Facing hardship every forty days
Q: Is there any basis of the saying that a momin has to face some kind of hardship after every forty days?
Keeping the name Aarib
Q: Allah Ta'ala blessed me with a son and we decided on keeping the name Aarib. Kindly guide us regarding its meaning and other details.
Ownership of trees planted in school
Q: My father in law is a teacher in a government school. And he is interested in gardening. He planted many kinds of trees in school. Are the fruits of the trees in school halal for him?
Talking to a girl on social media
Q: Is talking to girl on social media a form of zina?
Omitting khilaal of the beard during wudhu due to a fungal infection
Q: I have a fungal infection in my beard, and my beard is very thick so I have been advised not to wet the skin below the beard when making wudu; beacause my beard is very thick. I know I dont have to wet the skin but can I avoid putting a handful of water and making khilal of my beard?
Indirectly smelling the perfume of a woman
Q: What is the ruling on a woman who has cats. She applies some perfume, or moisturises herself with a scented lotion. She holds, and plays with her cats, and the scent rubs off onto them. An hour or two later, the family gets guests, the guests see the cats and get excited. They wish to hold and play with the cats. Amongst the guests are ghair mahram males. In this case they will smell the women's fragrance on the cat. Is she branded an adulteress?
Criteria for accepting witnesses statement
Q: Person A passed away. After this, Person B claims that Person A had done wasiyyah of part of his wealth to him. He brings two male witnesses.
My question is: Do these witnesses need to be upright in order for the wasiyyah to be valid? Or would they just have done tahammul of shahada, in which being upright is not a condition?
Should one recite loudly or softly when performing salaah alone?
Q:
1. When a man is praying maghrib alone, is it best for him to recite loudly or silently?
2. If he chooses to recite loudly, should he also say the takbeers, samiAllahu liman hamidah etc loudly as well just as an imam would have done?
Period of iddat after divorce
Q:
1. What is the period of iddat after divorce?
2. When does it apply?
3. If a woman is seperated from her husband for the last one year, then whats her iddat period?
Assisting one's partner with zakaat money
Q: I have a partner who has debts that needs to be paid off, instead of me giving my zakaat away to someone needy, could I give him that money to help him pay his debts?