Salaah

Q: I am at home and the zuhr prayer jamat will soon start in the masjid and I have only a few minutes to perform my 4 sunnats. If I perform the sunnats before I leave for the masjid, I will miss the beginning of the jamat (I will catch the last 1-2 rakats). Should I do this, or should I instead leave early to the masjid and pray the 4 sunnats after the fard, thus catching the jamaat from its beginning?

Q: I have been working in Saudi Arabia for the past seven years. I am a citizen of Pakistan. Presently, I do not own a house in Pakistan but I do have other property. If I travel to Pakistan with the intention of staying there less than 15 days and stay at the house of my brother, do I need to do Qasr of my Salaahs or not?

Q:

1. If the Imaam in taraweeh salaah mistakenly sits down for tashahhud after one rakaat, thinking it to be the second rakaat. After sitting down, he immediately realized and stood up for the second rakaat. In such a case, will he have to make sajdah sahw?

2. And what about if this happens in farz Salaah?

Q: According to the Hanafi and Shaafi mazhabs, is there any condition for women's feet to be covered whilst performing salaah? (E.g covered with socks) or can it be left bare?

Q: What is the definition of twilight? In beheshti zewar English it says the redness on the western horizon, when that disappears then esha time comes in. However some kitaabs mention the twilight according to imam Abu hanifa as the whiteness after the redness. Which is correct. Why is it mentioned as redness in the beheshti zewar, would this not make our esha time early like the shafis etc.

Q: Does a person start counting the distance for a musaafir from their suburb or town border because I was told that some ulama say it has changed to suburb?

Q: On page 194 beheshti zewar English, #4, it says, the spot on which sajdah will be made should not be more than half a metre higher than feet. However page 165 #7 mentions the same maslah but says one span is the distance. Is the correct distance one span or half a metre?

Q: I would like to ask, if I made one sajda only by mistake and forget the second one, is my prayer valid? I heard that the first sajda is fardh only and the other is mustahab.

Q: If a person has completed the Salaah on the plane, sitting on his seat, it says in Fataawa that this person will repeat his Salaah after. But if he comes to his house before the end of the time of Salaah, he will repeat two or four rakaats?