Q: I want to know that if I work hard with the intention that I will become successful, is it shirk or not?

Q: I am now 41 years old and for the pass 3 or 4 years I have been getting haidh for more than 10days. It first starts off with a brown discharge and after a a day or two I start to bleed for 7 days and thereafter I have the brown discharge again for the next few days. This whole discharge and bleeding goes on for more than 10 to 12 days. Do I start counting my days from the day of discharge or the day I start bleeding and must I go back to following what my past habit was 7 to 8 days a few years ago or do I have a ghusul after 10 days?

Q: My wife delivered a child 2.5 months ago. Her period has not started yet. We had sex last night but we cant take any precautions like using condom, etc. If sperm enters her vagina by mistake, is there any chance of her falling pregnant again?

Q: If a person earned money through selling alcohol, can he use the money e.g. for funeral costs?

Q: If a Muslim is in a non-Muslim country, is it permissible for him to decorate his business with Christmas decorations? 

Q: I buy cooked food like pizza from a shop but they sell haraam foods there too, like pork. I only buy vegetarian cooked food, is that ok? 

Q: If you have wronged or backbited many people but you forgot about them, I mean you backbited some people in your life but don't remember everyone, how can I get forgiveness from them? 

Q: I want to know if we can recite the whole Kalima "Laa ilaaha illallah Muhammadur Rasulullah" for the dead person so that the sawab of reciting this kalima reaches the marhoom?

Q: I ride scooters and bikes to school. I rolled over non-halal foods/sandwich packages with leftover foods several times when riding on the streets. I live in the U.S. and the sandwiches are subway wraps with wet food oil and sauce and certainly not halal. Hence, the bike tire becomes impure. When I ride it in rainy days, the water splashes from the tire onto my shoes and pants. Since the bike tire is impure the water splash is impure. I have to go back home and wash them every time I pray and it severely impacts my life. However, I heard that walking or rubbing impurity against the ground makes the impure shoe pure. Does this ruling apply to a bike/scooter tires? If so then the bike tire can be regarded as pure as it rubs against the ground so many times?

Q: Is it haraam to put kolam (Rangoli designs) in front of our house or inside our house?