Q: Some masaajid have a two-storey building. Is the reward for praying in the first row of the second floor equal to that of praying in the first row of the first floor?

Q: Are prawns halaal? Some say that it is halaal because it is a sea creature but others consider it haraam.

Q: Is it permissible to eat ducks and turkeys if it's slaughtered according to shariah?

Q: My sister had a house worth R160 000 which she sold for R320 000. She has one son and three daughters, and she wants to distribute their shares during her lifetime. How will their shares be calculated?

Q: In Islam, are we allowed to donate our hair to non-profit organizations that make wigs for victims of cancer?

Q: Many people are saying that the milk of a donkey is halaal, while some are saying it's not halaal. What is the Shar'ee ruling in this regard?

Q: After performing wudhu, makeup is applied and thereafter Nikah is performed? Is the nikah valid?

Q:

والطبيب إنما يجوز له ذلك إذا لم يوجد امرأة طبيبة فلو وجدت فلا يجوز له أن ينظر لأن نظر الجنس إلى الجنس أخف وينبغي للطبيب أن يعلم امرأة إن أمكن وإن لم يكن ستر كل عضو منها سوى موضع الوجع ثم ينظر ويغض ببصره عن غير ذلك الموضع إن استطاع لأن ما ثبت للضرورة يتقدر بقدرها (البحر الرائق 8/352) 

Is it correct to say that it is established from the above text that it is not permissible for a male doctor to look at a female patients awrah if a female doctor is available? 

Q: Does the name Xavier (pronounced Zaveer) have a good meaning? Is it Arabic?

Q: I need advice on a few of the following issues relating to my new born baby.

I am due in a few weeks time inshAllah and my husband has requested for his grandfather to give the adhaan and perform the tahneek of our baby... After doing some research and finding out from a few aalims, I have come to the conclusion that the person who performs the tahneek and adhaan of the baby should be someone of piety. Now I'm not saying that I'm a brilliant Muslim but my husbands grandfather does not even read one salaah, and he poses no good qualities.

1. I wanted to know if there was a way to allow my grandfather in law to give the babies adhaan and avoid the tahneek and make my niyyah that an aalim of my choice perform the two at a later stage.

2. Or will it be possible if I as the mother perform it myself, both the adhaan and tahneek? I do understand that it is the most important part of my baby being brought into this world but I am stuck in a position of making everyone happy. If I have to tell my husband that I chose someone else, his whole family will have an issue because his grandfather performs all the adhaan and tahneek of all the babies being born in their families. And they dont choose the old man based on a deeni perspective, instead they choose him based strictly on the fact that hes the eldest living family member.