Salaah

Gargling one's mouth before Salaah

Q:

  1. A person in the state of Wudhu drinks some juice/fizzy drink/tea/coffee etc. Is it necessary to gargle the mouth before performing Salaah?
  2. A person in the state of Wudhu chews some bubblegum and thereafter spits it out. The taste still lingers in the mouth.Is it  necessary to gargle the mouth before performing Salaah? The bubblegum was chewed in order to remove odour from the mouth.

Following a Shafi'ee Imaam

Q: If a Hanafi follows a Shafi'ee imam whose salat is valid according to the Shafi'ee madhab but not the Hanafi mazhab (e.g. when doing masah of the head in wudu, the Imam did masah of just 3 straws of hair), will the salaat of the Hanafi follower be valid?

Reciting a longer Surah in the second rakaat

Q: Assuming in the first rakaat of witr, one recites Surah Lahab and Surah Ikhlaas in the second rakaat. Is it necessary to make sajda sahu as only Surah Falak or Surah Naas can be recited in the third rakaat but these Surahs are longer than Surah Ikhlaas. Likewise, in any other namaaz, if one recited a Surah in the second rakaat that is slightly or much longer than the surah recited in the first rakaat, what is the ruling?