Q: How do you make a person who believes that it is not necessary for minor children to be dressed in an “Islamic attire” understand the importance of following the Sunnah from an early age? They feel that theres no need for minors to wear burkas or kurtas etc. Hence it is fine to make them wear western attire. Please advise.
Q: Is it permissible to apply mendhi patterns for a female?
Q: In a family of 8, I am the only Muslim. I want to perform aqeeqah and I cannot slaughter. Can a non-Muslim slaughter for me?
Q: Is it permissible to own a gun?
Q: Is it permissible to listen to:
1. A song sung by a kafir which has no evil connotations and there is no music at all.
2. A nazam or naat that has no music but tune and rythm is taken from a musical song.
3. The non musical version of a nazam or naat i.e. the vocals only.
Q: For money issues, I sold my car to my friend for 5 million and on the same day, I want to take back my car from him for easy installments. But he is selling it back to me for 6 million over 30 months installments. Is this allowed in Islam? The car is still on my name.
Q: My work includes a lot of site work, where in some cases may be in rural areas where there are no masjids present. Regarding this, in a case where I have to be on that site for multiple weeks, is it allowed to miss Jumuah and read the normal Zuhr Salaah for this reason.
Q: Besides reading a complete Surah or atleast three ayaats of the Quaran after Suratul-Fatiha in salaat, I understand one long ayaat can instead too be read. But how long should the ayaat be and on what basis is the length calculated?
Which long ayaats (if any) are generally deemed preferable to read?
Q: Does a person have to perform sajdah sahw if he forgets to make qawmah and jalsah since both are waajib?
Q: Is it better to plant trees or shrubs on graves or is it better not to plant anything?