Q: Does a positive istikhaara necessarily mean that the action will be carried out? Does that mean it is decreed?

Q: I am married and my husband is abroad since 3 months. I too will accompany him but it will take 3 more months because of some issues. Am I allowed to mastubrate or do I need to control my desires by the time I get there? 

Q: If I uttered a kufr or shirk word, is it enough to say shahadah again or do I have to do tawba?

Q: Is lending money by a Muslim for a standard service fee halaal? If not, what is the permissible way of a Muslim lending money?

Q: If a lizard falls on my shoulder from the wall, will ghusal be farz on me?

Q: After two months of unemployments, I found a job which manufactures glass bottles from scratch, literally from sand. Then they manufacture different sorts of empty glass bottles. They sell the empty bottles to juice companies like Snapple’s, Ketchup companies like Heinz, etc. More than 40 percent of their customers orders are from beer and wine companies which I found out later. Should I continue working here? I work in their software IT division.

Q: I am married to a man whose hometown is 200km away from mine. He was working abroad so he promised me not to separate me from my parents before our marriage. Now he came back to our country and started a business. He stays at his home. But I still stay with my parents as they are old and sick. I am their only daughter. They don't want to let me go to my husband. I am a teacher so, I go to my husband's house only on Saturdays and Sundays. We are married for 3 years and don't have children yet. Is it good to stay away from my husband as I need to look after my parents? Is it permissible? 

Q: When we performed Umrah, at that time some work was going on with the ghilaf of the Ka'bah. We collected some threads and brought it home. Should we keep it or return?

Q: A relative was investigating a girl for my marriage. He learnt from a very reliable source that the girl was sexually molested when she was a child. When my parents learnt that the girl was molested as a child, they said that we should not investigate her anymore for my marriage.

Is this correct behavior? Is this a valid reason for not considering someone for marriage? In my opinion, it appears unfair to her as she was a na-baligh at the time. I do understand well that child sexual abuse victims often carry traumatic memories and emotional symptoms well into adulthood. But will this mean that one should not consider such a person for marriage entirely before looking at anything else, like character, morality, hayaa, etc.?

Q: What can I read in the state of haidh for my deceased brother? Which wazeefahs or duas are allowed?