Summarized Fatawaa
• Does the time of Fajr ( dawn ) prayer start after the first Athaan(call for prayer), or the second one?
The time of Fajr prayer starts after the second Athaan.
• Is it permissible to undergo plastic surgery only for adornment?
Plastic surgery is an exaggerated adornment, and a surrender to the will of the devil. However, in urgent cases such as having an extra toe that causes harm, such procedure is permissible, and applies to men as well.
• Is it permissible for a sick person to pray while sitting on a chair?
It is permissible for a sick person, who is unable to stand up, to offer prayer while sitting on a chair. If he/she was unable to prostrate while on the chair, then he/she should pray while sitting on the ground, but if he/she was neither able to bow(Roku),nor to prostrate, then he can do them while sitting on the chair.
• Is it permissible to offer prayer at home, or should it be offered in the mosque?
It isn`t preferable for the man to pray at home as praying in the mosque is twenty seven times more rewarding. Therefore, this should motivate him to offer prayers in the mosque.