Q: My husband and I have been blessed with a baby alhamdulillah. We would like the baby to have finished memorising the Quraan by an early age if Allah wills.

What steps can we take to ensure that the child can begin learning and memorising from an early age? What brain foods would also be good for the child and mother as I’m nursing currently.

Q: I have a question about shooting video games, as you know in our religion, it's haraam to burn living creatures or to hit on the face. So do we apply these Ahkam (rules) to characters of video games or not?

Q: Is it true that if woman’s ankles are shown to non-mahrams, it gives a sin of zina.  

Q: Is loud zikr in congregation permissible?

Q: In a joint family, it permissible for a woman to sit in the room where members of the house, including her brother-in-law, have gathered? Is it permissible if she sits in these sittings with her face covered?

Q: There are many different types of vinegar, example, red wine vinegar, spirit vinegar, etc. I don't know how they're made. Can we eat them?

Q: On Friday, when the imam comes out for the khutbah and the 2nd azaan is given in front of him, then should we read the dua after azaan verbally or should we read it in our heart since we have to adopt silence at that time?

Q: When the Shaafiee Imaam is not here, the musallis ask me to lead the Fajr Salaah. Since I'm a Hanafi, will it be appropriate for me to read qunoot with the niyyah of qunoot e naazila so as not to create confusion. It is a Shafiee masjid and many people are ignorant about these fiqhi ikhtilaafs.

I remember once a Hanafi Imaam led the Fajr Salaah and he did not read qunoot. After salaah there was a commotion and people started talking to one another that qunoot was not read. Please guide me what to do.

Q: We read Fajr Salaah behind a Shafiee Imaam. I know we should not raise our hands when he is reading qunoot but should we say aameen softly or not at all (keep quiet) during qunoot?

Q: What is the Shariah ruling regarding gelatine? Most of the halaal certifying bodies here are of the opinion that gelatine derived from non-halaal sources is halaal. They aver that the gelatine derived from non-halaal sources undergoes a "metamorphisis" and therefore is halaal. But the matter is indestructible and surely their contentions cannot be correct? However, it eludes logical comprehension that apparently our Ulama has yet to challenge the halaal certifying bodies concerned in regard to the issue and the halaal certifying bodies remain unchallenged. But what is your take on the matter?