Non-Muslim helper holding the animal whilst slaughtering
Q: Can a non-Muslim helper hold the animal whilst reading and making zabah of the animal for qurbani?
Definition of a faasiq, greeting a faasiq and eating from an animal that is slaughtered by a faasiq
Q:
1. What is a faasiq?
2. Can you greet a person that is a faasiq?
3. Can you eat from an animal that is slaughtered by a faasiq?
Reading a long surah over two rakaats in salaah
Q: When you want to read a big surah in salaah, but not in full. Is it okay to read from anywhere in the surah and stop anywhere? And can you read one part of a surah in the first rakaat, the part after that in the second rakaat? Or do you have to read different surahs in each rakaat?
Disciplining oneself to perform salaah
Q: I don't pray salah because I find it very difficult. I can't manage time nor do I have good health. I also have to do wudu every time I pray and change clothes. Praying salah involves so much, I struggle with it very much. I'm amazed how some people can pray salah 5 times per day without struggle or any problems. Please give me some advise how to manage time, how to discipline myself to pray salah and how to make prayer most important thing in my life.
Hastening in performing the nikaah after a suitable match is found
Q: When a man sends a proposal for a woman, how fast should the nikaah be done?
Selling leather products
Q: Can I sell leather products like jackets, belts, shoes, bags and handbags for Muslim men and non Muslim men?
Reciting Surah Yaaseen, Ar Rahmaan and Waaqiyah at night and Surah Kahf on Friday
Q: Is there any authentic hadith which says that one should read Surah Yaaseen, Ar Rahmaan and Waaqiyah daily after namaaz?
Is reading Surah Al Kahf on Friday a bidah?
Debtor taking out an interest bearing loan to pay his creditor
Q: If a debtor takes an interest based loan to return our due money. Are we allowed to take our money back from such an arrangement.
We are not asking/ forcing them to take the loan to return our money but just demanding our money as the term due is nearing.
Musallee looking inside the Quraan during Taraweeh and correcting the Imaam
Q: Please advise with regard to the following:
Is it permissible for a Musallee to look inside the Quraan during Taraweeh? If not, is there any social occasion in which it would be permissible?
If we are 3 people in our Taraaweeh Jamaat - the Imaam and one Musallee is a Hafiz, but their dhor is not so good and plan to improve it by performing Taraaweeh - will it be permissible for the Musallee to look into the Quraan during the Salah?
Sister bathing her baaligh brother who underwent surgery
Q: Is it possible for a sister who is married to bath her brother because he underwent a surgery.