The importance of Salaah

Q: I'd like to know if there is any ruling with regards to a person that has passed the age of 80 and they do not perform salaah.

Q: If a woman is out with her family to a hotel to eat and went to a mall to enjoy some time... So what must she  do if salah time is due? She prayed asr at home and went outand now it's maghrib time and she can't pray because there is no women's prayer room in the malls or hotels... So what must she do in this situation?

If she does jama' salah in her home, like praying 4 rakah of asr and then 3 rakah of maghrib in the same time because she won't get a place to pray maghrib, is this correct?

Q: I had a wet dream and went for ghusl. There was like 18 mins left for sunrise to pray Fajr when I went to do ghusl. While doing ghusl, when I checked my phone it was 7:16 and time for sunrise was going to be over at 7:25. So when I saw the time was 7:16, I did fast and made a call to a person which took 15 seconds. Then I started washing my parts but unintentionally it took more time. When I finished washing my parts it was 7:24 and now the time was over because I had to make wudu also. I made wudu and prayed my salah. Is my salah valid? 

Q: If a husband asks his wife for sexual relations but he hasn't performed salaah, example: Asr salaah and the time is late, i.e. about 20 mins left, and she asks him to perform his salaah first, does she get sin or is she valid for making him perform his salaah first?

Q: I don't pray salah because I find it very difficult. I can't manage time nor do I have good health. I also have to do wudu every time I pray and change clothes. Praying salah involves so much, I struggle with it very much. I'm amazed how some people can pray salah 5 times per day without struggle or any problems. Please give me some advise how to manage time, how to discipline myself to pray salah and how to make prayer most important thing in my life.

Q: I experience constant doubts in salaat and I am currently combatting this. At the moment, due to work, I have to pray my isha, asr and maghrib when I get home in the evening. When I finish my prayers I doubt whether I have prayed asr for example and that I have maybe accidentally skipped this. I have no recollection that gives me complete certainty that I have prayed it or that I haven’t prayed it. But it can be said that because I have gotten to the end of praying all three prayers, it is likely that I did not miss it and this is just doubt being planted in my head. As I suffer from constant doubts is it permissible to ignore the doubt and deem asr to have been prayed, even if in reality (but unknown to me) my doubt is correct and I did not pray Asr?

Q: I woke up with my alarm fajr time then I saw that there was some time for Fajr salah to end. So I decided to sleep for some time or close my eyes for some time then wakeup and pray Fajr salah but when I closed my eyes I was getting too sleepy so I said to myself and also thought that if I close my eyes or sleep for some time Fajr time will be over but my intention was to pray salah on time. So later I woke up after the time was over...

I was so sad that I woke up after the time finished. This happened for the first time with me and it was never my intention to miss the salah. After waking up after the was time over, I prayed Fajr so is my Fajr valid?

I am so worried. I was sure that if I will sleep I will wake up after Fajr time but my intention was to wake up and pray in time and I slept to get up after some minutes but unfortunately I didn't wake up. I never wanted to miss the salah.

Q: I am inquiring regarding the prayer of an old woman in her 80s, who forgets daily essentials. For example, she forgets when it is time to eat food or did she already eat or not etc. She forgets her family members, for example if any name of her daughter or grand child is mentioned to her then she would hesitate to say who that person is; family member or stranger. But if she is reminded then she would know the person but again in a minute she would forget completely.

If she hears the Azan being called out then she quickly starts getting ready for salah and performs according to the best of her ability. Then, if she hears another masjid calling azan ~15 minutes later for the same prayer, she prays this salah again because she thinks she hasn’t prayed this salah yet.

Is this woman obliged by shariah to perform her five daily prayers? 

Q: I have many health problems including back pain, incontinence, tiredness, mentally and physically weak, etc. I spend most of the time resting on the bed. Doing wudhu and praying 5 times is very difficult for me. I feel unwell most of the time, doing wudu, praying salah take very long time and I become tired and stressed out.

I don't know any Muslim doctor to ask this and no one else can help me do wudu. Because my illnesses like back pain, tiredness go worse by wudu and praying, can I do tayammum instead of wudu? And pray salah sitting? I tried doing tayammum and pray sitting but still I struggle.

Q: I offer namaz alhamdulilah but I live in a shared flat with my cousin and he sleeps all day and works night shift and doesn't offer namaz. He is 10 years older than me. I have told him a few times to offer namaz but he doesn't. Will I get azaab (punishment) as well?