Salaah

Standing in the saff alone

Q: My question is about a random salafi brother that came up to me after Salah and he is like you should not have stood alone at the back your Salah is not accepted. I believe its Makrooh to stand alone in a Saaf. There was no space and later someone joined as well. I just wanted dalil for my self not for anyone else. I got very irritated because I could see he was just bringing up issue after issue. Allhumdulilah I read your fatwas everyday, he went on after that talking about where we place our hands and he was like Walahi the hadith is daaif about Ali Radhiallahu anho. I was so shocked he was taking Qasam on everything. I have read proofs from your website about the hands. My main concern is my intention. I am going to be starting Alim course soon. Could you explain the type of intention I should have when studying and coming across people like this. I know everything is for the sake of Allah. But I felt very angry towards this person more then anything and I had this feeling which was from shaitaab to prove him wrong.

Reciting Sami Allahu liman Hamidah instead of Subhana Rabiyal A'laa

Q: When performing Salaah behind the Imaam, in the sujud after saying a few times "subhana rabbiyal alaa" somehow I was about to say "sami Allahu liman hamidah" but as soon as i said "sami Al" I realisized and cutt off and continued saying "subhana rabbiyal alaa". Now was my prayed invalidated since I cutt of at the half? Must I repeat it?

Various Questions regarding Qadha for Missed Salaah

Q: Please could you explain the method of performing qadhaa salaah missed from the time of puberty, as well as clarify the following:

  1. Besides sunrise, zawaal and sunset, are there any times during which one cannot perform qadhaa salaah?
  2. Should qadhaa be performed before or after adhaa salaah?
  3. Is there a limit to the number of qadhaa salaah that can be performed at a time?
  4. Does qadhaa have to be performed in the sequence it was missed? If I have missed a salaah today, do I make up that salaah first, or do I continue making up my previous missed salaah?
  5. Any other information that you think will assist me in this regard?