Salaah

Q: I forgot to recite a surah after reciting surah faatihah in the last rakah of witr salaah. I also forgot to recite dua qunoot in it. Will it be sufficient for me to perform sajdah sahw?

Q: Is it possible for the istikhaarah to come out wrong or bad if you give the mother’s wrong name?

Q: I was giving Fajar azaan and forgot to say (assalaatu khairum menan nowm). Is the azaan valid?

Q: If one misses a salaah while travelling, are you allowed to perform qadha salaah by joining (e.g. Zuhr and Asr) and shortening the salaahs as you are still busy travelling? This will mean, for example, performing two rakaats for Zuhr and 2 rakaats for Asr in the time of Maghrib?

Q: I had to pray 4 rakaahs sunnat after the jamaat prayer of Jumuah, but I mistakenly made the intention of 2 rakaahs sunnah. After starting the prayer, I remembered that I had to pray 4 rakaahs, so I offered 4 rakaahs instead. Will my prayer be valid?

Q: What is the Islamic ruling on someone praying maghrib salaat at the back of the Imam that is praying esha salaah?

Q:

1. What is the status of tasbeeh of rukoo and sajdah? Fardh, waajib or sunnah?

2. What if in an individual salaah one does not recite the tasbeeh of rukoo or sajdah, is the salaah valid?

Q:

1. If beer, wine, alcohol touches my clothes, does it make them impure?

2. Is the prayer accepted while wearing such clothing?

Q: According to the Hanafi mazhab, females are supposed to be close to the ground during sajdah and should therefore put their elbows on the ground. But there is a Hadith in which Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) says that doing so is imitating dogs. Maybe that hadith was meant only for men, but just to be on the safe side, am I allowed to raise my elbows off the ground?

Q: If the imam makes a recitation as short as the first three ayahs of Surah Al-fajr, or the first three ayahs of Surah Yaseen, will the prayer be valid?