Salaah

Judging people performing salaah

Q: I pray in the female prayer room in the university I go to, so there’s usually a lot of people around me praying with me. Unfortunately, my brain keeps focusing on their salah and judging how they pray, instead of focusing on my own salah and my own mistakes. It’s a terrible habit I have and I’m really disappointed in myself for having these thoughts. Please, any tips to stop this from happening? Should I pray on my own next time, just to avoid passing judgements on others?

University student delaying salaah

Q: I have a few questions;

1. I’m a student at a university in Saudi Arabia. I sometimes have lectures from 3pm- 4pm, when asr time is around 3:20pm. The Muslims around me don’t get up and perform their salah when the prayer is called, they make it up after the lecture is over. So I wanted to ask, is it permissible to not attend to salaah because you are in a lecture hall while the teacher is teaching? I was very confused because I didn’t know whether I was just being overly attentive to my salah times and stressing over how to manage my classes timings and the salaah timings, or whether it’s essential for us Muslims to attend to our salaah immediately and a lecture is no excuse.

2. Sometimes I am eating, and the azaan is called, what should I do in that case? Should I stop eating and pray, then come back and finish my food? Or should I finish my food and then go pray?

Performing jamaat salaah on the 1st or 2nd floor of a masjid

Q: I read the Q&A related to performing jamaat salaah in a hotel in Al Haram, at http://muftionline.co.za/node/13093 and http://muftionline.co.za/node/25791 and http://muftionline.co.za/node/27480

In Pakistan, many masjids have 1st floor and few have 2nd floors as well. Please enlighten me that performing jamaat salaah on 1st and 2nd floor is valid or not?

Musaafir staying in a place for 15 days and travelling safr distance in between his stay

Q: I've travelled from Mumbai to Jaipur (distance 1150 km) on 30th Aug 2019 on an official visit and my stay will be till 14th Sep (total of 15-16 days). Insha-Allah on 2nd Sep I'll be going to Ajmer for 1 day on a personal visit (distance 135 km) and shall come back on the same day to the same hotel. After coming back I'll stay upto 14th Sep for offical work.

After arrival in Jaipur, should I offer qasar namaaz as per hanafi school of belief?