Method of Salaah

Q: How can I stop stray thoughts from coming into my mind while performing salaah? What is the best way to concentrate in salaah?

Q: Tell me things in order to make myself become alright in prayers.

Q: I was reacting tashahud in the first sitting or last sitting (can't remember) of 4 rakat isha salah. I did not pronounce the small "kaaf" when I was reading "wa Rahmatullahi was barakatu" the kaaf of barakatu. So I went back to "wa Rahmatullahi" the recited from there till the end. Is my salah valid?

Q: Is it permissible to make dua in Sujood during the salaah? Also, does this dua have to be in Arabic or can it be in any language? I have heard that if dua is made in any other language other than Arabic in sujood during the salaah, then the Salaah is not valid. Is this correct?

Q: Is it acceptable if I recite subhaana rabbial azeem in Ruku and subhaana rabbial a'la in sujud one time only instead of three times in the case when there is limited time available. For example I am performing Sunnah Salaah and Jamat has started or Qadha time is near etc.

Q: After a sajdah Ayat in salaah, does one recite Bismillah before continuing with the qiraat?

Q: My question regards the raising of the hands before and after ruku. I have read that there is not sufficient evidence to prove that Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) did not perform this action during Salaah. The same applies to the positing of the hands during Qiyaam (on the chest or below the navel). I would be indebted if Mufti could please provide supporting evidence.

Q: Why do Barelwi Imaams after the Salaam of the Salaah turn towards the North-West for supplication (in the case of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc.)?

Q: I read that in the 3rd and 4th rakaat of qadha salaah (zuhar, asar, maghrib and esha) you can pray subhaanallah three times instead of Surah faatiha and the Salaah will be valid and you will have fulfilled the right of the Salaah. Is this true?

Q: What is the correct manner of reading the dua after Salaah with regard to reading it loud or soft. Should the dua be made audible (loud) or inaudible (soft)? In our musjid the Imaam starts the duaa loud and reads the first part loud then remains silent and reads the duaa silently, thereafter he reads the ending of the duaa loudly again. Is this correct or is it a bid'a?