asr

Hanafi performing asr salaah in Shaafi'ee time

Q: When we go for umrah, all the umrah busses stop for asr prayer according to shafiee time. We (ladies) strictly follow hanafi time. In winters, due to school, we read our zuhur salah after the shafiee asr azan, as hanafi zuhur salaah time is still there. We also read our asr according to hanafi time i.e. late.

So my question is... the bus stops for asr at shafiee time. If we do not get the jamaat, what should we do? Can we read at shafiee time at such circumstances? 

Bool se asar ki namaaz beghair ghusal se parhna

Q: Me soyi huwi thi to mujhe jinsi khwaab aya meri aankh khul gayi lekin mein ne geelapan mahsoos nahi kya aur dobaara so gayi jab dobaara meri aankh khuli to me ne geelapan mahsoos kya mujhe khwaab yad nahi tha me is geelepan ko mamool ka discharge sumjhi kyoonke me safed dischaarj ki mareez hu to me ne is ko mamool ka discharge sumjate huwe asr ki namaaz ada kar li lekin jase hi me namaaz se faarig huwi mujhe khwaab yad aa gaya baqi ki namaze mein ne ghusal ker ke ada ki. Mujhe bataye jo me ne baghair ghusal namaaz adaa ki us se mujhe gunaah to nahi ho ga aur us ka asar mere Imaan aur nikaah par to nahi ho ga aur us ka kuffaara kya he?

Beginning of Asr time according to Hanafi Mazhab

Q:

1. There are two times for the starting of Asr Salah. The earlier time is according to the Sha'afi madhab, and a later time is according to Hanafi madhab. I recently came to know that even for us as Hanafis, it is wajib to perform Zuhr salah before the start of Sha'afi Asr time, to be on the safe side and avoid the risk of our Zuhr Salah being Qaza. Is this correct?

2. If a Hanafi performs Asr Salah when the time has started according to Sha'afi madhab but according to Hanafi madhab the time has still not entered, is his Salah valid? Does he have to repeat the Salah? (This is a very common problem in many Western countries where Hanafis print out Salah timetables from the Internet and the Asr time displayed there is according to Sha'afi madhab. So these people then perform Asr salah before the Hanafi time).

3. In some non-Hanafi countries, Asr Salah is performed in the Masajid before the Hanafi time. In this case, a Hanafi person has two choices, either to perform Salah with Jamaat before the Hanafi time or to offer it alone later on. What should he do?

4. There is a time before starting of Zuhr salah when it is prohibited to do Sajda or perform any Salah. I was under the impression that this time lasts for only ten or fifteen minutes before Zuhr. However, I came across a Salah timetable where it mentions the 'Makruh' time before Zuhr. For Durban, South Africa for 3rd April, this Makruh time has a duration of 38 minutes, lasting from 11.22 a.m till 12.00 pm. Is this correct?