Q: If a couple gets separated for some reason and the husband stops paying for the expenditure of his wife after getting separated, does it mean that their marriage has automatically broken? If yes, how long after the separation will the marriage break?
Q: If one has many years of Qadha salah can one read one ayah per rakah, eg. the starting ayaats of Surah Baqarah, is it sufficient to recite 1 ayah which runs into 1 or 1.5 lines?
Q: We as a family have a Whatsapp group on the mobile phone as we all live in different areas. It includes all the young married nephews and nieces, some of their spouses, some aunts and uncles. One person has decided we read Quraan Khatam every month by taking 1 or more paras each for esal-e-swaab for the marhums
1) Is this acceptable?
2) By making it a monthly must do, are we making it an innovation
3) Is it advisable to be part of these type of groups on the mobile phone?
Q: My company is giving me a benefit for house allowance. I can take the loan from the bank to purchase a house for me and what ever the interest I have to pay to the back will be paid by my company. It is being called an interest free loan by my company. Please tell me is it right to get it or not?
Q: My dad took the money from my uncle and said I will give you the profit as I have to invest it in my business. The profit was fixed either the business goes in profit or loss. Unfortunately there was a loss and my dad could not give back the money as it was agreed. Now I am earning and paying back the money loaned to my father by my uncle. I want to ask do I need to pay back the profit to my uncle as well or I just have to give him back the actual amount took by my father? (e.g my father took 5 lacs and the profit was 1 lac) Do I need to give back 6 lacs or only 5 lacs? Please help me out.
Q: A charity is organising a sisters' only fundraiser where they will participate in paint balling and raise funds for Gaza. If this is incorrect, which I assume it is, please list the reasons for impermissibility so that I can advise the females of my family?
Q: Islamic radio stations sometimes have programmes with women speaking. Is it permissible for a man to listen to this?
Q: Please clarify for me the mortgage issue. I live in Australia and people and Islamic Scholars have different opinions on buying a house on Mortgage. Please clarify if its permitted in Islam to buy a house on mortgage or is it haram?
Q: I have taken my parents for Umrah with me at my expense. They have no source of incomes and I fully support them. I will Insha Allah take them for Hajj when I can afford it. Is Hajj compulsory on them?
Q: Is it permissible to rent out a business premises to a non-muslim intending to open a butcher shop. He has given his word that he will only stock halaal meat and will not stock pork and other non-halaal meat. Of course no way would I be able to verify at any time that the meat stocked is indeed halaal.