Q:

1. Which shahadat should be given preference for the talqeen of the muhtadar, the first shahadat or the shahadatain.
2. From which side the qabr must be close with the plank for man and woman. The head side or the leg side.
3. In the niyyat of the janazah salaah, is it necessary for the muqtadis say within themselves “behind this imam”.
4. We used to walk in between the qabr with the shoes, I came across the Hadith discouraging to walk with the shoes. What should we do?
5. Can we eat the fruits and take home the flowers of the qabarastan. If not, what should be done especially with the fruits? Let it get rotten on the trees?
6. What the Shariah says about of planting on the qabr, especially after the burial. The flowers most of the time are taken from another qabr. Sometimes we find big big plants on the qabr. Should we keep the qabr completely neat at all times?

Q: One does ghusl and goes to sleep. Then one awakes and takes wudhu and puts on his khuffs. Then his wudhu gets broken. Then one finds out that there was a solid substance in the cave of his tooth. Does he only needs to remove it and wash the place? Is his masah still valid i.e. can he take wudhu with making masah over the khuffs?

Q: I am going for umrah in two days time. I miscarried at six weeks pregnant nine days ago but I have also had surgery to have everything removed from the utreus before I go for umrah. Can I still preform umrah? I am still getting light bleeding.

Q: If someone gives to a person a haraam item, and the person says to the giver "thank you"is this kufr? 

A man comes to install the cable for the tv-signal, and the person says after the cable-man does finish his work "thank you" to him, is this kufr?

Q: My question is that is it a major sin or a minor sin to keep pictures of animate objects in the house? I know that it must be avoided, but I was having a discussion with my family about this, and now I am very curious as to whether this comes in category of major sins or minor sins? (These photos were taken by someone else, I am asking about keeping them in the house).

Q: Is it permissable to make dolls as a hobby? If one has already made them, created them, is it permissable to then sell them? Will the money made from selling them be halaal?

Q: By curiosity I went on the net and check the characteristic of my horoscope but not what they predicts. for example they say that scorpio is strong by nature etc. Some were true but did i do shirk? I have promised not to read these things again.

Q: I recently discovered that my male friend hasn't been loyal as a friend and consequently, I have cut him out. For the last two evenings, I've dreamed of him even though he hasn't been on my mind.

Dream #1:

I dreamed that around the corner from where I currently live, lived a woman who can read people somehow. She looked after children. (I'm not sure if I asked or if she just mentions it) she tells me that he will come right and that I should croak like a frog close to the light switch. However, I'm not sure what sound a frog makes to which a little boy explains. I can't make the sound and instead, I say "quack". It starts raining.

Dream #2:

My male friends family fetch me. We are on a bus and his sisters baby girl comes to play with me. Then we get to his house and the baby girl is still with me. I go to the lounge and his mom is sitting there and we greet each other. Suddenly kitchen staff are apparent which my friend sent for us to sort out food for us. The one kitchen lady walks to the table to place salad on a table but she looks annoyed and gives my friends mother a funny look to which I am appalled and we (his mother and I) mention to each other that the lady had an attitude. Yet his mother seemed chilled.

What does this mean?

Q: Is it permissible for me to find out my zodiac sign or the sign of another person e.g. whether our horoscope sign is Leo, Scorpio, Capricorn, etc.?

Q: My question pertains to interest which I know is forbidden in Islam and is seen as a great sin. But in the UK, through mortgages, insurances, etc., it seems virtually impossible to avoid riba (interest). I have looked into Islamic banking in the UK but I see it to be an awful alternative as it still essentially charges riba but with some clever play on words and has been dismissed by the consensus of scholars. So my question is: how do you live in the UK without participating in interest as I am struggling to see alternatives?