Q: Can we use zakaat money to buy an ambulance and use it for people in poverty, free of charge? We have a foundation for doing such activities. 

Q: If a husband treats and abuses his wife, and does not give nafaqah to his wife and is disrespectful to her and her parents and family, and if he is on drugs, can her father have the right to make her leave the husband? Who must she listen to, her father or stay in her bad marriage?

Q: I want to buy a house under the right to buy scheme but cannot get a halal mortgage. I have found no Islamic bank that offers a halal mortgage for government schemes. Please advise if I can use abnormal bank. 

Q: I have performed Hajj last year with my family and I have few questions. I forgot to check with any mufti before leaving but as per my calculation we stayed in Makkah before leaving for Mina (5th aug 00:00 to 19th aug 03:00) and I thought it was 14 days. As per my calculation we prayed Qasr salah.

Later I got confused and thought whether we should have prayed full as it could have been 15 days. Also, it depended on the moon sighting. After Hajj, I clarified with some mufti and he said it was okay and don't put your mind in stray thoughts.

I am confused since then and also repented to Allah to forgive if I did wrong. I am worried that I took my family and didn't guide them properly. Is Hajj affected with this or what we did was correct?

Q: I have a question regarding the Hateem. Please assist.

The following riwayats come in Musnad-e-Ahmad, Abu Dawood and a few other famous Hadith books

روي عمرو بن حزم قال: رآني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم متكئا على قبر. فقال: «لا تؤذ صاحب هذا القبر.» أو «لاتؤذه» رواه أحمد بإسناد صحيح. وعن أبي هريرة قال، قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «لأن يجلس أحدكم على جمرة فتحرق ثيابه فتخلص إلى جلده خير له من أن يجلس على قبر

From the above Ahaadith we understand that it is disrespectful to sit or stand on a grave. There are also many Tareekhi narrations that I have come across regarding the burial place of Hazrat Ismaaeel and Hazrat Haajar (alaimhimas salaam) that it is in the Hateem of the Ka'bah Shareef (albiet I am unsure of the strength of the narrations). There is also the narration of Hazrat Ummul Mumineen

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَدْخُلَ الْبَيْتَ فَأُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِي فَأَدْخَلَنِي فِي الْحِجْرِ فَقَالَ : صَلِّي فِي الْحِجْرِ إِذَا أَرَدْتِ دُخُولَ الْبَيْتِ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ قَطْعَةٌ مِنْ الْبَيْتِ فَإِنَّ قَوْمَكِ اقْتَصَرُوا حِينَ بَنَوْا الْكَعْبَةَ فَأَخْرَجُوهُ مِنْ الْبَيْتِ

How do we reconcile between these narrations and will performing salaah in the Hateem be tantamount to disrespecting the graves of Hazrat Ismaeel (alaihis salaam) and his respected Mother?

Q: My neighbours often barbecue in the summer, and the meat they eat is not halaal. Usually, when I wash the clothes, I put them outside to dry.

If the smoke from the impure meat comes into contact with the wet clothes which I put outside, will the clothes become impure?

Q: Can I wear jewellery with feathers?

Q: If I offer namaz-e-janaazah of a Shia, does my nikaah with my wife break?

Q: My respected mother, whilst she was alive, mentioned to me and several of her children "the flat that belongs to me in a certain apartment building, I have given it to my 2 granddaughters but I will continue to take the rental as long as I am alive".

I did mention to her on a few occasions that it is incorrect to give a gift in this manner, you either give it away with all its benefits to the 2 granddaughters otherwise it will form of part of your estate. She has passed on to the mercy of Allah Ta'ala without correcting this statement or re gifting this property in the correct manner.

I would like to find out if this property in question will form part of her estate or will it be in the ownership of the two granddaughters?

Q: I happened to go to a musalla a few weeks ago. There is a courtyard separating the wudhu khana and the Salaah area. There was a lot of rain and it flooded the courtyard. People walked through to get onto the carpeted area. As I walked through, I had seen the droppings of fouls in the water which others also walked through onto the carpet. Others may have not seen it.

Is it necessary for me to inform the responsible people to have the carpet washed although they may have not seen it?

If yes, do the others need to repeat their salaats performed? If it is not necessary to inform them, what is the condition of my Salaah as I am aware of it?