Q: To what extent do women have to lower their gaze with and towards other women if they do (when there’s no fitnah)? I know that you can’t see from below the navel to the knee and including the knees, back and stomach. 

Now in a normal setting among other women, everyone is fully covered but not always in “modest” clothing since it’s females. So in some areas clothes are tight like when wearing a t-shirt for example or trousers. When they wear clothes like this for example, the shape of their body is shown. Are we sinful if we look at their body? Or if we see the shape of things that are apparent or showing (when there is no fitnah)?

Are we supposed to be lowering our gaze as females to other females too? Because when they move etc. even then things naturally show, so what do we do? Are we sinful if we’ve looked or if we’ve seen anything? 

Q: Instead of making up for fasts that I missed due to menses of the past 3 years and last year, can I give fidyah and not keep the fast?

Q: A person is a recipient of Zakaat, as he is in debt of R400 000. His zakaatable assets are minimal. Can he accept Zakaat money (a lump sum) more than the R400 000 of his debt?

Q: Does the ruling of drawing animate objects, specifically animals, also apply to baked goods/cakes? I have received mixed advice on this, some saying if there are no eyes it is ok, others saying because it gets eaten and isn’t kept as a drawing/picture or sculpture is it is ok. Please may you clarify.

Q: When we are in Saudi, in some masjids they perform a second congregation. Are we allowed to take part in that congregation if we haven't already read our salaah?

Q: If while praying, my scarf kept falling and I kept picking it up, do I have to repeat my prayer?

Q: What should be done if one prayed while needing to urinate/defecate, wants to pray the same salah again after relieving himself, but a disliked time for salah (asr, fajr) is going to enter? 

Should one repeat the prayer during the disliked time anyway?

Q: Someone went for Umrah and before starting, emptied his bladder as he had the desire for it and then reached Haram Shareef. It was too crowded and he had to walk a long distance to enter Haram as the passages were closed. Now after a while, before starting Umrah, he again had the desire to empty his bladder (though he did not eat or drink for the past 6 hours to avoid this problem). He felt it is difficult to go out to relieve again and started and completed Umrah and during Umrah, Esha jamaat as well. That feeling was off and on. 

Will the Umrah be valid? If not what is to be done, sadaqah or repeating the umrah? 

If umrah was not valid, did he come out of ihram after completing Umrah and performing Halaq? 

He repeated Esha prayer. Was it needed or not?

Q: If a person does not believe in human evolution, he believes in creation of humans as Islam presents it. 

However regarding other life forms on earth, he believes they were evolved guided by Allah, not independent of His guidance. Does he become a kafir? His reasoning is that as far as his understanding goes, Islam is silent on how other species came on earth so one doesn't need to tie one's self to a specific belief. 

Does that person becomes a kafir? Please advise.

Q: I would like clarification on the following points: 

1. Is it necessary to ask regarding ownership of gifts when a baby is born? 

2. As far as I know and understand, if a gift is given to the child themself, it cannot be used for other siblings or given away when old but has to be kept until they can decide what they want to do with it, is this correct? 

3. In my situation, I tried to explain the above to my in-laws when they gifted a cot, asked them to clarify whether it belongs to my husband or the child (who was not yet even born). I explained also why and how it affects in future. But they insisted they want to gift it to the child not my husband but they want us to use it for our future kids. Mentioned that in their days that's how it was understood and money or jewellery was kept only for the child themselves. 

Seeing as they weren't understanding we didn't push the issue but they mentioned clearly that it belongs to him so we decided we'll cover the cost so it belongs to my husband and that way we can use for our future kids or give away when old. 

Now when the baby is born they gave clothing as gifts and when I enquired as to who it belongs to, they replied that it's his and if we don't want can return and keep money for him but we can use for future kids. 

Do I take that to basically mean that it's his and we'll have to replace his things in order to use for other children or give away? I don't wish to mention anything further as that may irritate them. 

4. Is it permissible/possible to gift an item to an unborn child?