Inheritance

Q: My father in law, Mr. A has 6 daughters (all married). His late father had many properties which have not yet been distributed among his heirs due to some legal problems. Now Mr. A is not well. He has 4 questions:

1. Will Mr. A get his complete share as per shariah when the property is distributed?

2. If he passes away before the distribution, will his daughters get his complete share?

3. After his death, how will his property be shared among his heirs?

4. Can he make a will giving everything to his daughters now?

Inserting a tissue in the private part to prevent discharge

Q:

1. If a woman has a leucorrhea discharge problem and she knows after an hour or so she will experience a discharge but after performing ablution she inserts a tissue in the private area and offers her prayers the whole day knowing the fact that the discharge will be there when she will remove the tissue, will the salah perform in such condition be valid?

2. What is the shariah ruling regarding this?

3. Should she remove the tissue, clean and wipe the private area and then perform a fresh ablution when she knows she discharged?

4. If she does not insert the tissue and she offers her prayer and in the prayer she feels the discharge, will the wudhu break? Does she need to perform salaah again?

Charging the customer a handling fee when returning items with damaged packaging

Q: I have a general store where I sell a variety of different items. It often happens that a customer buys something, but later on has a change of heart and wants to return the item. The problem is that he has already damaged the packaging when opening the item e.g. he tore the plastic and box. This makes it difficult for me to resell the item because customers view the torn packaging as a defect in the item. What should I do in such situations? Can I inform customers that in the case where the packaging is damaged, a full refund will not be issued, instead 15% will be deducted from the refund?

Working while in iddat

Q: I am 31 years old and been married for 7 years. From the first day my husband was unable to consummate the marriage because of his mild autism and anxiety issues (his father was very strict and abusive which according to doctors have resulted in his personality disorder). I tried to resolve the issue with the help of psychiatrists and urologists. He was barely able to perform under very high doses of medicines. He never came near to me until I requested him that we have to do intercoarse for having kids. Otherwise, It happened several times that we lived without intercoarse for 9 months to 1 year.

Later on I came to find out that if he does perform he still can't become a father because he is infertile too (with great difficulty and several attemps at clinic, he was enabled to deposit semen for test).

Now I have decided to take the divorce as I am tired of this nursing and unfulfilling life. For about a year we have never come closer. We practically sleep and live in different bedrooms.

My question is, if he agrees to sign the divorce papers, do I have to complete the time of iddat? My periods are fine and regular and it is very clear that I am not pregnant.

Secondly, I work as a research officer in a university which won't give me leave for three months. It is very important for me as I am financially dependent on this job. Moreover, can sit in iddat (without marrying another person) while going out of the house to work? 

Keeping pets

Q:

1. Is it allowed to keep cats as pets inside the house?

2. Do we get reward?

3. In one of your fatwa's you told "Don't keep cats"? Is there is any reason behind it?

4. Which pets are allowed?