Q: Just before salaah was started by the imaam, i gave a hand to someone. When I smelled my hand I smelt some perfume odour. The person's hand was dry, in this case if the perfume he used did contain alcohol or any other impure ingredients did they transfer to my hand? Is my Salaah valid?
Q: Will my salaah be valid behind an Imaam who makes masah over ordinary, cotton socks?
Q: Which salaah sould be performed last, witr or tahajud? I've now heard that the last namaaz has to be witr.
Q: Please inform me regarding the nikaah of Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) to Hazrat Aasiyah (Radiyallahu Anha) In jannah. Someone told me that all those that never shaved their beards in the world will witness the nikaah. Is there any hadith with regards to this? If there is, can moulana please quote it for me?
Q: A masbooq makes both salaams with the Imaam and then realizes that he is a masbooq. How should he complete his salaah?
Q: As part of our marketing campaign towards promoting some of our products, we are looking at having a competition whereby the participant will have to correctly answer some questions to be entered into a draw for some prizes.
In the past, the entries would be sent to us by post. Now, we are looking at adding another dimension in which the entries can be sent to us by SMS. There will not be any additional charge for submitting the entry nor is there any entry fee. The only charge will be the standard SMS charge that is payable to the phone company. Would this be permissible?
Q: I wholesale a lot of the things I sell .As I do not have capital to keep stock on hand, I have few items at home. The way I work is when customers order, they pay and then I get the stock.
The reason I do this is because I had incidents where orders were placed and I got the stock and the people never came to collect. Someone told me now that I can't do this because I can't sell something I don't have. However my customers know that I get their stock once the payment is done. I do this also so that I don't borrow money and can't pay it back if customer doesn't take. I'm not misleading them to think that I have the stock they know I will get it after payment. Am I doing wrong? First my customer becomes regular I don't force payment before I get order as I know they will pay. It’s mostly with first time customers that I do not know. I deal over the phone I'm not in direct contact with the person and sometimes people are not honest so I'm just safeguarding myself.
Q: What is the ruling regarding copyright, etc?
Q: Will it be permissible to sell the Mandela five rand coin for more than five rands? The value of the coins depends on the grading of the coin which has a picture of Mandela on it. Some fetch up to R10 000.
Q: A parent had paid a certain Islamic school the non-refundable admission fee of R1000 on the acceptance of his child in the school. However, the child did not attend the school. Is the school obligated to refund the money?