Summarized Fatawaa
• Should Al-Basmalah(i.e. saying Bismillaaahi Ar-Rahmaani Ar-Raheemi ) be recited after Takbeerat Al-Ihram(saying Allahuakbar) which marks the beginning of prayer ?
A praying person is obliged to recite Al-Basmalah at the beginning of Chapter Al-Faatihah, and in every Rak`ah(unit of prayer)because it is a verse of it.
• How is night prayer offered ?
Night prayer is offering voluntary prayer after Maghrib and before Fajr(dawn). As for Tahajjud, it is offering voluntary prayer at night after waking up voluntarily, and for Allah`s sake as He says: “And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord raise thee to a Station of Praise and Glory!”{Al-Isra`/ 79}. Offering Tahajjud is better than offering voluntary prayer before going to bed.
• What are the benefits of slaughtering an Aqeeqah?
Extending thanks to Allah for His grace, expressing happiness for having a newborn, declaring lineage, and feeding the mother to compensate for the blood that she had lost during delivery.
• Is prayer mandatory on a dying person who goes through a state of unconsciousness , then wakes up ?
If he wakes up, and is conscious, then he should pray the way he could, but if he isn`t conscious, then he is exempt from prayer as Allah says in this regard: “On no soul doth God Place a burden greater than it can bear.”{Al-Baqarah/286}.