakim..." one says "siraat al..." then one does restart from "Ihdinas..." Or when reading "...musteqim.." one stops after after "muste..."  then one re-reads it. Does such things break salaah? Also if one makes such an error that would break the salaah, if one re-reads the relevant place correctly again, does the salaah become valid again?

Q: Whilst the impermissibility of picture-making is known, whether it be digital or not, what is the ruling on looking at such pictures which are not of a haraam nature, for example looking at the picture of a man or a dog, etc. Many a times a person doesn't create pictures himself, but e-mails, etc are forwarded to him with pictures, if he looks at it, is it Haraam/Makrooh/Khilaaf-e-Awlaa or nothing wrong with looking?

Q: I want to ask some questions regarding prayers after namaz:

1. Is there any proof that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did dua with raising hands right after the Faraz Namaz individually? If yes then please tell some reference
2. Is there any proof that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did dua with raising hands right after the Faraz Namaz along with Sabahas Collectively? if yes then please tell some reference
3. Is there any proof that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did dua with raising hands right after the Faraz Namaz  along with Sabahas Collectively and Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did dua loudly and sahabas said ameen only as usualy we follow this practise in hanafis mosques these days? if yes then please tell some reference 

Q:

1. If I felt like a drop of urine came out during salaah but I was not certain, after salaah I saw that a drop came out I do not know if it was during salaah. Is my salaah valid?
2. I was also not certain if it came onto my clothes and regarded it as pure. Is this correct?

Q: Recently board of imam in Melbourne- Victoria has decided to pray salatul isha before the due time on the basis of convenience for musallis. Not all mosques are doing this. As far as I know two of my neighborhood mosques have started this practice. Like in my closest mosque, Imam saheb has started to pray Salatul Isha on 10:15 PM whereas according to calendar due time for Salatul Isha is 10:33 PM. We pray Salatul Fajar at 4:45 AM. I believe board of IMAMs has decided solely on the basis of convenience so that musallis can have good rest and can come to Fajar prayer in the morning as the night is short during summer times.

As a hanafi follower if I pray with the Jamat at the earlier time, would my salat be acceptable? If not should I stop going to the mosque and pray at home/garage or go to another place to pray?