Performing Salalatud Dhuha in four rakaats
Q: Do we pray Salatul Duha in pairs of 2 or 4 rakaats with one salam?
Witr and Nawaafil
Reciting few aayaat of Surah Kahf to make it easy to get up for Tahajjud
Q: I heard that if one reads the last few aayats of Surah al Kahf and makes a niyyat to get up for tahajjud then it will be easy to get up. Is this true?
Can Tahajjud become fardh on a person?
Q: My question is about tahajjud...
My mother often, not regularly, wakes up for tahajjud and offers tahajjud namaaz as she cannot do so due to her health. She offers it regularly in Ramadhaan, Shawwal, Muharram and Zil Hajj, etc. (special months). Me and my sister also offer tahajjud daily Alhamdulillah.
Recently, one of my relatives told my mother that if you have started offering tahajjud namaaz or if you offered it one day, you cannot quit it. It becomes fardh for you. I told my mother that this is baseless since a nafal namaz cannot become fardh but she wants to confirm it. Please clarify this according to the Ahle-e-sunnat sect.
Purpose of istikhaarah
Q: Does a positive istikhaara necessarily mean that the action will be carried out? Does that mean it is decreed?
Intention of different nafl salaah when performing one nafl salaah
Q: I came to know by one of the dawat-o-tabligh elders that we can make intention of many different namazes (e.g: if we are praying ishraq then we can make intention of tahiyaatul wudhu, tahiyyatul masjid, salaatul hajat, salaatul taubah, etc.)
1. Is it true?
2. How many total extra niyyats can we make for a two rakat nafil?
3. Can we do the same for zohar, maghrib and isha nafl prayers?
Making dua in sajdah in nafl salaah
Q: In nafl salaah, can I read Quraanic duas in sajdah?
Forgetting to recite qunoot in witr salaah
Q: I forgot to recite a surah after reciting surah faatihah in the last rakah of witr salaah. I also forgot to recite dua qunoot in it. Will it be sufficient for me to perform sajdah sahw?
Istikhaara
Q: Is it possible for the istikhaarah to come out wrong or bad if you give the mother’s wrong name?
Which salaah is more important, Sunnat Muakkadah or Tahajjud?
Q: Which salaah is more important, Sunnat Muakkadah or Tahajjud?
Performing shukar salaah few times a day
Q: Regarding Shukar Salaah, I read 2 rakaat to thank Allah for all that he has given me, I'm content with all that I have, but I tend to read it 3-4 times a day. Will reading it once a day be sufficient? It's more like OCD, where as if I don't read it, I might lose what I have. So will reading it once a day be fine?