What to do with gifts that one received on one's birthday?
Q: I do not celebrate birthdays, however my family does. What should I do with gifts they give me?
Cutting the entire head of a chicken when slaughtering
Q: I bought a live chicken, and while slaughtering it, I recited takbeer, but sliced the entire neck off after a few seconds by mistake. Is the chicken halaal for me?
Mother spending daughter's money without her permission
Q: I'm the daughter, married and have a baby but still live with my parents as they won't allow me to get my own house.
My mother takes my bank card and spends without my permission nor tells me how much she spent. Is this allowed in Islam? Or is it theft.
Also, she leaves my card in her pocket and now my brother spent nearly £600 without me knowing.
Salaah performed with wudhu that was not performed properly
Q: If a person does not perform a complete wudhu, will his wudhu be valid? If a person performs salaah with such a wudhu, what will be the condition of the salaah?
Zakaat for a person whose debts are more than his assets
Q: I have wealth more than nisaab (R50 000) that makes zakaat compulsory upon myself. I took a loan from a relative (R1.2m) to purchase a house. I will be repaying him over monthly installments (R10 000) over the next 10 years. Hence, in essence, my debt is more than my assets.
1. How do I calculate my zakaat?
2. Does this make me a recipient of zakaat?
Tucking one's pants inside one's socks that will go below one's ankles
Q: If a person has long socks due to extreme cold weather conditions and then he tucks his pants inside them in such a way that they cover the ankles, will this be permissible?
This is seen to be done by some people as it somehow brings a sense of comfort in extremes cold conditions. Outwardly, the trouser will not be seen to be below the ankle, however it is below, but covered by the warm socks that he wears.
Selling pig feed
Q: Are we allowed to sell pig feed?
Distribution of assets purchased from the profits of an inherited property that was not distributed immediately after death
Q: I have a question regarding property issue as my father died almost 25 years ago and we are 7 brothers and 5 sisters living with mother Alhamdulillah.
My father left some agricultural land which we have not distributed untill now for some reasons but we have now agreed to divide it according to shariah.
My question is, in the 25 years we have purchased other properties as well like house, plots, car and tractor, etc. from the same agricultural land. How do we divide the other properties which we purchased after our father died?
Abandoning shariah law of inheritance
Q: If my sibling does not want to follow sharia law on inheritance, and if I agree to follow UK law, will this be a sin for me?
Accepting the "terms and conditions" on websites without reading them
Q: On many websites when making an account for something or placing an order an option is necessary to be ticked that says, "Do you agree to the terms and conditions?" or "Have you read the terms and conditions?" These terms are always so long that nobody reads them, but we still tick as if we have. Won't this be counted as a sin?