General

Signing on behalf of someone

Q: Is it permissible to sign something in someone else's name if they give you permission?

For example, my younger sister needs my parents to sign something for school and my parents are not in the city. If my mother gives me the permission to sign the paper in her name because she is unable to, is this permissible?

Origin of the Islamic months

Q: Is this correct, how do you pronounce and write the Islamic months?

‏ليعلم أن الاسم الصحيح للشهر السادس للسنة الهجرية هو: جمادى اﻵخرة. وجمادى: بضم الجيم وفتح الدال، واللفظ مؤنث، وهو منعوت إعرابا. واﻵخرة: نعت ل: جمادى. [للتفصيل لينظر: لسان العرب، الصحاح في اللغة، المصباح

Please note: The correct name for the sixth month of The Islamic Calender is [جمادى اﻵخرة] - Jumaada l-Aakhirah. (For details see: Lisaan l-Arab, As-Sihaah fi l-Lughah, Al-Misbaah l-Muneer) Who started the Islamic months, where does the names of the Islamic months come about and what do the names mean?

Doubts regarding Sayyids

Q: As a lot of people believe that there are still Sayyids like my family, some I have encountered do not believe in Sayyids and say we are fake, is it true?Any prove that Sayyids actually exist from the Hadith or anything that says there would be Sayyids?

Talking to inanimate objects

Q: Is asking or saying things to inanimate objects haram (or shirk)? For example, absentmindedly saying 'work faster' to your computer when it is slow or 'please stop hurting' to an injured limb? obviously, the person does not believe that these objects have any power whatsoever and that Allah is really the one in control.