Q: Is it better to give your zakaat to family members that are eligible? If so, can you please give me some Ahaadith that indicate such?

Q: I had learnt in madrasah that among the conditions for the permissibility of a salam transaction is that the period of time from the date of the sale until the date of delivery should be a minimum of one month. If the salam period is less than one month, then the transaction will not be permissible and will not be valid. 

However, I was recently informed that there is another opinion in the Hanafi Mazhab, that even if the the period of time from the date of the sale until the date of delivery is less than one month, the salam transaction will be permissible provided that there is an urf of that nature in the place where one is staying. Is this the correct view in the Hanafi Mazhab?

Q: Is it permissible for a woman to keep long nails, provided it is before 40 days?

Q: There is car company and they are selling their cars in the following manner: 

I pay a certain amount of the total and they give me the car but they don't transfer the car to my name. Then, after I pay the 9 installments, the car will come into my name. In the meanwhile, they ask me to take an insurance policy for 9 months to cover me from all risks in case something happens to the car. Is this type of deal correct?

Q: We acquired a property upon which the tenant has a six year lease on terms that fall far short of market related rentals. Are we obliged to renew the lease for the renewal period. 

It should also be remembered that the lease was irregularly concluded to start with and as already existing shareholders our rights were infringed upon by the person concluding the lease.

Q: What are the rulings of performing salaah in travel?

Q: There is a dispute which is currently taking place between some family members regarding a certain property which is part of the estate of their great grandfather. 

One female is part of the present heirs and is receiving a share of the property. However, one family member who is also an heir wants to buy her share against her will and take her share for his own benefit. Is this permissible?

Q: If ones family member backbites another to express their frustrations with their behaviour, and does it constantly, what should they do? 

Telling them to stop breaks the ties of trust and closeness, and listening to it incurs sin. What should I do? 

If one makes tawbah, will they still lose their deeds on Qiyamah?

Q: Can a woman in haidh write Durood Shareef in the books provided to write, as it has the name of Allah in Arabic and I would end up touching the word Allah which is written in Arabic. 

I have been doing it during my haidh, but I read somewhere that a woman in haidh cannot touch the name of Allah that's written in Arabic

Q: Mufti Saheb, I heard that according to the Hanafi, Maaliki and Hambali mazhabs, it is not permissible for a male to shave his beard or to trim it shorter than a fist length. However, according to the Shaafi’ee mazhab, shaving or trimming the beard is only makrooh tanzeehi. Hence, if a person shaves or trims his beard, it will merely be disliked and he will not become sinful. Is this the correct view of the Shaafi’ee Mazhab - that they regard shaving and trimming the beard to be makrooh tanzeehi?