Q: After performing my salaah, I saw tiny drops of paint (water based wall paints) on my hands. Is my salaah valid?

Q: An elderly man needs to go for an operation and does not have funds to pay for it. He is a male of 76 years and receives pension from the state government. He does not own a house and is supported by his one daughter.

My question is, can I use zakaat funds to pay for his operation?

Q: Since eggs can be bought from people who keep free range chickens, won't it be haraam to buy eggs from the shops who get the eggs from the big companies who keep the poor chickens in small boxes their whole life and they keep them very opressively?

Q: Can a wife ask for khula on the basis of her husband not fulfilling her sexual needs?

Q: Recently we've been hearing alot about this 8 intentions. Can you please provide us with a clear response as many people are lost.

The 8 intentions that we should try to do before and during every action however small or big the action is.

1. Oh Allah only you are giving me the Taufeeq to do this Amal (action) and its outcome is only in your hands.

2. Oh Allah I am doing this Amal because it is your command and a Sunnah of Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam. (Think of some commands of Allah and Sunnahs related to the action)

3. Think of some virtues of the action that are promised by Allah and Nabi Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam.

4. Oh Allah You are watching me, You can hear me, You know what is in my heart and You are with me.

5. Oh Allah I am not fit to do this action. (Think of your sins at this point). Oh Allah all others who are doing this action are your slaves through the blessing of their action accept mine too.

6. Oh Allah I am doing this Amal only for Your pleasure. Grant me the ability to please You and protect me from Your anger.

7. Oh Allah accept this action of mine and make it a means for my Hidayat (guidance) and the Hidayat of humanity till Qiyamah.

8. After the action make Shukr to Allah and Tauba with remorse.

Note: The value of an action will be determined by the intentions it is done with. The intention with which an action is done is more valuable than the action itself. (Hadeeth)

The above are just a few from the many intentions that one can make. (Moulana Ilyaas Rahmatullah Alaih)

Q: I always wondered what is the significance of the imaam using a "stick" at the time of the jumuah khutbah?

Q: I will be performing umrah with my 3 month old son. Can I carry him in a sling? It is just a long cloth and I will tie him on my belly with it.

Q: I heard from someone that they had their bulls slaughtered at an abattoir on Eid ul Adha.

This is how it happened: they put the bull normally in a cage then turn it to its side, they slaughter it properly but they said that after they slaughter it, the abattoir shoots it in the head.

The reason for this is because after slaughtering it then the brain is still active so that is what the muscle of the bull contracts (the animal is dead once its slaughtered).

Then immediately it gets sliced same time. I wanted to know if this is ok?

Q: Scenario:

I met up in an accident some time ago. The back bumper and other parts were damaged. I then met up in a second accident and, the car was damaged at the same place before I got it fixed. The person with the second accident has insurance.

So will it be permissible for me to claim the complete cost of it and not tell them that the car was in an accident before. If I do tell them that the car was in an accident before, the insurance company will not pay anything for the damaged.

Will it be permissible for me not to tell them and claim the entire amount from them?

Q: I heard that if someone does zina and asks Allah Ta'ala for forgiveness, Allah Ta'ala forgives that person but that person wouldn’t be allowed to see Allah Ta'ala in Jannah? Is it authentic?