Imaam forgetting to sit for Qa’datul oolaa AND Umrah after Ramadaan

Respected Mufti Saheb

Assalaamu `Alaykum

It will be appreciated if Mufti Saheb can explain the ruling in the following cases:

1. In a Fard salaah, the Imaam forgets to sit for Qa`datul oolaa and is already in the 3rd qiyaam and then reminded by the musallees. Should the Imaam continue and make Sajdah Sahw at the end or must the Imaam return to the Qa`datul oolaa and make the Sajdah Sawh at the end.

2. Will the ruling be the same in the Witr Salaah in jamaa`ah in the month of Ramadaan.

3. What will the ruling be for a person who is performing the above Salaah, including 4 Raka`aat Sunnah Salaah, ALONE.

Umrah after Ramadaan

Saudi Arabia is now issuing visas for Umrah, for immediately after Ramadaan. Is there any specific ruling with regards to going for Umrah at this time:-

a) for the one who has already performed Hajj previously; and

b) for the one who has not as yet performed his/her Fard Hajj and then not performing the Hajj in the same year as from 1st Shawwaal is generally regarded as the months of Hajj.

Jazaakallah Khayr