Q: My husband and I have been having endless problems for the past year now. I have left our home a few times due to his behaviour towards me . I am back at our home for 3 months now and for the last two months we have been having problems. He has hit me and also been chatting to other girls on social networks. He has a temper and his mood just switches and therefore he mistreats me. He also doesn't want me to visit my parents or socialize with my family. It has gone so bad now that I cannot talk to my husband or ask him for anything or rely on him for anything. I feel like I am living with a stranger. What can I do? I don't want to be with him anymore because of the way he is treating me but he does not want to give me talaaq. Please advise.

Q:

1. I invested some money in a company. Unfortunately, the company was a fraud. Government possessed all investments and it is still under investigation. Money is not in my possession any longer. Do I have to pay Zakaat on this?

2. I've loaned out money to a few people. No one has paid me back as yet. Do I have to pay Zakaat on this?

3. Do I have to calculate exactly 2.5% Zakaat or can I give more than this as Zakaat?

Q: When I read something inappropriate (nothing like nudity, but text), something that a Muslim should not laugh at, I involuntarily have smirks? I have seized my jaw in the past (like tightened it) to stop myself as well as lightly biting my gums. Genuinely I don't want to laugh or smile, but frown if anything. So what do you think?

Q: I would like to know in our time in the baab of muqasamatul jad (مقاسمة الجد ) according to the ahnaaf on whose قول is the fatwaa given; on- Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique (Radiyallahu Anhu), Imaam Abu Hanifa (Rahmatullahi Alayh), etc or Hazrat Zaid ibn Thaabit (Radiyallahu Anahu) , Imaam Abu Yusuf (Rahmatullahi Alayh), etc?

Q: Somebody has asked me to confirm whether there is any prohibition in Shari'ah for washing clothes on Friday or whether it is a bidah? Although I have never heard of this, hence wanted to confirm from Mufti saheb!

Q:

1. If a woman is divorced while she was two months pregnant. During her iddat she makes nikaah with another person but refrains from having relationship with him till she delivers. Is this lawful?

2. What should a woman involved in such a problem do?

Q: Can we answer when we sneeze or yawn inside the toilet or bathroom?

Q:

1. Can we answer the Azaan when we are having a bath or in the baitul khala?

2. Is it allowed to enter the baitul khala when the Azaan is on?

Q: I used to work for an organization. The organization used to house all employees in flats or apartments. The rent as well as the levy, water and light bills used to be paid by them. It is stated in the lease contract of the apartment that upon leaving, the tenant should get the place painted. The organization did not mention to me, when I moved in, that I will have to bear the cost of the painting. To me, it was understood that the organization will bear the cost of painting the apartment as they used to bear all other costs. Is the cost of painting my responsibility or the responsibility of the organization?

Q: When travelling (during Hajj etc) is it permissible to carry a Qur'aan Shareef in a back pack?