Q: I'm a practicing Muslim woman in USA and I notice that in the Quran even if the men are rewarded with Hoor Al Ayn there is no stated reward for women in the Quran. Like sometimes I need motivation for Jannah and saying "whatever you desire" is too vague for me. Maybe if Allah stated that women would be rewarded with a palace with singing angels or a Pegasus or a personal spa it would have motivated us even more. So I could pray five times a day and at the end of the day I could say Allah would reward you with blah blah blah and I could say Allah is very generous with me or I could be very happy knowing I won't be disappointed in the afterlife. I know Jannah isn't like Dunya, but how Allah reassured the men that even if they died unmarried or withheld themselves in this world Allah will substitute with something better, sometimes I need the same reassurance. Also I think a lot of Muslim women need reassurance also. What do women get?

Q: Where is the name David derived from. Would it be permissible to use it instead of Dawood?

Q: What to read for a husband to love and care for his wife and his in-laws and do not desire other women.

Q: Is it permissible to breed and sell freshwater and aquatic snails? People keep these type of snails in their fish tanks. I do not think anyone (Muslims and non-Muslims) eat them in South Africa.

Q: In my area, the nearest masjid is about 10kms. There is also a musalla nearby but azaan from the masjid or the musalla is not heard. However, for several reasons, I have to perform salaat on my own at home and, in the circumstances, is it imperative to give azaan and recite iqaamat before salaat? Does this also apply if one is also performing missed salaats?

Q: I would like to find out what is the ruling regarding the removal of hair for a woman while she is in the state of haidh?

Q: Is it permissible for a person in ihraam to apply sunblock?

Q: My son is insisting to have a vapour pen. Are they allowed? What are the harms of this vapour pen?

Q: I would like to find out the Shar’ee ruling regarding a woman who travels the safar distance in the state of haidh, and only becomes clean upon reaching her destination. If she intends staying for less than fifteen days at her destination, will she perform full Salaah or will she make qasar? I am a student studying in a Madrasah and I always understood that a woman who travels in haidh will perform full Salaah at her destination if she becomes clean at her destination. However, another student who is in the final year recently mentioned to me that there are two opinions in this maslah and that the more correct opinion is that she will perform qasar Salaah at her destination. The student supported his claim by presenting four arguments.

The first argument is that when a woman in haidh travels during the month of Ramadhaan, her intention for travelling is considered and she receives the concession of not fasting.

The second argument is that when a woman in haidh enters into ihraam, her intention of entering into ihraam is considered. When the intention of a woman travelling in haidh is considered in these two masaail, why is her intention not considered for the concession of qasar Salaah when she becomes clean at her destination?

The third argument he presented is that when a kaafir travels the safar distance and accepts Islam upon reaching his destination, he will make qasar. When a kaafir will make qasar, why should a woman who travels in the state of haidh not make qasar?

The fourth argument he presented is that from the Hanafi jurists, this view (that the woman will perform qasar when she becomes clean at her destination) was held by Allaamah Abu Ja’far Hinduwaani (Rahimahullah), who is the most senior Faqih from all the Hanafi Fuqaha who have discussed this maslah in their kitaabs. Hence, his view is the strongest and it should be preferred over the view of the other Fuqaha.

Mufti Saheb, could you explain to me the reasoning of the student, as I do not understand it, and could you explain to me whether the reasoning is correct and conforms to the preferred view in the Hanafi Mazhab? If what the student said is incorrect, then could you provide me with the correct explanation of these masaail?

Q: I have received the following viral message

Zaroori Elaan, Madina Sharif ke Shaik Ahmed ne wasiyat nama bheja hai jis mein lika hai ke jumerat ko maine apne makan me Quran Sharif pak raka tha ki beend agaee aur main dekhta hoon ke, Mohammed Mustafa (Sallalahu Alaihi wasallam) tashreef laye. Farmaye ke is hafte 60 admi marenge, jis me koi imandar nahi tha. Bahut bura waqt aane wala hai, aurtein apne showhar ki khidmat nahi karti, aulad maa-baap ka kahena nahi mante, aurtein parda chord diya hai, aur maldar ghareeb ka khayal nahi karte.

Shaik Ahmed tum duniya ke logon ko samjhao Qayamat nazdeek hai, tauba ka darwaza band hojayega. Mohammed Mustafa (Sallalahu Alaihi wasallam) ne farmaye hai ki jo shaks wasiyat ko padkar us ko doosron tak pohonchayega Qayamat ke din us ki hifazat karoonga, aur us ke khandaan ko Jannatul Firdouse me jagah dilwaoonga, aur jo aisa nahi karega woh khuda ki is rahmat se mahroom rahega, guzarish hai ki jo is message ko forward karega to khuda, us ko malamaal kardega, kharazdaar is message ko batega to us ka kharaz adha ho jayega.

Shaik Ahmed ne farmaye hai ke jhoot ho to meri mout kafir ke haton se ho jaye. Jo insaan 1000 message bejega us ke dilki khawahish ek din ke andar poori hoogi, lekin jo admi aaj kal karke 26 din guzardega uska buhat nuksan hoga, is baat par yaqeen karke bombay shehar ke ek insaan ko 41 lakh rupaye mil gaye, dhanbad ke ek ricksha wale ne 740 message baat diya, usko 7 din ke baad mitti ke andar se sona ka matka mila, us ke baad carodpathi ban gaye. Ek gharib ghar ladka messege forward ki soch raha tha ke uski naukri lagaayee, bad me usne 1000 bar message forward kar diya ek aadmi ne jhoot samajhkar message delete kar diya, uska ladka margaya, ek aadmi ko message milte hi forward karne ko soch raha tha, laparwahi se usne ek mahina guzaardiya, uski biwi ka inteqal hogaya, aur kaam mein kaafi naqsaan hogaya. Dajtal gaon ke 4 aadmi milkar 140 logo ko message forward ki, unhe ek ghante ke andar 24 lakh ki lottery milgayee. Us ke baad who 4 aadmi ek Masjid banane ki sonch rahe hain har insaan se guzarish hai ke is message ko padkar na rake frndz is message par yaqeen karo yeh koi yeh mamooli baat nahi hai app bhi jaldi is message ko forward kare. 

I have received this message on whatsapp. Please can you tell me how true is it? Should we believe in these types of messages?