Q: What is the difference between sadaqah-e-jaariyah and esaal-e-thawaab? Which of the two refers to giving charity for deceased people, and which refers to gaining ongoing reward for oneself?

Q: If I have qadhaa salaah to perform, can I perform it after Asr salaah?

Q: I understand that cosmetic surgery is generally haram. But if I have a feature that is deformed, my nose goes to one side, is it halal to get this straightened. It is not a medical issue but causes psychological distress. Allah says he doesn't burden any soul with more than it can bear, so if I can't bear this will He understand?

Q: If musaafir performs two rakaats and someone tells him we should pray four. Due to confusion he reads four again. Which one is counted?

Q: I want to ask that I am working in audit firm and currently I have to audit different clients. Currently I am in bank audit. Can I drink water from bank premises as mostly income of the bank is based on interest and whether I can eat t​he foods from the money which is given by bank to my firm and my firm gives us to utilize for foods and dinner etc as we have to work late night.

Q: Is it permissible to carry one's Qur'aan in one's backpack?

Q: I want to write an ebook and to publish on Amazon Kindle. When somebody buy my book I get paid. Firstly the owners of Amazon are non Muslim so can I sell my book on Amazon Kindle. Secondly when a buyer buys my book I get paid. What if the buyer money is haram and mostly buyers are non-muslim and their money is involved with riba and other haram things. So this type of money will be halaal for me? When someone read my ebook ads are shown on their device sometime but I am paid royalties of my ebook not for ads so this is permissible?

Q: A person has a business where he sells day-old chicks. The customers order the chicks during the week and he delivers them on Thursday. However, the orders are not processed until they pay for the chicks upfront.

1. Is the deal correct since the customer has to pay when he orders the chicks and not when he receives them?

2. Sometimes, the chicks die before they can be delivered to the customer. Who will bear the loss for the dead chicks?

Q: Please advise in the following matter. 

Preamble:

1. Zaid, Amr and Khalid are equal partners in COMPANY A i.e. each one is a shareholder of 1/3 of COMPANY A.

2. Zaid and Amr are partners in COMPANY B. Zaid owns 75% and Amr 25%

3. Both companies have their own assets and liabilities including debtors and creditors

4. Zaid, Amr and Khalid have agreed to merge COMPANY A and B.

5. The agreement has been that in the new merged company “COMPANY AB” the shareholdings will be as follows:

a) Khalid 10%
b) Amr 27%
c) The balance of 63% will be owned by Zaid

6. When the merger takes place, then Zaid, the majority shareholder, wants to simultaneously sell 30% of his portion to his three sons in equal proportions for a nominal sum (R100 per 10%). Thus, each of his three sons will also own 10% each of COMPANY AB. Consequently, Zaid will only own 33% of COMPANY AB.

Questions:

1. What is the correct procedure to give effect to the merger, keeping in mind that both are major running companies?

2. How does Zaid sell off his shares to his sons and incorporate them into COMPANY AB?

3. How will the creditors and debtors be handled in both instances: (a) In merging COMPANY A and COMPANY B. (b) When Zaid sells off 10% each to three sons for a nominal value of R100 per share?

4. If, at the time of entering into the partnership, the condition was made that a partner should accept liability of a certain portion of the previous companies’ debts together with his capital investment, will this be permissible in Shari’ah?

Q: I regard my sister-in-law as my own sister. Can I consider her to be my mahram and show my concern for her by helping her, visiting her when she is sick and calling her on the phone to enquire about her well being?