Jamaat Salaah and Imaamat

Q:

1.1 If a woman is performing salaah in jama'ah with men, will her salaah invalidate the salaah of just the person immediately behind her or all those directly behind her whether there is a wall behind her or not?

1.2 Is there any difference between the Haram and non Haram in the above scenario?

2. If she stood a step or two behind him to his right or left and not directly in line with him, will his salaah break keeping in mind that she will be in line with him though not in Qiyaam, but in Rukoo' and Sajdah?

3. Some are of the opinion that since the gathering is large in the Haram, there is no need to for the Imaam to include the women in his niyyah, as in the case of Jumu'ah and Eid?

Q: Is saying transitional takbeer (Allahu Akbar) when going to ruku, sujood, qiyaam obligatory upon the individual praying behind an imam or can he just follow the imam.

I have performed many prayers behind the imam and I thought I wasn’t obligated to say the takbeer besides takbeer al ihram. Would my previous prayers be invalid otherwise even if I were unaware? 

Q: If a male does not go to the musjid and performs his fardh salaah at home due to some work or just because of laziness, will the obligation of offering fardh salaah be completed? 

If yes, will there be a reduction in his reward?

Q: If the imaams pants are below his ankles and your pants are above the ankles, is my prayer valid?

Q:

1. If one is diagnosed with Covid, should he isolate and read his salaah at home, or should he go to the masjid if he is affected mildly (i.e. body strength, very light cough, and fever, minor difficulty in breathing, etc.)?

2. If a person who is Covid positive and goes to the masjid and the other musallis are aware that he is positive, will he then be sinful for inconveniencing Muslim brothers as unfortunately not everyone is comfortable being around the sick these days?

Q: Due to my slowness in reciting the tasbeeh in the last qadah, the imam almost always makes salam before I can complete my supplication which has to be done after Durood. Please advise what I should do. Please note that the slowness is due to my adherence to tajweed rules in the durood and at-tayiyat.

Q: There is a rule in Bahishti Zewar that it is makrooh to stand alone in a row. The person should pull a person back from the row before him. What happens to the gap formed by the exiting of the said muqtadi to fill the previous row?

If a Muqtadis wudhu breaks during prayer, should he just leave and leave a gap in the saff? What should he do in this regard?

Q: I am 19 years old and I used to trim my beard. (استغفرلله) Now, I have stopped and I have a beard protruding an inch or so. Can I lead a prayer or call the Azaan? I do not know whether my beard would have reached one fist or not if I had never cut it. Alhamdulilah, I have made Taubah. Am I eligible for imamat and calling the Azaan?

Q: Is salaat valid when performed in congregation wearing a mask and social distancing at the local mosque?

Q: What is the fatwa with regards to performing salaah with the social distance protocol during this pandemic of covid 19?