Salaah

Q: At what age does salaah become compulsory upon a child?

Q: Is it sunnah or nafil for the imaam to turn his face after saying the salaam of the Asr Salaah. Please explan it.

Q: My Quraan teacher for tajweed and tahfeez is in another country and temporarily teaching me over the phone. During this, if Azan is called, do I need to stop or can I continue since my Qaari Sahib will not be aware of the azaan being called out at our place?

Can we continue to see and talk to the patients in clinic or should stop while the azaan is being called out?

Q: I started performing salaah with the imaam and because another person was just there, I stood behind the imaam expecting the other person to join the salaah as well. But that person went to perform wudhu and we completed the whole salaah in this manner.

1. Is my salaah valid?

2. Should I have moved forward to go to the right of imam when I felt the other person will be late?

3. Is moving forward during salah permissible and how much can one walk forward before the salaah becomes invalid?

Q: What is the shar'ee ruling in the case where the Imaam recited the same surah in both rakaats of a fardh salaah? Will sajdah sahw be waajib?

Q: Does one have to make qadhaa for those Asr Salaahs that one performed in Shaafi time while in Makkah/Madina due to the azaan going at those times?

Q: I want to know the time of Tahajjud prayer. Fajar prayer time is 4:30 am and I usually used to offer Tahajjud at 3:30 am but I am confused if it's the right time or not.

Q: Please advise on the following with regards to qasr salaat. I reside in the Phoenix area and go visit my in laws in Umzinto which is about 90km from Phoenix.

Phoenix is in the Ethekwini (Durban) municipality which extends from Tongaat in the north to Umkomaas in the South and to Camperdown in the West. Where do I count the boundary, from the town of Phoenix or from the Ethekwini municipal boundary? Umkomaas to Umzinto is about 20km but it is about 70km from Phoenix. Please advise.

Q: Can I offer my parents missed salaahs as they both have died (may Allah bless their souls and forgive them) or should I pay fidyah for their missed salaahs and fasts so that Allah almighty may forgive them for not being regular in their salaah and fasting. 

Q: A person who is a saahib-e-tarteeb misses his Fajr and Dhuhr Salaah.

1. After he prays his Asr prayer, he remembers that he has not prayed Fajr and Dhuhr. Does he have to repeat Asr after praying the qadha of Fajr and Dhuhr?

2. He forgets to pray his previous day's qadha Fajr and Dhuhr and only remembers the next day after he has prayed his next day's Fajr sunnah. Should he now pray his qadha first, or pray the next day's Fajr fardh and then pray his qadha?