ANSWER: When praying behind an imam as well it is obligatory for you to recite the fateha in all silent rakahs and prayers otherwise your prayer is invalid. 

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ANSWER: There’s no sunnah prayer before Friday prayer except the 2 rakahs of Tahiyatul masjid that one must pray before sitting down.

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ANSWER: It’s correct to leave the masjid immediately after praying the fard because congregational dua after salah is an innovation. You can leave them and go to the back of the masjid to finish your athkar.  You can even recite your dhikr while going on the way to your home. 

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ANSWER: You don’t have any duties towards your step mother. However, it’s a good thing if you can check on her to see if she needs anything as she was your father’s wife. But this is not something obligatory upon the stepchildren. 

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ANSWER: No problem in doing this at home and praying with it.  The prohibition is in going out with hair tied up like this.

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ANSWER: You can recite these only as a form of dhikr or for doing ruqya in the state of major sexual impurity, however it’s not permissible to recite the Qur’an just as a form of recitation, either from memory or by looking during Janabah. 

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