Q: I am a lady. I have two brothers. My dad left a house which has 2 floors; ground floor and first floor. On the first floor, there are only pillars. The construction was going on but my father passed away. The house was on my father's name itself but he used to say that the ground floor will be for my eldest brother and the first floor will have two portion, one for me and one for my other brother. But since he has passed away, my brothers are telling me to do the construction all by my own and they will not help me in doing that construction. They are telling me that if I want, I can do the construction and live there. Is this right? Should I do the construction on my own or should they also help me?

Q:

1. Is fitra obligatory?

2. Can we pay fitra in advance?

3. What is the time to give fitra, before eid prayer or after eid prayer?

4. Do we have to pay fitra for a guest as well?

Q: A lady (non-Muslim) wanted to order some dress samples through me and promised to pay the amount. Although I was not interested, as it is not what I do; yet, she insisted, so I managed some how and got those samples through someone else and also paid the custom clearence from my own pocket.

The lady in question decided to stop the business due to some medical condition and when the samples arrived, she refused to take them saying that she did not like those. I still had to pay the person who arranged those, who actually tried his best to give nice pieces. It was not possible for me to return those samples neither was it possible for the person who arranged those to sell them. Somehow this lady paid me an insufficient amount to which I again added some more from my pocket and gave to the person who arranged those.

I did not know that the lady will put me in a chaotic situation where my own money and goodwill will go. So now I am trying to sell those dresses at least to get rid of them.

My question is “should I return the money to that lady in case I succeed to sell them” or I am allowed to keep it as per Islam, to recover my own cost”? Personally I feel that I should give her even if I do not sell those, so that she does not get a bad impression of Muslims. 

Q: I’m a bachelor and I live with my friends in Canada. There are non-Muslims also living at our place. Ever since I’ve moved to this place I’m unable to save any of my earnings. Alhamdulillah, I earn well and donate sadaqa on a regular basis, and try to perform my prayers on time. However, I’m unable to save money since I moved here and it’s been more than 8 months. I’ve had no major expenses apart from my needs and living expenses. My non-Muslim friends always consume alcohol in the hall area. Does this reason impact on barakah or is there any other reason that I need to look into?

Q: I am a married woman. I'm 25 and my husband is not interested in having sexual relations. He said that this is not important and he doen't have such feelings that man has. He has an erection problem and he is not interested in having any sexual relations.

He is a nice man who loves me and cares about me. What do I do? Should I leave him? 

Q: My husband is a taxi driver so he has a phone which the company gave him. When he turns on the phone, a job will come and then he goes to pick up the passengers.

Today he was praying magrib salaah and I was in the bathroom. I heard his work phone ringing. I came out of the bathroom straight away and tried to find the phone. Finally I found the phone and the job was rejected because nobody picked up the phone in time. After salaam my husband saw his job fone and then he told me that the job was cancelled. Then he said (idhar namaze per lo job kaya kerni ha saray kaam baraaber chahiya matlab wo mujhe suna rahe the because ma un ko aksar kehti hu namaaz parne ko un ho ne mujhe kaha ke phir mujhe kaha khair tumhara iss sa koi lana daina nahi ya tumhara iss sa koi talluq nahi he ju wo keh rahe the)

Q:

1. Unfortunately I fell into the habit of porn. I used to watch the videos in which the people said things that are very bad like “Jesus ***** Christ .” I did not like when they said that. I just watched for the porn. I made taubah and re-did shahaadah. Should I re-do my Hajj and Nikah?

2. I used to watch TV with superhero movies in which some of the heroes claimed to be "gods". I watched shows where they said things like “oh my God, in vain - is this haraam to say or hear? I made taubah and stopped watching TV. Should I redo my hajj and nikaah as I performed both of these prior.

Q: I have a savings account in a bank in India. Every 3 to 6 months different amounts of interest money is credited to my account.

1. Can I give this money to a poor man without seeking thawab?

2. Can I give it to repair or maintain the toilets in a masjid?

3. Can I use it for maintaining or cleaning the road infront of my house?

4. Can I use the interest money to maintain the minimum balance in my account?

5. Can I use the money to pay the annual bill collected for using the debit cards?

Q: If a girl tells her fiance before marriage that whenever you go to any country, our relation will finish or divorce will be happen and the boy reply "ok". He did not say any other words. He said in his mind that he had no intention for this, he just said ok so they don't fight more. After marriage, if he goes to any country, will the divorce apply or not?

Q: If a woman does halaalah and after her iddat, she makes nikkah with her first husband, is the nikaah valid?