Purdah in a joint family
Q: How should I treat my patrilateral cousins? We have a joint family system, so my cousins live in the same house as mine. Is it okay to not wear a veil in front of them, mixing with them and talking politely with them?
Which tree does the Sidratul Muntahaa refer to?
Q: Which tree does the Sidratul Muntahaa refer to? The lote tree or the lotus tree.
Employing one's parents
Q: I came across a fiqh ruling that employing one's parents is not permissible. Is this ruling absolute, or is it OK if one gives one's parents a respectable position in the firm and a high salary?
Weight of gold of a dinaar
Q: How many grams of gold is half a dinar? Can you please tell me the amount in Pakistani rupees?
Getting involved in the sin of photography
Q: Given that taking a photo of a person is prohibited, and so is looking at the opposite gender, which of the two options below would be a lighter sin:
1. A mahram taking the photo and thus avoiding the sin of going to a non-mahram to take a photo, but the mahram is now doing a prohibited thing (i.e. taking the photo).
2. Going to a professional photo studio where the photo will be taken by a non-mahram. In this situation the mahram avoids the sin of taking the picture, but this causes an interaction between non-mahram individuals.
Which of the two is the better option?
Consequence of disrespecting Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
Q: If you accidentally or deliberately disrespect Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) because of personal circumstances, is all the good you did wiped off and worthless or is it still accepted?
Qasr salaah for a student studying in another town or country
Q: What's the ruling on shortening of prayer (qasr) for a student who went to study in another town/country for more than a year?
Taking an oath never to step into one's in laws home
Q: Sometime back I took an oath never to step into my in laws home again. My husband keeps asking me to go with him. When I remind him, he doesn't go either. What should I do?
Girls living in a girls hostel while studying
Q: Can I live in a hostel with my sister for higher education?
Taking part in a 'haldi ceremony'
Q: I have a question regarding the haldi ceremony. I have learnt that this haldi ceremony is a religious ceremony of Hindus. However, many Muslims in our country celebrate this haldi ceremony before a wedding. As far as I know, this is a grave sin and this is imitating the kuffar, but does it take one out of the fold of Islam?