Q: I heard that there is a hadith that advises one not to ask Allah for Sabr. What does this mean?

Q: What is the Islamic ruling regarding Muslims partaking and attending sports events organised by a Christian church?

Q: Each year we give zakaat to certain people or organisations. When they come to collect the zakaat the following year, they always bring along a gift e.g. diaries, calenders, pens, etc.

Are we allowed to keep these gifts and use them or will this be counted as taking benefit from one's own zakaat?

Q: Ahmad loaned Cassim R100 000 in cash. Cassim gave 2 kruger coins as a security on the loan (todays value approximately R56 000).

Who pays zakaat on the 2 kruger coins? Who pays zakaat on the loan of R100 000? 

Q: Please can you confirm if one will gain sin for attending a mixed gathering? What should one do if forced to attend?

Q: The saudi goverment has placed a law that unless you are in ihraam, you cannot perform tawaaf on the mataaf. When in ihraam, a man is not allowed to touch the kabah ghilaf, etc. due to the itr that is on it. In this case can one wear the ihraam and perform the tawaaf even if one is not performing an umrah? If not, how can we work around it?

Q: Is it better for one to perform one umrah or multiple tawaafs only and send as isaale thawaab for one's living parents (they have never been for umrah or hajj before) and asaatidha? And for oneself, what is more virtuous, multiple umrahs or multiple tawafs? 

Q: I met a boy and we both had feelings for one another. We both did not want to date as there is a lot of sin in it. Our intention was and is to get married when the time is right and until then, whether our paths cross or not we decided to cut off contact until then. We have no contact at all. The only piece I have of him is a chain that he gave me, will it be sinful for me to wear it?

Q: I took a loan of 8000€ 7 years ago from a couple of close family members for going abroad for education. At that time the Euro to PKR rate was 1€=114PKR. Now after a couple of years, I am capable of returning that amount and I returned the money to all of them except to one person. He sent the money to my father in Dirhims (4000 AED at that time which was equal to 150,000 PKR) so my father added these PKR to sponsor Euros for my education. Now 4000 AED equals to around 270,000 PKR.

Should I return the Dirhims with the current currency conversion or at the rate at which the money was borrowed?

I also returned the PKR on the same rate which I borrowed. For e.g. my father borrowed 400,000 for me from one person and I returned 400,000 PKR directly. But this is confusing as the person sent 4000 AED to my father at that time which equaled to 150,000 but now if I convert 4000 AED then PKR would easily be double. So my question is how much money should I return?

Q: Is there any significance attached to the ghilaaf of the Kabah of recent times or of any time for that matter?