Salaam when completing the Salaah
Q: When we end the salaah by saying assalamualikun warahmatullah to whom we say it and where should our gaze be?
Qa’dah and Salaam
Rasing the index finger in Tashahhud
Q: My question is regarding the raising of the index finger and the motion of the right hand during salah.
- Is the finger to be lowered at "wa ashhadu anna Muhammadan"
- Is the right hand to be kept closed from the moment at which the index finger is raised, up until Durood Ibraheem (Alayhi-salaam) or right until tasleem?
Tashahhud of Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ood (Radiyallahu Anhu)
Q: Are Hanafi's allowed to pray this Tashahhud:
التَّحِيَّاتُ لِلَّهِ وَالصَّلَوَاتُ وَالطَّيِّبَاتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَى النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ الصَّالِحِين. أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ.
Pausing in between both salaams
Q: In namaz when one salaam is done people stop in the middle than do the second salaam. What is the correct way of doing both salaams?
Reciting Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam instead of the durood in Salaah
Q: If we are short in time when praying salat, instead of reading the whole "Allahumma salli `ala muhammadin wa.." in Durood, can we suffice with just "Salla allahu alayhi wa sallam", will the sunna be fulfilled by this? Also, is it ok to just mention the Prophet as a pronoun or should he be mentioned by name i.e. "Salla allahu ala Muhammedin wa sallam"?
Reciting a masnoon dua in the first qa'da of a four rakaat nafil salaah
Q: In a four rakaat sunnah ghayr muakkad salaah or a four rakaat nafila prayed with one taslim, if one reads in the first tashahhud after the durood ibrahimiyyah a masnoon dua does this entail sajdah sahw? Or is this permissible?
Reciting other masnoon duas after the tashahhud and durood shareef
Q: Can one read something in salaah if the imaam is taking too long for example I finish read at-thiyatu or durood ebrahim then in the remainin time left, also please tell in which other parts of salaah this can be done?
Pointing the finger in tashahhud
Q: Please mention the different views about manner of pointing finger in tashahhud that are stated on this PDF booklet in volume 1, pages 120-135:
http://www.archive.org/details/rabdin_pdf_ara
Also when should one flatten hand on thigh, before first taslim or after both taslim?
Leaving out durood sharif and the dua in the last rakaat
Q: Is one's namaz valid if we don't read durood sharif and the dua in the last rakaat?
After At Tahiyyaat in the last rakaat my wudhu broke
Q: In the last rakaat, in tashahhud, after at tahiyyaat, my wudhu broke, is my namaaz done?