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501. You would be aware of some of our brothers commonly known as "Barailvis" in India. In southern Bihar (now called Jharkhand), there are a lot of mosques dominated by these "Barailvis". 502. It is sunnah to perform salah of 4 rakah before Zuhr and two after it. I have been told by someone that when we perform the 4 rakah sunnah we are suppose to break it as two salah of two rakah and not 4 rakah at one stretch. 503. WHAT IS THE BASIC DIFFERENCE FOR OFFERING (PERFORMING) NAMZ_E_WATIR WAJIB IN MAKKAH & MADINA (SAUDI ARAB) & PAKISTAN. 504. Raising hand during prayer which is (called Raffidan). Very good friend on mine is following this procedure, I am not. 505. My age is 40.From the age of 12 yrs till 25 i have performed salath (namaz) irregularly 506. 'Thum washeq an Innovation 507. Raising a finger in while reciting Shahada in Tashahud 508. What is the rationale behind offering Sunnah al Muakkada prayers 509. If an immam misses his fajar prayers, can he stand for Immat in other prayers or not? 510. Can we pray namaz, when we keep(save) oil on hairs (is there any obligation). 511. My question is regarding the Namaz after death. If a person died, can other person can offer his or her Namaz and same thing for Hajj, can other person perform Hajj instead. 512. My question is important as it is regarding our daily prayers and needs your immediate attention. We are muslim students studying in a Canadian university, we have a designated place for prayers (unusllay in the afternoon and sometimes in the Mughrib also). 513. Can you please ellaborate on SALAH TUL TASBEEH? 514. I need to aks a question that is it neccesary for a women to offer an Eid Prayer? Can a men or women pray salat with his/her shoes on or praying salat with his/her shoes? 515. Is THARAWEEH, QUIAMULLAIL, THAHAJJUD, SHIFA, WITR prayers are same or different? same time some people pray 20 raka`t tharaweeh, some 8 only- why this difference? For tharaweeh the Niyyath be kept in the beginning for all 20 or 8 at a time or repeated the niyyath each two rakaa`t? What about the niyyath of Ramadan to be repeated each night or the niyyath in the beginning of ramadan at a time? 516. My question relates to prayers and the times of praying. 517. I watched at them after salam before reading tasbee they will keep their right hand on their head i mean near to the right ear and they will read Aythalkursi and after that they will keep hand down and read tasbi and finally they do duva in sajda. 518. From the past many months, for some reason I have become very slow in my prayers. I have noticed that when I pray my namaz with many people with me, I am not able to keep up with them.I have become so concious of my words in prayer that I tend to repeat them. Is praying slow very bad? Is this what we call `Khalal` in urdu? If so, how can i overcome this? 519. My question is regarding the Safar ki Namaz, which i have missed. After returning from journey, i have 1 namaz left to be prayed kaza. How shall i read it, either it will be read as Qaza Safar Namaz or will it be read qaza as normal at home ? 520. I PROMISED ALLAH THAT IF I HAVE A CHILD I WILL OFFER 100 RAKATS SHUKRANA,AND ALHAMDULILLAH I HAVE A SON NOW,HE IS 6 MONTHS OLD BUT I DONT GET MUCH TIME TO OFFER PRAYERS AS MY CHILD KEEPS ME BUSY.WILL THAT DELAY MAY RESULT IN ANY PUNISHMENT?