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No, this is recommended but as long as you say rabbi ighfir li, this is sufficient.

You must try to figure the direction of the qiblah by a compass. You should also pray standing up. If this is not possible, you may pray sitting down. If you can’t pray sitting down to the direction of the qiblah, it is ok to pray due to necessity.

It is not part of the masjid and people pray in it as they pray outside in the open area due to the rows are connected.

It is correct. one can pray voluntary prayers until the Imam comes out. As for the interval between the two athans, this is wrong. It should be longer than that so that people would prepare for the prayer.

You must not walk in the space between his feet and forehead when he prostrates.

No, but it is highly recommended if not mandatory to say it if you are in a city that doesn’t announce the athan and it is recommended to say the iqama for every prayer.

I know that Ibn Masoud prayed in the masjid alone for this reason. However, the majority of scholars say that it is permissible to pray 2nd congregation in the masjid and this is the most authentic opinion

One should feel bad as he was deprived of this great ritual.

Yes, it is forbidden because the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam forbade us from doing that.

Scholars say that the voluntary prayers that the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam used to pray them regularly are called recommended Sunnah. The prayers that the Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam told us to do but didn’t maintain it himself, these are called not recommended Sunnah. The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam […]