Giving poor people zakaat to dig a well
Q: Can I pay my zakaat to help poor people have a tube well (for drinking water), build a house for them or help a father to do necessary expenses for his daughter's marriage.
Cursing someone with the words "Hasbiyallahu wa nimal wakeel"
Q: Can death take place when you say Hasbiyallahu wa nimal wakeel in anger to someone?
Eating horse meat and marrying a person who eats horse meat
Q: Is horse meat and horse milk allowed in Islam or is it makrooh?
Can I marry a man who eats horse meat because it's their culture but he is a Muslim because in their country all Muslims eat horse meat.
Being charged interest due to the landlord not paying the bills on time
Q: I am renting an outbuilding and I pay a set rent to my landlord. Sometimes, he lets the lights and water account go into arrears. If interest accumulates on that amount, am I involved in the sin of interest?
Using bone meal as fertilizer
Q:
1. Is it permissible to use Bone Meal and Blood Meal as fertiliser in the garden?
2. If the Bone or Blood Meal goes on ones clothes will the clothes become impure?
Was there any Prophet between Hazrat Isa (alaihis salaam) and Hazrat Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)?
Q: Was there any Prophet between Hazrat Isa (alaihis salaam) and Hazrat Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)?
Believing that Hazrat Isa (alaihis salaam) was not crucified
Q: We know that Hazrat Isa (alaihis salaam) was neither crucified nor killed. Am I correct to say that not crucified means that he wasn’t put up on the cross at all?
Attending the musjid when one has a contagious disease
Q: If one is physically able to make it to the musjid but has a contagious disease (flu, measles etc.) must he attend?
Lawyer defending criminals in court
Q: I am a lawyer by profession. I represent people who are being prosecuted for criminal charges and defend them in court.
In many instances, the accused party confesses to me that they are guilty of the crime for which they are being charged, even though they plead 'not guilty' to the court. In such situations, is it permissible for me to defend the accused in court, knowing that I am defending a guilty person who is lying to the court?
Hadith regarding aiding and supporting unjust rulers
Q: What is the meaning of this?
ليأتين عليكم أمراء يقربون شرار الناس ويؤخرون الصلاة عن مواقيتها فمن أدرك ذلك منكم فلا يكونن عريفا ولا شرطيا ولا جابيا ولا خازنا
Imam Ibn Hibban (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith and has declared it authentic.
(Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 4586. Also see: Musnad Abi Ya’la, Hadith: 1115 and Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 5 pg. 240)