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Is taking a long hot shower considered extravagance if its purpose is just to wake up or relax? How long can this shower be before it would be considered excessive?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'āla

No, it would not be considered extravagance, or waste, as long as you do not prolong your shower, wasting water and electricity/gas. 

There is no shar'i limit for how long you should take a shower. It would just be common sense. A shower should not take more than 3-4 mins. The sunnah of the Prophet (s.a.w.), is the water used for a ghusl should not be more than the amount of a jug of water. 

And Allah knows best
If a person was unaware that major impurity prevents them from performing prayers and fasting, despite their father advising them to do Ghusul after their first wet dream when they were young, do they need to repeat their prayers and fasts?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Prayers (Salah) performed with out real purity (Taharah) is invalid and need to be redone, but fasts done with ignorance with out purity do not need to be redone.

Wassalam.
If I forget to perform Ghusl after Janabah and later realize it 6 to 7 hours after reciting Salah, what should I do to rectify my prayer and ensure my worship is valid?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

If you discovered that your Ghusl was definitely wring after 6 to 7 hours, you must redo the Ghusl in the proper way and perform your obligatory Prayer after the valid Ghusl. Invalid Ghusl means every worship performed after it is invalid until you perform a valid Ghusl.

Wassalam.
As a young person, my parents informed me about Ghusl, but I did not realize that not performing it invalidated my fasting and prayers. For years, I prayed and fasted without doing Ghusl due to my lack of understanding. What should I do now?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

You do not need to repeat your fasting days if your ignorance was out of your hands, but you do need to perform your obligatory prayers after performing Ghusl.

Wassalam.