Q: Can one perform Umrah with one of those umbrellas that has an elasticated band and you can wear it on your head leaving your hands free... especially when the temperature exceeds 30+ degrees?

Q: I work as a manager for a Muslim man who at times stretches the time of his employees if it gets busy or is attending to personal work. He does not compensate them for extra time, and when the topic is brought up, he angrily dismisses it and says, "You are just standing doing nothing, so it’s not work." But I feel as long as they are in the shop, they are working, as they are not free to do as they like. What should I do ?

Q: I have a furniture and appliance store where we sell and fix furniture and appliances. 

Can I fix and sell TV's? Would the money be permissible to use in my business and life

Q: Is designing and selling colouring books halal provided that there's no animate objects and no haraam elements in it?

Q: My neighbor brought a cat from somewhere. But they did not feed the cat properly. So my mother gives food to the cat. The children of the family abuses the cat to the point that the cat may die any time if it stays in that house. So can I take the cat from them and give it to someone else without their permission? They throw the cat here and there and hold it by its neck. The cat will not survive if kept with them.

Q: Please advise if it is permissible for one to sit in semi sun in the home - parts of the body are in sunlight and parts are not.

Q: If a shop owner purchases items with murat (animate pictures) and/or female pictures on the packaging, sells these products and advertises them, will he be sinful? 

If we should be covering these things, please can Hadhrat Mufti Saheb advise how.

Q: Should a parent be equal to all of their children in terms of finance and gifts? 

For example: There are 4 brothers. No. 1 is a doctor, set up by the father but paid back. No. 2 is in the business with his father as a partner, also paid back. No. 3 is still studying. No. 4 is an aalim and recently started working in the business. The father wants to set no. 4 up eventually. 

Question: Will it be fair if the father sets up no. 4 in the business, without paying back. Basically giving him a business and not giving any other brother the same.

Q: I am a member of a Musjid committee. My question is about the ladies facility at the Musjid. 

Some committee members feel that we must invite the sisters to attend some Musjid programs, especially which take place on special occasions and in Ramadhaan, in the separate ladies facility at the Musjid. There is no intermingling in the Musjid. These programs may also include meals served to them. 

Other committee members are of the view that this must be avoided. 

Please advise which is the correct policy to adopt in this issue.

Q: I am 72 years old and I have a problem with concentrating in namaaz. I know it is not permissible to read namaaz with your eyes closed but at the moment I concentrate better with my eyes closed. Please advise me how to overcome this problem.