Women's Salaah

Q: I am currently in makkah and in the haram there are ladies reading everywhere amongst the men and also at times there are so many people that I have to read on the second and the third level. Is salah valid even though there seems to be no continuity of the saffs? Also if there would be a row of ladies reading salaah in front of me or next to me or on a level below me behind the Imaam and I am also following the Imam, what is the status of my salaah? Since I was unsure I have been repeating my salaah individually after every salaah.

Q: I wanted to know a couple of things concerning the validation of prayer. If a man and a woman are in a haraam relationship (adultery), can he lead her in prayer alone? If a women is at a female friends house can she pray with her friends husband and son? If a women comes into the mosque and there are no other females and only one male there already praying should she follow behind him in prayer?

Q: Can women perform their taraweeh in the masjid, behind an imam?

Q: While doing sajdah women should touch their elbows to the ground. This is according to which maslak?

Q: Is it permissible for a haafiza to read loudly the taraweeh namaaz when she is alone at home? Reading loud also enables her to remember the dhor better.

Q: In a nearby musjid, there are accommodations for women to pray taraaweeh behind the men. The women prayer area is such that there are different rooms. As a result, the women do not stand shoulder to shoulder and there are random gaps on each side of the saaf for an "aisle". I even saw one lady praying in a room all by herself. What is the ruling for this?

Q: In the posture of qiyaam, should a woman join her feet together or should there be a gap of four fingers between her feet, as is the case of men?

Q: In the posture of qiyaam, where should a woman place her hands? Should she place her hands below her chest or on her chest?

Q: Is it permissible for a male & female to recite Qiraat loud in the 5 fardh salaah to teach the child (who is standing with the parent in salaah) how and what to pray in Salaah?

Q: If a Husband and wife are offering "SALAH" in a same room at the same time. Whether it is permissible that wife stands adjacent to husband at "HYAHALLAL-FALAH" to husband, at two steps backward.