Q:
1. If I am planning to go for hajj and trying to gather funds, can I use the investments I made for my kids towards my hajj? Do I have to repay it when I get back?
2. Can family members (wife/mother) give me money for hajj as an interest free loan to be repaid as I see fit when I return?
Q:
1. Can I use interest earned on a savings pocket linked to my main account to offset bank charges on the main account?
2. Can I give the interest earned on the savings pocket to a family member who is in an overdraft?
Q: I once saw some white residue on my washed pants. Our clothes washed in the washing machine never have detergent residue. I don't know why my pants had that. The problem is I didn't know which other clothes were washed with the pants. Are all the clothes impure? Should I repeat any salah?
Q: If someone wants to revert to Islam, how do they take the shahadah? Kindly tell me those words (the shahdah) which one has to utter.
As far I know, it is like is, La ila ha illalahu mohammadur rasululah.
Are these words sufficient for the shahadah to again become a Muslim because it is basically called the first kalimah in Islam. Are there are some other words fro shahadah (for a person to again enter in Islam)?
Q:
1. My mother wants to offer me her money which she says is earned by halaal means by selling her land. However, I have a doubt in my heart that the money is actually not halaal as it is charity collected from people that was supposed to be given to the poor and needy. Is taking this money from my mother permissible for me?
2. I want to start a business using this money, but because I have a doubt about it, I want to keep only the profits and pay back all of the invested amount to my mother. Will this be permissible?
Q: Being a medical doctor, is it permissible to suggest contraceptive measures for couples having recurrent pregnancies and facing extreme poverty which affects adversely maternal health?
Q: I have not called some of my relatives for a very long time. However, I do not have any negetive feelings about them. Will this be considered breaking ties with relatives?
Q: My two daughters are haafizah. Can my two daughters pray together the Taraweeh Salaah while one of my daughter recites the Quran and the other rectifies the mistake? Is there any possibility that only the two of them perform the salaah like this for revision purpose? This won't be a congregation since only the two of them will perform the salaah like this.
Q: I am going for umrah next week insha-Allah. How much sadaqah do I have to give if the purdah touches my face? Is it okay to wear the normal purdah and later give sadaqah or does one have to wear the cap purdah?
Q: I am going for umrah next week insha-Allah. I am a female. I am going to Makkah first. Do I have to don the ihraam on the plane when they make the announcement that we are passing the miqaat or is it okay to reach Makkah and then go back to the miqaat and don the ihraam?