Q: What is istihaalah? Especialy regarding products from pig?

Q: Recently I have got married to a boy who lives approximately 100 miles away from me (more than shari' safar distance). However he is working in my hometown until after Ramadhaan but still holds his hometown as his watn-e-asli. We live together in my hometown. My question is that as I haven't moved to his hometown and consider myself as a resident of my hometown until Ramadhaan. Do I have to perform qasr or itmaam when we visit his family in his hometown?

Q: If a Muslim joins the Police Force or even Community Police Forums and other crime fighting groups within the law with the intention to eliminate fitnah, will there be any reward for it if he is killed while doing so? Will he become shahid?

Q: I am from Durban and getting married in Cape Town and therefore cannot have a walima within 3 days. Is it permissible to have a walimah 3 weeks later?

Q:

1. When I was in an elevator/lift in Makkah together with a Saudi man, 2 women in full hijab and niqab entered the lift.The Saudi man got upset and chased them out. I used to often be alone in the lift with women and used to be unsure what to do. Is it  permissible to be alone with a woman in an elevator or what should I do in such case?
2. If my seat on the plane is next to a Ghair Mahram woman, is it ok to sit next to them?

Q: I recieved the following text message, is it compulsory  for me to forward the message to others in my contact list, because he has taken a oath, what does  shariah say regarding such a message?

A message from a brother in Deen; (Name was mentioned here) from London (England).

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.

My dear brothers & sisters, I make an oath with you in front of Allah (swt) and I leave this as an amaanah with you until the Day of Judgement. If you opened this message (& read it) I ask you to please send to all your contacts. I ask you to please make dua for a good friend of mine (Name was mentioned here) that Allah (swt) gives him shifaa'a. He is a young man who has a very aggressive form of brain cancer, the hospital sent him home and informed him and his family that the cancer is not responding to the chemotherapy. I therefore ask you in the name of Allah (swt) not to close this message before you have sent it to at the very least half of your contacts, because one day you too will need dua and an oath (amanah) makes the mountains shake. Please do dua as Allah will hear someone somewhere. Wherever you are.

Q: Why does Islam have fours scholars?

Q: Can sadaqa donation be given to a masjid?

Q: I know that inhaling steam or smoke while fasting causes the fast to break. My question is that when cooking food while fasting, there is a great risk that steam will be inhaled. Will it be necessary to take precautions to avoid the steam by keeping a distance from the cooking food as much as possible? In the case where one inhales steam unintentionally, will one's fast break?

Q: I am married and have kids. Through out my marriage I had a lot of problems. I stayed because of my kids. The issues were mainly my husband going out with bad company, staying out late, people seeing him at clubs, or people saying he's on drugs. I have now found out that he is taking drugs. He refuses to admit it. Says he isn't. He's not working at the moment, he is trying everywhere for a job. What must I do? I can't afford kids school. I'm not thinking straight. I only cry and feel helpless. I want to leave. What does Mufti advise?