Q: Is having pre nikah functions found in shariah? We have heard one aalim saying e.g. engagements etc are permissible in principle if no intermingling dancing or exchanging of rings takes place.

Q: Is applying face paint on your face on sports day to identify with your team haraam? I heard a sister in Islam saying that it is haraam.

Q: What can we do with the paper on which Muhammad is written in English, if we erase (fill the place of name with ink) and then throw it, is it ok
or we have to do something else? Please guide me.

Q: I live in Jammu and Kashmir India. Here we have a tradition that whenever anyone is ill or has some problem or on the occasion of joy, the people make qurbani (zabiha) of a goat or sheep or any other halal animal and take that to a shrine (a sufi buzurg’s grave) and distribute it among people. However the slaughtering is done according to shariah in the name of the so and so sufi buzarg.

1. Is it permissible?
2. If yes, is it halal for everyone? Can everyone eat it?

Q: If a woman is illegally pregnant but to cover her mistake the both man and woman want to get married but after abortion. Are they allowed to
do nikah?

Q: Is applying ointment for pain or other cause also prohibited after one had entered ihram, because normally all ointment has a scent whereas all scented things are prohibited in the state of ihram?

Q: It is the norm to gather and recite Quraan for 3 days or 40 days after a person passes away. However, I have heard that Dar ul uloom Deoband does not approve of gathering for such recitations, even for 3 days. Please clarify whether it is a sunnah or bidah, and whether or not we should stop doing it?

Q: With regards to pictures of human beings and animals on boxes, plastic containers, dolls etc. Is it sufficient to remove the eyes only?

Q: If the sun sets while someone is praying Asar, is it complete?

Q: Is recitation of Aaya e kareema in congregation allowed in Islam or is it biddah?