Q: I feel very sorry for a non-muslim who suffers depression. I really would like to help him. What should I tell him to do?

Q: What is the shar’i ruling in the case where a person (if he is local and his intention is to only do tawaaf and go to Jeddah) passed the miqaat without tying the ihraam? Please answer this query as I have to frequently travel to Jeddah.

Q: Is it permissible for men and women to wear sterling silver rings? If not permissible what is the reason?

Q: There was blood on the bathroom floor that I wiped up using tissue quite a while ago.  You can hardly see it now in fact not even at all, therefore I do not know the exact locations of where the impurities. When the floor is wet now and I stand on it shall I assume that the impurities have transferred?

Q: Here in Bokaap (Cape Town) in an area of about 2km there are 11 masaajid. So now will it suffice if someone sits for sunnat itikaaf in one of the 11 masajid, or is it necessary for someone to sit in each of the 11 masaajids?

Q: I had made a Hiba of a property to a charitable organisation with the intention of Isaal-e-Sawaab and stipulated that the income from the property be utilised for charity purposes only, example for the poor and needy, widows, orphans, for their medical and educational purposes and for mosques and madrasas etc. and also requested that a seperate account be maintained for this purpose. This understanding was put on a paper as a document in the form of Memorandum of Understanding and the caretakers of the charitable organisation accepted the offer along with these conditions and signed the document also. Now they have ustilised the revenue from the gifted property to clear up some liabilities of the organisation which they owe to a Bait ul Maal from which they had wrongly withdrawn money for the purpose of construction of a property belonging to the charitable organisation although the money in that particular Bait ul Maal account was made up of only Zakaat money. Now the caretakers have transfered money from he income generated from my gifted property into the Bait ul Maal account to comopensate for the money they had wrongly withdrawn earlier. This is real and sole intention in the transfer of money although the money so transfered into the Bait ul Maal account would eventually be utilised for distributing to Zakat deserving
people only. But please advice whether this procedure adopted by the caretakers [muttawalis] in this manner is right or wrong.

Q: At work sometimes there isn't enough time to pray Asr before closing. Is it possible for me as a female to pray my salaah whilst the azaan is being given.

Q: I received my faskh via a Moulana and did not go through the shariah court or our MJC. The moulana confirmed that I have grounds for my faskh as I advised that my husband does not fully support me and the children and makes more time for his friends. He also spends weekends at his parents house without me and the kids. The moulana only confirmed this with my husband and then provided my annulment certificate in the same week. I heard on the radio that a faskh will not be valid by any Imam or moulana as it must go through the Muslim judicial counsel. Is this necessary? Is my faskh valid and is it compulsory for me to go for counselling first?

Q: If I tell my wife "what do you want to do regarding this marriage", whether or not she wants to stay with me or not with the intention of not transferring the right to divorce but just discussion, is it considered one divorce if she says, "I don't want to be involved in this marriage anymore" but then afterwards she says "she does but not live with my parents" but with me alone?

Q: Who should lead the salaah? Someone who is hafid but is not well behaved, or someone who is not hafid but he has good behavior?