Planting trees or shrubs on graves
Q: Is it better to plant trees or shrubs on graves or is it better not to plant anything?
Right of a mother in making decisions for her children
Q: I have 2 children aged 2 years old and a 3 month old baby. My husband tells me that I have no right in making any decisions for the babies such as something as small as cutting or triming their hair, he has every right to make the decisions. Is he right?
What rights does a mother have? Should I just keep quite and let him do as he pleases even if it makes me unhappy?
Woman in the state of haidh reading Surah Ikhlaas 75000 times as esaale thawaab
Q: I would like to know if it's permissible for a woman who's in the state of haidh to read Surah Ikhlaas 75000 times as esaale thawaab.
Following a mazhab
Q:
1. Is it obligatory to follow a mazhab?
2. What is the concept of mazhab?
3. Which mazhab is best to follow?
Assuming that all the secular banks in the country deal in riba
Q: Can I assume that all the secular banks in the country deal in riba if I live in a kafir country or would I be sinful for assuming evil of people without proof?
Ulama taking oral and practical exams of baaligh girls
Q: Is it permissible for Ulama to take Quran/Surahs oral exams and practical wudhu/ghusal/salat exams of baaligh girls in a maktab?
Bringing a child who is still in nappies to the musjid
Q: Can a child who is still in his nappies be brought to the masjid? A toddler around the age of 2-3 years in age.
Sunnats and aadaab when visiting the graveyard
Q:
1. I wanted to know the etiquette and sunnah when visiting the qabrastaan? What is best for one to do when in the qabrastaan?
2. What should one recite and what will be most beneficial to read for the deceased when in the qabrastaan (closest to sunnah)?
3. When is it sunnah and most preferable to visit the qabrastaan?
4. Is there anything mentioned regarding pouring water over the qabr? If there is any book or literature on visiting the graveyard then please do let us know.
Hating the sin and not the sinner
Q: What is the shariah perspective about: hating the sin, not the sinner. Is it applicable in all contexts?
Example: When the sinner promotes his sins and believes it to be honourable and that he is entitled to advertise and perpetrate it, is it obligatory to hate such an illegitimate deviant?
Making salaam after two rakaats of a four rakaat sunnah salaah when jamaat salaah commences
Q: If I make niyat of 4 rakaat sunnah salaah and the imaam starts jamaat salaah, can I make salaam after two rakats to join the jamaat salaah and make the remaining two rakaats after the jamaat salaah?