Q: Zaid and Ahmad are partners in a business. Zaid wishes to sell his share to his partner for R10 million. The payment terms agreed upon are that half the amount will be paid cash and the other half will be paid AFTER 48 months in 12 equal monthly installments. In other words, for the first 48 months there will be no installment paid. The question refers to the zakaat obligation during this time. Is Zaid liable to pay zakat on the R5 million owing to him during these 48 months?

Q: If I do istinja in my shower with the water from my shower, will the floor in my shower become najis? If it becomes najis, how can I purify it?

Q: How will people be called on the Day of Qiyaamah? By whose names will they be called on the Day of Qiyaamah? 

Q: Is it permissible for a parent to stop her daugter from marrying a man who attended rehab many years ago but is an amazing man and has good character and conduct?

Q: Is shark halaal in the Hanafi Mazhab?

Q: I would like to know about the famous philosopher Ibn Sina, was he a Shia?

Q: Is it allowed to wait a while between child birth and the next pregnancy? If yes, then how much time is allowed between two pregnancies?

Q: I started performing salaah with the imaam and because another person was just there, I stood behind the imaam expecting the other person to join the salaah as well. But that person went to perform wudhu and we completed the whole salaah in this manner.

1. Is my salaah valid?

2. Should I have moved forward to go to the right of imam when I felt the other person will be late?

3. Is moving forward during salah permissible and how much can one walk forward before the salaah becomes invalid?

Q: Please let me know all sunnah and mustahab duas that should be read during each step of wudhu. The dua while washing hands, gargling, cleaning the nose and so on till washing the feet.

Q: Which direction should we face while taking bath?