Q: For a while now I have been intending to attend a darul-Uloom to study Hifdhz and Alim Studies but people have been feeding me with negative thoughts. I will be turning twenty soon and people discourage me by saying that if I become an Alim then how will I get married while I am studying and how am I going to earn a living when I will only finish my studies when I am 30 and they say that I wont get a job because there are no jobs for Aalims available here is South Africa. Even my own family are against my opinion but I would love to take on Islamic studies and become an Aalim Insha Allah. Is there any advice one could give me?

Q: I want to start the business with my friend. We live in India. I want to have clarification with following points

1. Can I start a business by taking loan based on interest?

2. If above thing is not possible then is it OK if my partners take loan and I restrain from it?

3. Is it ok if I work in their (my partners firm) which takes loans and take my share of profit as employee?

I wanted to have clarification because in any way the firm in which I am working currently has taken loan from banks for its functioning.

Q: Does smoking marijuana also cause all ibaadat to not be accepted for 40 days like alcohol? Does the same apply to recreational drugs like ecstasy and lsd?

Q: I wanted to color my hair to brown, is it permissible to do so? I read on islamqa.info that it is permissible, but is it really the case?

Q: Is it permissible for a Muslim to enter a church?

Q: You know 90% people including muslims watch movies today which is very sad but my question is that when muslims watch movies where zina is shown other sins are shown and kufr and shirk is shown, then people come out of the cinema and say "Wow! That was and awesome movie". Do these muslims become kafir by saying that?

Q: Who is Tippu sultaan in Islam? What is his story? Why aalims call him Tippu sultaan (rahimahullah)?

Q: Can you please tell me whether the name "Noorah" is a good Muslim name for a girl? Also if you know of any pious predecessors who were named Noorah.

Q: Is it permissible to charge money for teaching the knowledge of Deen? For example, can teachers teach the Quraan Majeed to kids and charge money for it?

Q: I want to know that sometimes, we receive messages on mobile and whatsapp, in which there are Islamic material, and sender asks us to send to a specific number of people, and you will get your wish, otherwise it is not good for you. What is the ruling on that? Is it right to blackmail people in the name of Islam? Please tell me.