Q: How should I console a friend whose close friend passed away? Is it fine to say he will go to heaven inshallah? What should I say and do? What about neighbour's whose close one's passed away?

Q: 

1. If a person often wears perfume and sometimes in salaah feels it in his throat, maybe because he unintentionally inhaled it, will his salaah break? 

2. What if he does so intentionally or out of carelessness, will his salaah break?

Q: Sometimes, I get up and perform tahajjud one hour before the time of Fajr, but after performing my Fajr, I often go back to sleep and put my alarm for ishraaq salaah to get up again. Is it permissible for me to do that?

Q: My son left the fold of Islam many years ago. We broke ties with him. Can I contact him now? Would I be sinful if I contact him since he is a murtad?

Q: Is it allowed to cut the mustache and cut the nails on a Thursday? Or it is better on a Friday?

Q: Is it permissible for women to dye their hair black only?

Q: 

1. If a woman was observing a nafl fast and her haidh commenced after zuhr, can she eat anything or should she wait until maghrib? 

2. Is it permissible for a woman to eat if her fast breaks after zawaal or if it breaks at anytime of the day?

Q: I have a friend who walks with a stick. He told me it is sunnah to use a stick. The stick he uses is a knobkerrie. 

Learning this I also bought the same stick, because I liked how it looked. I bought it from a traditional Zulu store as that is the most common place to find that type of stick. 

Recently I was concerned if the stick had any religious connotations within the Zulu kingdom. I researched it on Google and found that it symbolises leadership amongst Zulu clans etc and is also a symbol of manhood and was used as a weapon in old ages. 

Is it okay to continue using the stick for walking or does it count as imitating another nation?

Q: Will my wudhu be valid if I use earseeds? It involves placing adhesive pellets on the ear pressure points for 3 to 4 days at a time.

Q: My 7 year old asked me whether "thuma aameen" is made up by people or a sunnat. Please clarify this for us.