Salaah

Q: I want to know is it compulsory to sleep before performing tahujjud Salaah? If a person is awake till 3 am, can he/she then perform the Salaah? I have heard from many people that it's necessary to sleep before.

Q: When I pray namaz, in the starting I read niyat in urdu for e.g: (I do niyat to perform 4 rakats isha facing towards the qibla). Is this the correct way to start namaz or should we just start with Allahu akbar?

Q: I was born in Jeddah. I have been living in Riyadh for almost 13 years. A little while ago, my family and I decided to visit Medinah, then after 13 days of visiting Medinah, we would visit Makkah. We live in a home provided to us by the hospital (as my father is a doctor) for over 9 years. Now, in 7 days' time, we will visit Makkah insha'Allah. The question is, during this period of time, so we have to offer Qassr prayer or normal 4 rakahs of prayer?

Q: Is Salah the same for men and women?

Q: Is it permissible for a woman to read salaah before the call of azaan?

Q: In Maghrib Salaat I heard my dad talking loudly so I got distracted after that I said to myself in my mind should I redo salaat or not? I said it's fine (all in my mind) and finished salaat is this fine?

Q: Does thinking sexually in Salaah break Salaah or should I just say astagfirullah afterwards?

Q:

1. A person missed his Asr Salaah and only found the time to perform the Qadhaa of this Asr, when the time of Maghrib was about to expire. In this situation, if he performs the Qadhaa of Asr first, the Maghrib Salaah will become Qadhaa. Which Salaah should he perform in this time, the Maghrib Salaah or the Qadhaa of the Asr Salaah?

2. If a person missed a Salaah and the time of the next Salaah has now set in, which Salaah should he perform first, the Salaah that he missed or the Salaah of the time that set in?

Q: What happens when you leave your home (JHB) and you're not in the state of haidh but when you get to PMB you get your haidh and after 7 days you make ghusal in PMB? Will you read full Salaah or qasar Salaah?

Q: Is there additional sawaab for performing nafl and nazr Salaah with Jamaat?