Q: I was told that a divorce in court is like a talaaq. There is no need for a separate talaaq. However if you make nikaah, is that valid or does one have to separately get married in court?

Q: I would like to start a business. Since I'm very passionate about Islam, I want to start a business with an Islamic theme to an Islamic target (I am thinking of selling Islamic books or Islamic wall arts).

My question is, is it haraam to earn money from this type of business?

P.s. It is not that I want to profit from the fact that I am Muslim, rather I feel a big passion for Islam and if there is something that I would like to spend most of my time with, then it is Islam.

Q: Should I drink water immediately after my meals?

Q: I have three days worth of qadhaa salaah left from 2017. Is it okay if I delay making them up? Maybe if I read one salaah each day or, make up some salaahs one day then miss the next day, thereafter make up some other day, etc.?

Q: In today’s times, we find the practice of a joint waleemah prevalent where the expenses of the waleemah are shared between the boy’s and girl’s party. Is this a Sunnah practice? In the Hadith of Tirmizi Shareef, it is mentioned that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) married Hazrat Safiyyah (Radhiyallahu Anha) during a Jihaad expedition. When the waleemah was held for this nikaah, Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) asked the Sahaabah (Radhiyallahu Anhum) to bring whatever food they had in their possession. Each Sahaabi brought whatever food he had and thereafter the food was shared by all. From this Hadith, it apparently seems that the Sahaabah (Radhiyallahu Anhum) contributed towards the waleemah of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam). Is it possible to use this Hadith to establish the practice of a joint waleemah?

Q: Is it permissible to sell non prescription coloured contact lenses

Q: I am a 26 years old unmarried Muslim man. In 2010 during the month of Ramadhaan, I had done serious foreplay activities with my past non Muslim girlfriend while I was fasting, and this happened many times which I don't exactly remember (probably 3 times).

Afterwards I regretted and for Kaffarah, I gave money (equivalent to feeding 180 people for breaking 3 fasts as per my calculation) to a mosque imaam who said that he would give that to an old and needy lady for her daughter's marriage.

Afterwards I got to know that first of all I have to fast for 60 days continuously. Even after this, I couldn't stop myself from sinning.

During Ramadhaan of 2017, I made several online foreign Muslim girlfriends (on facebook) and did obscene and nude video calls with them while fasting which also might have spoiled my fasts. After this, I did not offer a second kaffarah.

Now I deeply regret all of it and I'm very depressed. My family is now searching for pious Muslim woman for my marriage but I feel that I'm not sufficiently good. As I am working in a multinational company, it is difficult to fast continuously for 60 days without a break. I have good health but don't have the courage to do it (also because there are several lunch programs with colleagues and clients and it's difficult to refuse everytime).

Please give me the solution for this. If the first kaffarah (which I have already done as written above) is not accepted and I don't fast for 60 continuous days now, will I enter into kufr?

Q: Is it imperative to recite azaan followed by iqaamat when performing qadhaa salaats? Does this also apply when performing several qadhaa salaats one after the other at the same time?

If for many years one did not recite azaan and iqaamat when performing qadhaa salaats, are one’s salaats valid?

Q: My brother traveled safar distance and when he reached his destination he had no niyyat of how many days he will stay in that place. Will he be a musaafir?

Q: Nowadays baby diapers come along with cartoon pictures printed or stuck on them like Tom and Jerry, etc. Should those pictures be scribbled with a marker? Will we be sinful if the diaper, although being covered with pyjamas, is left with unerased cartoon pictures?