Q: When making wudhu, is it fardh to make masah of any quarter of the head or does it particularly have to be the front of the head?
The reason for enquiring is that if it's fardh to make masah of any quarter, then a woman in pardah will be able to make masah of her head without removing her scarf while traveling.
Q: My wife is suffering from a serious disorder about purity. This is all due to urine.
If a child has urinated on a sofa and if someone sits there after its dried without being cleaned, will the other person be impure? Does he/she have to change their clothes?
If he/she sits somewhere else with those same clothes, would that place also be impure?
My wofe is really not well because of this and she’s always washing things, beds, clothes. etc.
Q: I intend performing umrah. Is it permissible for women to perform salaah behind the Imaam in the Harams? I have heard that the Imaams do not make intention for women.
Q: I am an expat in Saudi Arabia. One of my friends passed away here last December and his family had to move back to India. They sold most of the major items and got money and the remaining smaller items they gifted to others (Example: dinner plates, a wall clock, 3 unanimated wall hanging sceneries, etc. they gifted us and few items to others also).
Is it Ok to keep and use those items or must they be donated in charity? We are not need in need of those items and we just kept those items because we were very close to that family. What is the better option?
Q: I made an oath to Allah that I would fast for 5 consecutive days if a particular event took place. I fasted the 5 days but not consecutively. Is my oath fulfilled?
Q: I do not celebrate birthdays, however my family does. What should I do with gifts they give me?
Q: I bought a live chicken, and while slaughtering it, I recited takbeer, but sliced the entire neck off after a few seconds by mistake. Is the chicken halaal for me?
Q: I'm the daughter, married and have a baby but still live with my parents as they won't allow me to get my own house.
My mother takes my bank card and spends without my permission nor tells me how much she spent. Is this allowed in Islam? Or is it theft.
Also, she leaves my card in her pocket and now my brother spent nearly £600 without me knowing.
Q: If a person does not perform a complete wudhu, will his wudhu be valid? If a person performs salaah with such a wudhu, what will be the condition of the salaah?
Q: I have wealth more than nisaab (R50 000) that makes zakaat compulsory upon myself. I took a loan from a relative (R1.2m) to purchase a house. I will be repaying him over monthly installments (R10 000) over the next 10 years. Hence, in essence, my debt is more than my assets.
1. How do I calculate my zakaat?
2. Does this make me a recipient of zakaat?