Keeping the name Hamnah
Q: Is it permissible to keep a girls name Hamnah and what does this word mean?
Q: Is it permissible to keep a girls name Hamnah and what does this word mean?
Q: Could you please specify how to read all the rakaats of Zuhr Salaah:
E.g. Zuhr - Four Sunnah (Surah Faatihah and a Surah in all four rakaats) then four fardh (Surah Faatihah and a Surah in the first two and in the second two, only Surah Faatihah), then is two Sunnah (Surah Faatihah and a Surah in both rakaats) and last for Zuhr is two nafl (Surah Faatihah and a Surah in both rakaats).
Q: I live in another country due to work. I can afford to look after my family but due to my parents and other family members I am forced to stay abroad and work to save money. My wife is not happy living separate. If I bring my wife here, I'm afraid my parents will get angry on me. What should I do in this situation?
Q: If a husband and wife didn't or couldn't physically have intercourse with each other for a long time (due to some illness or any other reason), will the nikaah be cancelled after 7 years?
Q: If I'm due for my menstrual cycle but I'm not bleeding yet but I'm secreting a brown discharge, am I allowed to perform salaah?
Q: My husband wants to open a poultry shop. Inform me if it will be in our favour or loss.
Q: Gold is haraam for men to wear but is silver allowed to be used in rings or watches and is there a specific quantity limit?
Can I wear watches which contain platinum or palladium?
Q: I have illness of urine drops and I am in umrah. During umrah, after I completed my tawaaf and went to saee, I feel drops come out on my ihraam. After I completed 1 round of saee, I went to the washroom to wash my ihraam. I made wuzu and again went for saee and started again from my second round and completed it. Is my saee valid?
Q: I just came to know yesterday that taking a qasam of ghairullah (anyone besides Allah) is not allowed in Islam.
I don't remember taking a qasam of ghairullah but I have a doubt that years ago I might have asked someone in texting to take a qasam of his mother and he refused to take it. I was ignorant about it. What should I do now?
Is asking someone to take qasam of his mother is also sin? although he refused to take it.
Q: My surname represents an Indian god. Is this permissible although I did not choose to have it, for example, my surname is Shiva or Vishnu. Should I change this or leave it even though our ancestors kept the name to honour these idols?