Q: I wanted to find out with regards to the size and type of animal for qurbaani. Every year in our house we slaughter lambs (good quality, lovely animals) however in the recent years some family members have been saying that we should get exotic animals, most of these are just for the looks and alot of the time the meat is of an inferior quality.

I wanted to know is there any extra thawaab with regards to slaughtering a bigger/stronger/exotic animal in the eyes of Allah Ta'ala.

Q: I have a question regarding the first ten days of Zul Hijjah.

I'm going to perform qurbaani inshallah and I heard that I can't cut my hair and nails for 10 days before qurbaani. I have an appointment to give blood for testing and I was wondering if this is permissible or is it haram like cutting hair and nails in the first 10 days of Zul Hijjah ?

Q:

1. What is the most preferred method in the following situation.

After birth, when should the adhaan and tahneek of the baby be done
a. Before the cord is cut.
b. After the cord is cut, before the bath.
c. After the baby is given a bath and the cord is cut.

2. Should both the adhaan and tahneek be done simultaneously according to the most preferred method?

Q: I wanted to do a septum piercing but not to sure if it's permissible in Islam?

Q: Can a Muslim say "rest in peace" to a non-Muslim who has died? 

Q: We are 2 brothers and 1 sister. Our father passes away long time ago and our mother is alive.

We have one house which is on our mother's name. She wants to divide the house between us siblings. How should it be done according to shariah?

Q: Can sajdah shukr be done immediately and openly.

Q: I am editing a kitaab where I have placed different titles in arabic (Alayhis salaam, Radi-Allahu-Anhu etc.) after the names of the Sahaabah, Prophets and Angels etc. Most of them came standard with the software I use however it was missing one which was Radi-Allahu-Anhaa, to be used after A'isha. I found a suitable arabic image for it online but I would like to know should I ask the owner of the documents permission before using this image ? I'm not taking any information from the document itself just the arabic title itself as it is difficult to find a nice image otherwise.

Q: A person has a sore in his nose. He applied Zambuk in his nose whilst fasting. Is his fast valid

Q: I have a family member who was very much in debt and therefore was in need of zakaat money. I therefore took zakaat money from an acquaintance of mine and decided to collect more money before sending it to them as they are abroad and sending small amounts often would be costly.

However, after collecting the money, just before I could send it to them they had a property of a deceased relative which was sold and they received a fraction of their share of the estate (the money is given to them in few portions over a period of a couple of months as per the country's law and not all at once, so they had received a portion of their share of the estate not their entire share). With the amount received they started to settle their debts. Had they recieved the full amount of the estate they would be able to fulfill their debts but they haven't received their entire share as yet.

What should I do with the zakaat money I had for them. Can I still give it to them as the period of time in which I recieved the zakaat money for them, they were able to receive the zakaat and it was given to me for them but I could not send it due to it being costly to send it in small amounts so often.

If not then what should I do with the zakaat money that I have with me?