Q: I want to know if it is permissible for a Muslim child to learn to play a musical instrument such as the organ (electric piano) through classes at home or at a special centre. There is much talk of how music stimulates creativity brain growth and so on. With this in mind would it be haram to permit him to learn? We don't generally listen to music as a family but sometimes we watch (clean) movies or cartoons that have music in them.
Sometimes our son comes home from school and requests a certain song that he heard on the bus or his classmates singing to be played and we oblige by playing the song a few times on the computer. Is this permissible? Also what about allowing small children to listen to nursery rhymes and Islamic songs which have clean lyrics but also music in them - can they do this?

Q:

1. Is it ok to read the Zodiac signs without believing in it firmly. Zodiac signs tell us about some things in general. Will this be permissible or will this be like going to a soothsayer?
2. Is it permissible to wear stones or pearls? People say that they are a source of peace.

Q: My husband and I want to go for umrah. A relative is prepared to give me a loan against jewellaery that I have. Which is the correct way of doing the loan. The intention is to repay the same loan amount back and receive the jewellery back.

Q: I heard that many people are seeing dajaal in their dreams, and this means that qiyaamah is very near. Can mufti saheb please advise reagarding this?

Q: Do males have to 'wash' their beard when performing wudhu or simply make khilaal of the beard?

Q: Why are non muslims not allowed to visit Makkah and Madinah which is a holy place of Islam?

Q: I wanted to buy a sewing machine for R5500. I paid R500 and my husband paid the remaining R5000. Who does the machine belong to?

Q: I have heard that it is sunnah to give the Adhan in a new born babies right ear. Is this correct or is this an innovation? Can you provide some hadiths to verify that this is correct?

Q: Is it permissible to read Surah Fatiha at a Muslims grave?

Q: Many people are asking us for the reference of this bellow given hadith. Please give us the reference as example dhaif hadith or which hadith with number.

The istigfar given below is especially dedicated to women who are undergoing their Haiz(monthly periods). One should sit in attayat position if possible with wodhu and face Kiblah and recite the following zikr 70 times after each salaah( 5 times a day).

"Subhanaka Astaghfirullah illahi Laaillaha illa huwal hayool kaiyoom wa'athubu ilaikh"

This is a wonderful blessing from Almighty Allah that shows His mercy even during the time when a woman is unable to do her farls like salah and quran recitation, therefore we kindly request all women to make it a habit to gain the rewards mentioned below: 

•Reward of performing 1000 nafl rakaths.

•70 sins will be forgiven.

•For every letter in the istigfar you get a noor (brightness) on your face.

•Your status is raised in the sight of Allah.

•For every vein in your body you get the reward of one Hajj and Umrah.