Q: My wedding jewellery set is lost now two years. Till last year I've paid zakaat on it thinking I would find it. It is still lost. Do I pay zakat on it?

Q: A person took a loan of R5 million from the bank which is payable over 10 years. R500 000 is payable every year of the principle debt as well as R50 000 interest.

1) When calculating zakaat, will one deduct the entire amount of R5 million as his debt or only the amount payable for the current year of R550 000 (R500 000 principle and the R50 000 interest)?

2) Does one include the interest owing as part of his debts for the zakaat calculation?

Q: When reciting surah al kahf on Fridays, is one meant to recite the complete surah or just the first ten verses.

Q: Is it permissible for strange men and strange women to belong to an islamic chat group wherein they chat to one another?

Q: If a man gives his pregnant wife 3 talaaqs by repeating "I talaaq you, I talaaq you, I talaaq you" like that and she leaves his home, can he take her back? At the time of the talaaq being given, the father alone witnessed it together with the wife.

1. Are the 3 talaaqs valid?

2. Can they reconcile?

3. Is a talaaq allowed while the wife is pregnant?

Q: I have a bad habit of talking excessively. Alhumdulilah, after I began going to a girl's madressah and we did the ahaadith about talking excessively I began to talk less. But after I began doing this I began feeling depressed. Please advise me what to do.

Q: How does one classify an object as animate or inanimate? Is photography of animals permissible?

Secondly, is it permissible for me to use pictures of flowers/scenery, etc. as a background to create pictures with Quraanic Ayats/Islamic poetry to post on my status (with the intention of it being a means of guidance for myself as well as for whoever sees the status)?

Q: My uncle in law adopted my brother at the time of my brother's birth, and my uncle's wife breastfed him. Can my uncle be my brother's real father?

In my brother's nikah, if my uncle in law does not declare that he is the father, but the girl knows who the real father of the boy is, is the nikah correct?

Can my uncle in law write his name as the father of my brother?

Q: Please advise if it is permissible for a sibling to ask another sibling for rental on an inheritance property during the time of winding and transferring the property?

Q: We are 4 girls and our room is very small. We don't have enough space to pray in one line. Is it allowed for me to pray behind them? For example, can 2 of us pray in front and the rest behind them because our room is very small.