replying to the azaan

Q: Can a lady in haidh reply to the azaan? 

Q: Is it permissible for a menstrual women to make wudu and to reply to azaan?

Q: I live in a Muslim Village of about 200 households. We have 6 (six) mosques in our locality and all of them uses loudspeakers for Azan. I’ve read that we must answer the call to prayer. Sometimes the Azans from all the mosques don’t overlap and I’ve been left wondering if answering one is enough or do I have to answer all of them. Please clarify. Also on one site I read that using loudspeakers for Azan is an act of Bida’at. Is it so?

Q: When the Imam is sitting for Jummah khutbah and the muazzin is giving azan in front of him is it sunnah, mustahab or wajib for the Imam to reply verbally to the azan?

Q: The Fuqaha have mentioned that at the time of tilawaat, azaan and eating, if salaam is made to a person then the salaam does not have to be returned. What is the hukam if a person returns the salaam at these times? Is there karaaha in a person doing so or will it be permissible to reply although the salaam does not have to be returned?

Q: What is the shari' ruling on replying to the salaam at the time of azaan, at the time of eating and when reading Quraan Shareef? 

Q: The area I live in, the azaan of the masjids go on one after another. So is it correct if I pause my work only for the athaan of the masjid nearest to me?

Q: During periods (menses), is it permissible to answer the Azaan? And do we offer the wasila afterwards?

Q: Are we supposed to repeat the words of Mu'azzin while he is doing azaan?