Summarized Fatawaa
• What is Aqeeqah?
It is the sheep slaughtered on the seventh day from the child`s birth, and it is a confirmed Sunnah after the Prophet(PBUH).
• Should a prayer performer who forgets to offer the middle Tashahod(saying ash-hadu anala ilaha ila-alah) offer Sujood As-Sahw(prostration of forgetfulness)?
He/she should offer two prostrations of forgetfulness at the end of the prayer.
• How does a praying person prostrate?
It is from Sunnah that he/she sits with both knees on the ground in order to prostrate, then hands, nose and forehead are placed on the same place. In addition, the toes have to touch the ground, and be directed towards the Qiblah(direction of Ka`bah) during prostration.
• Is it permissible for one to masturbate in order not to commit fornication?
This is called committing the milder of the two evils such as eating a carcass in fear of death, and this happens when committing fornication is very likely to occur.