Sleeping after fajr
Q: Sometimes, I get up and perform tahajjud one hour before the time of Fajr, but after performing my Fajr, I often go back to sleep and put my alarm for ishraaq salaah to get up again. Is it permissible for me to do that?
Contacting one's son who left the fold of Islam
Q: My son left the fold of Islam many years ago. We broke ties with him. Can I contact him now? Would I be sinful if I contact him since he is a murtad?
Clipping one's nails and trimming the moustache on a Thursday
Q: Is it allowed to cut the mustache and cut the nails on a Thursday? Or it is better on a Friday?
Women dyeing their hair black
Q: Is it permissible for women to dye their hair black only?
Woman eating after haidh commenced while keeping a nafl fast
Q:
1. If a woman was observing a nafl fast and her haidh commenced after zuhr, can she eat anything or should she wait until maghrib?
2. Is it permissible for a woman to eat if her fast breaks after zawaal or if it breaks at anytime of the day?
Using a Knobkerrie as a walking stick
Q: I have a friend who walks with a stick. He told me it is sunnah to use a stick. The stick he uses is a knobkerrie.
Learning this I also bought the same stick, because I liked how it looked. I bought it from a traditional Zulu store as that is the most common place to find that type of stick.
Recently I was concerned if the stick had any religious connotations within the Zulu kingdom. I researched it on Google and found that it symbolises leadership amongst Zulu clans etc and is also a symbol of manhood and was used as a weapon in old ages.
Is it okay to continue using the stick for walking or does it count as imitating another nation?
Validity of wudhu if a person used earseeds
Q: Will my wudhu be valid if I use earseeds? It involves placing adhesive pellets on the ear pressure points for 3 to 4 days at a time.
Saying thuma aameen
Q: My 7 year old asked me whether "thuma aameen" is made up by people or a sunnat. Please clarify this for us.
Woman travelling with her 12 year old nephew as her mahram
Q: I am a 33 year old woman. I am the maternal aunt of my 12 year old nephew. Is it permissible for the both of us alone to perform umrah?
Woman travelling with a mahram from the time she commences her journey
Q: A woman who is taking a plane to Johannesburg from Durban will become a musaafir once she leaves the town’s boundary. So does that mean a mahram needs to be with her from the time she exits the town or can he meet her at the airport?