Qadha of salaah for a woman who got her haidh during the salaah time
Q: If a woman gets her haidh during the salaah time, and she hadn’t yet performed the salaah of the time, will qadha of that salaah become compulsory upon her?
Donating money for people in need instead of slaughtering an animal for aqeeqah
Q: I have been blessed with a baby boy and wanted to confirm if the equivalent amount of 2 goats can be donated to flood victims in Pakistan?
Intention to make when purchasing a firearm
Q: What intention should one make when purchasing a firearm?
Making masah of any quarter of the head for wudhu
Q: When making wudhu, is it fardh to make masah of any quarter of the head or does it particularly have to be the front of the head?
The reason for enquiring is that if it's fardh to make masah of any quarter, then a woman in pardah will be able to make masah of her head without removing her scarf while traveling.
Sitting on a sofa which was messed with urine
Q: My wife is suffering from a serious disorder about purity. This is all due to urine.
If a child has urinated on a sofa and if someone sits there after its dried without being cleaned, will the other person be impure? Does he/she have to change their clothes?
If he/she sits somewhere else with those same clothes, would that place also be impure?
My wofe is really not well because of this and she’s always washing things, beds, clothes. etc.
Women performing salaah behind the imaams in the Haram
Q: I intend performing umrah. Is it permissible for women to perform salaah behind the Imaam in the Harams? I have heard that the Imaams do not make intention for women.
Receiving items of inheritance as a gift from the heirs of one's friend
Q: I am an expat in Saudi Arabia. One of my friends passed away here last December and his family had to move back to India. They sold most of the major items and got money and the remaining smaller items they gifted to others (Example: dinner plates, a wall clock, 3 unanimated wall hanging sceneries, etc. they gifted us and few items to others also).
Is it Ok to keep and use those items or must they be donated in charity? We are not need in need of those items and we just kept those items because we were very close to that family. What is the better option?
Taking an oath to fast consecutively
Q: I made an oath to Allah that I would fast for 5 consecutive days if a particular event took place. I fasted the 5 days but not consecutively. Is my oath fulfilled?
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?