Salaah

Q:

1. If Asr salaah is prayed in a makrooh time, can the four rakaat sunnah be prayed before the fardh?

2. The makrooh time, I understand starts 20 minutes before Maghrib. Is it right?

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

Q: Is it ok to bypass the nearest mosque and go to a distant mosque in order to pray there, because the Imam of the (distant) mosque has good tajweed and tarteel and prays bigger surahs and is well acquainted with the Masail?

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?

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?

Q: If a person has a doubt whether he will stay for 14 or 15 days. Should he perform qasar or full salaah?

Q: For a female, once she is married and goes back to parents home for holiday, should she offer qasar or full salah if her parents home is safar distance away?

Q: Is sleeping after tahajjud permissible?

Q: Kindly advise options for a pilot to perform salaah whilst on duty.

Q: I heard that one should not pray two times witr in one night. I forgot whether I prayed witr or not after isha. What to do?