ANSWER: As long as their hand is touching the ground, the prayer is valid but they are missing on the sunnah for not placing their palms on the ground.

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ANSWER: This is totally unacceptable as praying it before the athan time is not valid and delaying the athan so that you can offer them home is betrayal of trust!  Perform the athan and then offer it in the masjid like all Muathins around the world do!

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ANSWER: The hands are to be raised where the tips of the fingers would be next to the ears and the hands would be next to the shoulders.

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ANSWER: Saying it three times is from the sunnah.  However, saying it once also suffices (as this is the minimum mandatory dhikr) and sky is the limit beyond three.

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