Q: Does thinking of worldly things while in prayer makes the prayer invalid? How do I know that my prayers are being accepted?

Q: A person went to a city intending that he will stay there for 14 days and was performing qasar salaah alone until he noticed his wife and mother were performing full salaah. He told them that their stay in the city was 14 days and they should perform qasar salaah.

1. Is it correct?

2. I also heard that the intention of a man is counted if he is with his family. Is it correct?

Q: In Islam, is cousin marriage allowed?

Medical science says that cousin marriage is wrong because it causes disabled children. Yes, there are many cases where children are completely fine but there are many cases where children are disabled because of cousin marriage.

My Conclusion: cousin marriage is risky.

Please advise me whether we should do cousin marriage or not? If your answer is yes then how can we overcome this risk?

Q: I am a lady teacher and I have started a math YouTube channel. I am using a digital pen for teaching so my hands and face are not visible in my channel. People can only hear my voice in the video.

Is such a YouTube channel allowed and is the income permissible in Islam. 

Q: Everytime I make an intention to be a good Muslimah and abstain from sin then few days later I find myself not bothered and only getting worse... This is happening for many months now. Can Mufti Saheb kindly advise me on how to become a good Muslimah permanently without getting worse?

Q: Whilst fasting, when filling sugar from its bag into a jar, I felt the sweetness of sugar in my throat. Did my fast break?

Q: I'm a mazoor. I wanted to find out if I read Fajr Salaah, can I read Ishraaq Salaah with the same wudhu?

Q: I get a lot of evil thoughts about people and I really dislike it (for example when I see someone who is fat then I'll think that they so fat etc), please can mufti saheb tell me how to stop these evil thoughts from coming?

Q: Can you please advise me on the following matter:

I am and have been using my Zakaat money to distribute monthly food hampers to poor and destitute Muslims. Many of my friends and family have observed this and have now given me their Zakaat / Sadaqah / Lillah, etc. obligations to discharge on their behalf.

With this in mind the number of recipients whom I distribute to (all of whom are Muslims) have also increased. This has become a very labour intensive exercise for me to accomplish on my own. I have thus secured assistance - some externally (also Muslims) and others from within the people who receive these hampers from me to sort, pack, get ready and distribute these hampers.

The following are my questions:

1) Can I pay these persons who assist me from the monies given to me especially in terms of the Zakaat and Sadaqah?

2) If yes, is there a percentage that I should consider to cover those expenses

3) If no, can I increase the hamper size of the “helpers” who are Zakaat recipients in lieu of payment for assisting me Can you please advise me on this matter?

Q: We purchased a property in the auction in June 2019 (after zakaat calc for that year). We paid the auctioneer 10% commission and 5% deposit. The deposit was transferred to the conveyancing attorney and we further paid the attorney fees and transfer duty (these monies were misappropriated by the attorney). The balance of the purchase price was paid to our attorneys and placed as guarantee to the favour of the seller to be paid on transfer of the property. The property transfer eventually did not materialise due to various issues. The deal was formally cancelled on 11 May 2021, after zakaat calculation for this year.

1. Is zakaat payable on theses monies for the 2020 and 2021 years as we have now received refunds of these monies from the auctioneers and our attorney.

2. Also, monies misappropriated. We are still trying to recover this. What would be the position of zakaat on this?