Salaah

Forgetting the number of rakaats in salaah

Q: During a four rakat prayer, if one has forgotten whether they are in rakat two or three, and they decide two is more likely so they sit and read attahiyyat, do they also have to read tahiyyat after the next rakat, which they assume is the third one?

If one is not sure whether they are in rakat one or two, and they decide two is more likely so they sit and read attahiyyat, do they also have to read attahiyyat after the next rakat?

How should a Musaafir calculate if he has to perform full salaah or qasr salaah?

Q: How can I calculate 15 days during a journey in order to know whether I need to perform qasar Salaah or full salaah. Suppose I reach a destination on 1st Dec 05:30 pm and plan to stay till 15th Dec 05:30 am.

Do I need to to take into account till 15th Dec 5:30 pm (360 hrs) as it is less than 360 I should offer Qasr even though it is 15th day ?

Correcting the imaam

Q: What is the condition of the salaah if the imam makes the following mistakes

1. In takbeer the kaaf is read with a kasra

2. In fatiha, the laam of Alhamdu is read with a fatha

3. In Tasmee the meem of samia is pulled a little

4. In the last Ayah of surah nasr, the word rabb is omitted thus reading: bihamdika

Qasar salaah during hajj

Q: Questions related to qasar salaah during Haj:

1. As per hanafi mazhab, if a person stays for 15 days or more in Makkah before leaving for Mina, Arafat, etc, he should perform full salah in Makkah, Mina, Arafat, Muzdalifa and back in Makkah. Is my understanding correct?

2. Once we leave our city boundaries, we will offer qasar salaah until we reach our destination. After reaching our destination we should calculate the number of days that we stay. Is this correct?

3. Should the 15 day calculation start when we start from home or once we reach our destination?

4. We had a total of 40 days stay. Aug 4th we started from home, reached Makkah on 5th around 00:00. 5th to 18th we were in Makkah. 19th before fajr we were in Mina. 19-23 were Haj days. 24th Aug to 4th Sep back in Makkah. 5th to 14th Sep in Madina. Performing Qasar is correct in all places?

Musaafirs intention changing before 15 days

Q:

1. If a person intends to stay for 15 days and perform full salah but leaves on the 14th day to a different city which is 10 miles away from the first city for 3 days and comes back to stay again in the same city for more than 10 days. Should be perform qasar salaah or full salaah in all the cities?

2. If a person intends to stay for 14 days in one city and performs qasar salaah but his stay extends by a day or two and then he leaves to a different city which is 10 miles away from the first city for 3 days and comes back to stay again in the same city for more than 10 days. Should he perform qasar salaah or full salaah in all the cities?