Q: We live in a small northern town in Canada . We are fasting for 19 hours a day. This is causing undue hardship on us as the long days during summer are combined with a lack of sleep. Esha is at 12pm. We are concerned about dehydration and experience extreme exhaustion . Is there a fatwa which exempts such long hours of Fasting? Could we follow the fasting hours of Mecca?
Q: My wife has 5 tola gold and £600. How much would her zakat be?
Q: I went for umrah this past summer. After I completed Tawaf and then Saey, I did not get my hair cut until after taking off the ihraam. After Saey, I went to my hotel room and changed from my ihraam into regular clothes before getting a haircut. Because of this I am told that I need to do dam (sacrifice to Allah for penance/penalty). My question is do I have to do dam in Haram area or can dam be performed anywhere? I am currently in the USA and cannot go back to Haram.
Q: I am a lactating mother and feeding my child. My daughter is 1 year old. I heard that when mothers are feeding their children they are free from the Farz of roza (fast), is it true? If temporarily mothers are free then is there any Qaza of these rozas (fasts) after lactation or permanently lactating mothers are free?
Q: My question is, I have done niyyah of Hajj this year. If I perform Umra in zil Qada so that I would not need to do tawaf-e-qudoom and directly go to Mina on the 7th Zil Hajj. Is it permissable or I have to do it again?
Q: I feel very sorry for a non-muslim who suffers depression. I really would like to help him. What should I tell him to do?
Q: What is the shar’i ruling in the case where a person (if he is local and his intention is to only do tawaaf and go to Jeddah) passed the miqaat without tying the ihraam? Please answer this query as I have to frequently travel to Jeddah.
Q: Is it permissible for men and women to wear sterling silver rings? If not permissible what is the reason?
Q: There was blood on the bathroom floor that I wiped up using tissue quite a while ago. You can hardly see it now in fact not even at all, therefore I do not know the exact locations of where the impurities. When the floor is wet now and I stand on it shall I assume that the impurities have transferred?
Q: Here in Bokaap (Cape Town) in an area of about 2km there are 11 masaajid. So now will it suffice if someone sits for sunnat itikaaf in one of the 11 masajid, or is it necessary for someone to sit in each of the 11 masaajids?