Q: Is zakaat payable on outstanding debts owed to a person in lieu of merchandise sold? If the debt is paid after few years, will zakaat have to be paid for the previous years?

Q: Please tell me what is the correct way of doing sajdah for hanafi mazhab sunni muslim women? Some say there is no difference in the way of doing sajdah between men and women and some say that the elbows of the women should touch the ground and a woman should contract her body during sajdah. Please tell me what is the correct way of doing sajdah.

Q: Is it proper to read Salaah wearing a kurta that has short sleeves?

Q: I would like to know if a husband and wife are separated for more than three months what does this mean? Is the nikah broken, or talaak takes place? My daughter and her husband are separated for just over three months with no contact at all.

Q: I have an account in the bank. Yearly I get interest from the bank. Is it legal in Islamic law to earn interest from the bank?

Q: I love a person and I wish to marry him. Kindly please make istakhara for me if he is the right person or not.

Q: I would like to know what is the maximum period for breast-feeding for all schools of thoughts with proof.

Q: In Surah Infitar (82) Verse 7, Allah Ta'ala says ‘Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you’. Is this ayat supposed to be understood for human beings in general? The reason for asking is that not all people are born proportioned - some people are born deformed, some people are born with leg length discrepancies, some people are born transgender.

Q: Somebody told me that we must not reply to the Azaan of musjids where the words of the Azaan have been changed and distorted.

Q: Is zakaat payable on outstanding debts owed to a person in lieu of services carried out e.g. accountant’s fees, lawyer’s fees, etc? Will one include these outstanding debts when calculating one's zakaat on one's zakaat date? If the wealth is paid after a few years, will zakaat have to be paid for the past years?