Summarized Fatawaa
• Does touching women temporarily forbidden in marriage nullify ablution ?
It is prohibited to touch, or to shake hands with such women as they are considered strangers, and doing so nullifies ablution.
• 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.
• Question : Is it permissible for a woman to offer the obligatory prayer after Athaan(call for prayer), and before Iqamah(The announcement that the prayer is about to begin) in the mosque?
yes, it is permissible for a woman to offer the obligatory prayer immediately after the Athaan and before the Iqamah in the mosque.
• What is the Du`a(supplication) of Istikhara(guidance prayer)?
O Allah, I consult You as You are All-Knowing and I appeal to You to give me power as You are Omnipotent, I ask You for Your great favor, for You have power and I do not, and You know all of the hidden matters . O Allah ! If you know that this matter (then he should mention it) is good for me in my religion, my livelihood, and for my life in the Hereafter, (or he said: ‘for my present and future life,’) then make it (easy) for me. And if you know that this matter is not good for me in my religion, my livelihood and my life in the Hereafter, (or he said: ‘for my present and future life,’) then keep it away from me and take me away from it and choose what is good for me wherever it is and please me with it.”