Q: Can women offer salaah in kameez shalwar with hijab or is it mandatory to put on an abaya till the feet? When I say kameez shalwar, I mean the one which is loose and not body revealing.

Q: My grandmother who is a widow has asked me to ask this particular question to you:

She has asked for any wazaif or any specific azkaar to be recited as she is saying that before bedtime in the night she gets some bad thoughts. She said "aise taise galat galat khayaal aate rehte hai"...I don't exactly know what she means by it but she regularly recites prayers and azkaar and Quran before bedtime. Kindly help with some azkaar/wazaaif.

Q: Girls and boys aged from 6 to 16 are sitting in the same hall where they can easily see each other. Some girls and boys up to the age of 12 are made to sit on the same table because they are on a similar level of learning. Male teachers are teaching girls up to the age of 16 years old.

Is this permissible or not, and is there any fatwa relating to it?

Q: Is it compulsory for woman to remove her earrings, etc. when taking a ghusl or can she just adjust it front and back so water can go through the holes?

Q: I want to ask you about the permissibility of trading, in crypto currencies, normal currencies and trading in stocks, in Islam.

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1. Who should participate in the ghusl of a deceased person? Should it be done by the experienced people of the burial society, or should the relatives do it? What does the Sharia and Sunnat prefer?

2. A person gives a directive while living that his children should not do his ghusl because it will be an emotional/traumatizing experience for them and it is better done by strangers. Is this thinking correct?

Q: I broke a fast in Ramadhaan due to intercourse. I am making it up by fasting 60 days. I haven't finished it yet, with the menstrual cycles in between, I have only fasted 40 days so far. I have to go on a 1 day trip regarding one of my degree courses. I will travel from the morning, visit a site then travel back the same day during the day around or close to maghrib. Can I not fast this day and then continue towards my 60 day goal (reason: travel)? Or what is the ruling towards it?

Q: There is a loyalty club business where you pay for a yearly membership and get discounts on a variety of stores. The company also gives you free entries into bi monthly prize draws to win a car, etc.

Since we are not paying money for the entries but are paying for the membership, will it be considered halaal if we win a prize?

Q: My husband recently started smoking vape and has been doing it secretly. I've suspected it a few times and asked him, and he denied it. It started troubling his conscience and he eventually told me about it. I was very disheartened because he never used to do those sort of things and he knows how much I hate it. He said that I must please help him stop the habit.

Can Mufti please advise me on how to go about helping him? He stopped for about 2 months and today I found that he started again. I dont know what to do as I dislike it so much and feel very uncomfortable with it.

Q: I purchased a piece of land (the land was not yet ready for construction) to construct a house on it when I have money and I want to give it on rent. Is zakaat payable or not on that piece of land?