Q: Is it true that when you are not certain about some fact in Islam then you don’t believe in that? For example, if I don’t know about a ruling in Islam, I don’t believe in that?

Q: I have clear and also yellowish discharge on a daily basis. I may begin my period in 4/5 days. I’m getting yellowish discharge - but this is, as I said, normal for me. However, I’m also getting lower abdomen pain. Like a twinging feeling - it seems a little similar to cramps. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to count this as haidh. What usually happens to me every month is, I see brownish discharge (which is old blood, so I know for sure it is hayd) then I see regular brown/red blood. But if yellow discharge is considered blood, then what do I do in this situation? Some women go through something called ‘pre-menstrual syndrome’ a week or two before our periods. I’m not sure if the cramp like feelings are a result of this syndrome or not or even something else.

Q: If ladies are following the imam in a separate area from the men, does the imam still have to make niyyat for their imamat for their salah to be valid? Behishti zewar suggests that even if the imam doesn't make niyyat, their salah will be correct, in the situation where they won't be coming next to the men.

Q: I wish to ask about women observing purdah in a joint family system. I got married three months ago in a joint family system. Before marriage, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala , blessed me and I was able to follow sharia rules strictly in my father’s home. We have no television at home, we only went out for necessities, and we studied school up to primary level and stayed back home and studied A level through online studies. Alhamdullilah, we observed right purdah as per sharia rulings in my father’s home. After marriage, my husband has given me a separate room. He has four young brothers and a sister living together with their mother in the same house.

My mother in law often asks me to sit together with all the family members including her sons when they gather for lunch, dinner and tea time. My husband remains quiet although he understands that this order from his mother is against the law of purdah and this gathering is illegitimate in the law of sharia for me to sit.

Secondly my mother in law asks me to open my face in the house and mingle with family members, talk and smile. I intend to ask the following question as per sharia rulings:

1. Can I sit in congregation as my mother in law desires?

2. Can I open my face in the house as my mother in law desires?

3. Can I talk in a voice that is loud enough to go in the ears of my husband’s brothers while sitting together.

4. Can I hear the voice of my husband's brothers while sitting in a congregation.

5. If I observe the ruling of the house, open my face, sit in congregation, talk loudly so that others can hear and listen to the talk of na mahram, who will be responsible for these sins. As you know that a woman is weak and helpless in Asian societies.

Q: If a man develops repeated abscesses on his private parts and the surgeons advise laser to remove the hairs around the private area permanently as the hairs contribute to abscess formation, would it be permisible to expose the private parts to male or to female nurses/doctors for laser? Since shaving with a razor is thought to increase the abscess formation. 

Q: A person dies leaving behind some land. His parents are not alive. How will this land be distributed to his widow, two sons and three daughters?

Q: Why did the Jews want to kill Isa (alaihis salaam)? 

Q: I have a question regarding editing the Quran for videos. I have started an Islamic Instagram page and In Sha Allah I will be posting Islamic content on that page, including verses of the Quran. A couple of days ago, I edited a video in which I used ayah 19, 20 and 21 of Surah Al-Baqarah. However, I figured out that the previous ayah connects with ayat 19-21. But if I would use these ayat too, my video would be too long. Is it haram if I leave out these ayat and just make a video with verses 19, 20 and 21?

Q: I would like to know if Fayona is a suitable to name for a Muslim baby girl?

Q: I read in your article crossing the bridge of death that it is impermissible for a Hanifee to perform janazah salaah in the masjid. What is the ruling of a Hanifee attending the janaza of a shafi person whose janaza is read inside the masjid?