Virtues of passing away in Makkah Mukarramah and Madinah Munawwarah
Q: What are the virtues of passing away in Makkah and Madinah Shareef? If one passes away in Makkah or Madinah will he enter Jannah without reckoning?
Hindu customs
Q: Is sehra (a special face cover for grooms) allowed during marriage in the books of Ahle Hadith and Tablighi Jamaat?
Performing asr Salaah according to the Hanafi asr time
Q: Asr jamaat in the Tableelighi jamaat Musjid is at 4:45 PM whereas in the Ahle Hadith Musjid it is 3:45 PM. So can I offer my asr Salaah at the Ahle Hadith Musjid?
Performing the sunnats of fajr when the Jamaat has already commenced
Q: If one misses the sunnat salaah of fajr, then should he join the Imaam in jamaat and leave out the sunnats?
Congratulating parents upon the birth of their newborn child
Q: A friend has a new baby. What is the sunnah method of congratulating the person? Is saying the word 'mubarak' suitable?
Sharing condolences (ta'ziyah) with the bereaved
Q: A close family member of a person passes away. What is the sunnah way of consoling the person?
Sunnah method of ghusal
Q: What is the sunnah method of having ghusal? Is there any difference in the method if one is having a fardh ghusal (i.e. ghusal of janaabat)?
Photography
Q: Is the issue of photography and videography a valid difference of opinion? In other words, should we advise fellow lay people against photography, watching videos, Islamic TV' etc?
Mixing freely with cousins and na mahrams
Q: Amongst Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims in the west, there is the notion that brother in laws and sister in laws can mix or male and female cousins can mix so long as there is no fear of fitna and on the basis that senior Ulama, Tablighis and Mureeds of Shaykhs do so. Please explain fully why this understanding is incorrect?
Working in a mixed environment
Q: I have been offered a job as a mail sorter with a postal company. I will simply order and arrange post, letter and parcels and check the postage has been paid. But some women work there although they work in a different section so I would not have to look of mix with them at all, they also play music in the background. Is this a halaal job? Please note that I live in the UK and most jobs here contain some haram things like alcohol, haram foods, haram clothes, gambling, riba, free mixing, Christmas, easter gifts cards and presents. I am very poor so I can't do hijrah to a Muslim country and my mother is forcing me to do this job as we are in need.