Q: I live in China and I have to work here till February next year insha Allah. My wife is pregnant and its becoming difficult for her to manage here alone and she wants to go back to India for the delivery of the child, the reason being her loneliness and bepardagi (Hijaab) because of male doctors. Its expensive for me to go with her and then come back and join my job here in China. Is there any relaxation in sending her alone through some direct airline? I would take her to the airport in Burqah and she will be picked up by her relatives there in India. Can my wife travel alone?

Q:

1. What types of contraceptives are permissible?

2. Being more specific: the implant in the arm, for 3 years. Is this permissible?

Q: One woke up in the day of Ramadhaan. He had made sehri and began his fast. When he woke up, forgetting he was fasting, he masturbated. Thereafter, he remembered he was fasting and continued his fast for the rest of the day. What is the ruling for his fast?

Q: I've always struggled with my weight and its something that always makes me feel ugly. Last week my father told me I look horrible and no man will ever marry me. I've become depressed and cry a lot. I have started dieting. My question is: Since they say Allah has predetermined our spouses, will the man I'm suppose to marry not like me just because I'm overweight?

Q: Allah Ta'ala has decreed four sacred month and this is well known. Rasulallah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) has mentioned so many virtues of the month of Ramadaan. What is the difference between the four sacred months and the blessed month of Ramadaan. Which ones are more superior and why?

Q: In my country there are organisations that do Qurbani and send the meat to needy countries, the price differs by which country it goes to. Is it ok if my husband does this as a Qurbani for himself and our son? And is it ok to choose which ever one suits our pocket?

Q: Someone asked me a question that the way we make nikaah and paying mahr this is the according sharia and sunnah, but before Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) was given nabuwat Nabi (Sallallaahu Alaihi Wasallam) made his nikah with mother Khadijah (Radiyallahu Anha), so in which way did Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) make nikah with mother Khadijah (Radiyallahu Anha)? The same way nowadays we make nikah or there was another system before hijrat?

Q: If I miss Isha salaah can I perform the Qaza for it on the next day. Similarly for others salaah as well, can it be performed on the next immediate day.

Q: At the time of the distribution (2004) of the assets of the deceased, the wife of the deceased wished to "take" a diamond belonging to the deceased by offering to pay the other heirs the market value of the diamond. The other heirs agreed, however the value was not known to the heirs. A few years later (2014) the widow wishes to pay the the heirs for that diamond.

a) Was the "taking" of the diamond by the widow at the date of distribution (2004) considered a valid sale to the heirs, considering the value was not known to the widow or the rest of the heirs at that stage ?

b)Which market value should she now pay the heirs on i.e. 2004 or 2014 if applicable?

Q: My Husband's mother is a non Muslim and lives as a lesbian. I don't want to be seen in the road with her and do not like going there, nor do I want to send my daughter. My husband thinks I don't like his mother but it's the fact that her lifestyle is disgusting and I am trying to protect my daughter from this. Am I wrong in not wanting to be associated with her and don't allow my daughter to go there without my husband or myself?