Q: What is the ruling of hugging a friend in Islam? If I am a girl and hug my friend who is a girl too is it permissible? What about hugging your friend everyday at the time of meeting and departure?

Q: I have a little zam zam left with me and I want to use it everyday. Can I dilute it with distilled water? Will it still be zam zam? What should be the ratio of dilution? The zam zam we get is already diluted or is it direct from the well?

Q: During wudhu, whilst washing the arms, is it also fardh to include washing the hands too, or is washing the the arm from the wrist to the elbow sufficient as hands have already been washed previously at the beginning?

Q: Is hypnosis allowed in Islam? Scientists says that it is a therapy to get rid of fear, anxiety and stress etc. while some people say that some jinns are involved with it. I want to try it but I am not sure whether it is allowed or not.

Q:

1. Is it permissible for a woman to cut her hair in different styles for her husband? (To please him)

2. Is it permissible for a woman to dye her hair black for her husband? (To please him, as he asks her to do so.)

Q: A person went to perform Hajj from Chennai in a situation when doctors advised not to go for hajj as she has back bone disc problem. Any how she arrived for hajj. While performing saee, at safa marwa, only five and half rounds were completed and the remaining two rounds were not performed. What is the ruling , is the hajj valid without umrah being completed. Is sacrifice wajib as penalty - please advise.

Q: I want to work as a fitness instructor, but I have been told that it is haraam because I will be training women and they will be dressing inappropriately. Is it permissible for me to take up this job?

Q:

1. When does the time of Ishraaq end?

2. A person engages in Zikr after Fajr Salaah till the commencement of Ishraaq. He stops his Zikr, performs his Ishraaq at this earliest time, and thereafter resumes his Zikr until completion. Will it be better for him to complete all his Zikr first, and then perform his Ishraaq Salaah? Or will it be better to pause his Zikr and perform Ishraaq at the earliest time?

Q: Can I sponsor an orphan child whose father was a Muslim and died but his mother is Hindu. Do you still get the reward what our prophet ( saw) mentioned in a authentic Hadith?

Q: Is it permissible to make dua in Sujood during the salaah? Also, does this dua have to be in Arabic or can it be in any language? I have heard that if dua is made in any other language other than Arabic in sujood during the salaah, then the Salaah is not valid. Is this correct?