Nikaah & Marriage Issues

Q:

1. Is masturbation allowed in Islam?

2. I have read that masturbation causes memory and eyes to become weak etc. Is this true?

Q: If a man n woman accept each other as husband and wife three times in front of one witness, will it be valid? And also saying that Allah is witness.

Q: What does the Qur'an say about a Muslim man marrying a christian woman?

Q: I got a question about marriage. I have recently met a girl that has reverted to Islam, and me and her we want to get married, I am a muslim, my parents approve, but her parents are non-muslim and do not approve her getting married. So I was wondering who will be her Wali, as nobody in her family or house hold are Muslims. How do we do it with witnesses when we are doing nikah and she is 18 so its legal.

Q: My question is whether Islam allows a nursing mother to use birth control pills?

Q: I have two wives. I pass equally night time with both.What should I do durding the day time?

Q: A cousin of mine in a highly deendar environment has married a shia and our family decided not to attend the marriage of our cousin. However, a few of our deendar relative and elders called us and scolded us for doing Qata' Rahmi. Q.1 What is the fatwa on attending a marriage/nikah being arranged by Shia? Is it permissible or impermissible? Q.2 Is it Qata' Rahmi on our part to boycott the marriage?

Q: When I met my wife and asked her hand in marriage, she agreed but we committed zina before she introduced me to her parents and before we were joined together. She was pregnant when we were joined together. What is the status of our marriage and the first child? When is marriage said to have taken place in Islam or when are the two lawful to have sex?

Q: Is 4D scans permissible or not for diagnostic purposes?

Q: I am a Hanafi Muslim. I experience homosexual feelings. I don't know how to cope up. I do pray to Allah Ta'ala. I offer Salah too. But please guide me. I can't afford to annoy Allah Ta'ala more.