Q: I'd like to enquire about the permissibility of the following

1. Drawing Arabic calligraphy for hanging on one's wall as remembrance of Allah Ta'ala

2. Drawing Arabic calligraphy as a means of remembrance of Allah Ta'ala for others, through which one may derive an income from its sale.

The Arabic calligraphy is legible to one who can recite basic Arabic, and does NOT form animate pictures, nor does it have animate objects in it. Examples are, names of Allah Ta'ala, Quraanic ayaat, zikr (SubhanAllah, Alhamdulilah, etc.). If permissible, then please advise if there are any further details that I should be precautious about.

Q: If a Muslim has a group of Muslim friends. The man knows zina is haram. His friends dont know zina is haram. The man invites them to commit zina. They all go and commit zina. The man doesn't commit zina.

1. Will the man be getting their sin of zina or he wont be getting their sin of zina since the friends were unaware of the act being haram?

2. Is the man guilty of kufr because his friends did not know zina is haram and they thought it was halal and committed it. (Thinking a haram act as halal and doing it is kufr).

Q: I just wanted to know if visiting Hazrats (Buzrugs) graves acceptable in Islam?

Q: Many years ago, my maternal grandmother had kept an amount of gold jewellery in order to give it to me in my marriage. Later, my mother took it from her, telling her that she would keep it safely until the marriage. So the jewellery is with my mother.

Now, since I am unmarried, I have not received it yet. My question is: Who is responsible for the payment of zakah for that particular gold jewellery?

Q: Kindly advise with regard to the following:

Four siblings had sold a jointly owned asset and had given their father the money which was to have been invested by him in a property. However this did not happen for whatever reason and the money remained in the father's business. Over time it was even forgotten that this money has not been invested and has merely been left in the business. The father too had completely forgotten about this money that it is lying in the business. 14 years later one of the siblings passed away. It is now two years since his demise. He has a minor child and two adult children.

Nevertheless it has now been remembered that this money is lying in the business and was not invested. The deceased sibling's share (R95000) has not yet been distributed to his heirs. The father is in the process of returning the money to all the siblings and to the estate of the deceased.

It has been established that none of the the siblings, including the deceased, had included this amount in calculating their zakaat liability. The questions are:

1. Do the living siblings have to pay zakaat on this wealth that has now been returned to them? If yes, how will this be calculated?

2. Will zakaat be payable on the share of the deceased (R95 000) for the period until his demise? If yes, who is responsible to discharge this?

3. Are the heirs of the deceased liable for zakaat upon their respective shares for the past 2 years?

Q: My question is what does the Sharia say when a Muslimah upload a video of herself telling her side of the story of being in a misyar marriage with a famous da'ee who took advantage of her? She did not explicit mentioned what exactly happened. She kept on saying that she has evidence on what occurred, but will not share them because the brother does not everyone to see and hear the conversation that took place between them. Many people are backbiting the brother. The sister said her purpose for making the video and uploading it on YouTube is to inform women who are interested to get marry to him that he had 4 wives before, but divorce took place a short while. She went on to say that he has his own view point regarding women, but she could not say what it is. She answered some people comments in the comment section that she asked scholars whether it is permissible for her to make this video, but she did not mentioned those scholars who said it is permissible to do this thing. The sister said that she and him made mistakes. But her other intention to upload this video is to expose dawah men would do behind the scenes like mistreating women since they are in a high position.

Q: My graduate admission requirements were to have DTE certified with experience. It was also said that the previous result and experience will be considered for selecting the students. I had good results but had no experience. So, I made a false experience certificate and got the admission. After that, I successfully completed my Bsc TE degree from university. Now, I want to pursue another degree where I need to submit my Bsc TE degree certificate as their requirements. So, is it permitted to get higher degree using previous certificates where I did make a false experience certificate to gain my Bsc degree?

Q: I've been married for 2 years and my husband practises azl. I am not very young and would like a family but he is preventing it. He also always says he wants a second wife before we have children. This upsets me because I am his wife now and it feels unfair to me to be subjected to this. Is this grounds for leaving him.

Q:

- حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ المُبَارَكِ، وَهِقْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ الأَوْزَاعِيِّ، عَنْ قُرَّةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: «حَذْفُ السَّلَامِ سُنَّةٌ» قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ: وَقَالَ ابْنُ المُبَارَكِ: " يَعْنِي: أَنْ لَا تَمُدَّهُ مَدًّا «هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَحِبُّهُ أَهْلُ العِلْمِ» الترمذي حذف السلام: الإسراع به التلخيص الحبير وَفِيهِ «حَذْفُ السَّلَامِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ سُنَّة» هُوَ تَخْفِيفُهُ وتَرْك الْإِطَالَةِ فِيهِ. النهاية

Would saying the salam slowly and not quickly be contrary to the sunnah

Q: Will an aqeeqah performed by a child's grandfather without prior knowledge of the father but only being informed later, be valid ?