Informing family and relatives when one is going for umrah
Q: My parents are going for umrah next month... Should they inform all of our family and relatives?
Income of a person who cheated in the exams to get a certificate
Q: Main thing is I need to do what is required in my job and earn money. What if I cheat during my studying career and gain a certificate. Is it haram?
What if I cheat and gain marks and get qualifications and at last get a job. I am able to do what the job requires but I got the job through a haram way (cheating in exams).
Making qurbaani without wudhu
Q: What status is it to make qurbaani with wudhu? Is it sunnat?
Status of the Ahaadith in Islam
Q: What status does hadith have in Islam? Does one only follow the Quraan? Why? What is the daleel?
How to respond to someone who reviles the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu anhum)
Q: How can I respond to someone who reviles the Sahaabah? What is their status and position in the conveying of deen?
Going to the funeral house on the 3rd day, 10th day 40th day
Q: Please advise on having 3, 10 and 40 days after a mayyit.
Is it also true that the rooh (soul) leaves the house on the 40th day?
Threatening to poison one's co-wife
Q: I married a Muslim man as a second wife. When his first wife was informed, she threatened to poison me, my (our) husband, the children and herself. I am new to Islam and my husband is teaching me about the religion. I have no idea what to do as my husband now fears for the lives of his children as well as our lives. Can she force him with these threats to divorce me? Please tell me what to do!
When does the time of esha end?
Q: A Salaah Time Table has one time named as 'Sehri' and another time named as 'Fajr.' Of these two, when does the time for Esha Salaah end?
Using interest to offset bank charges and disposing of interest money
Q: I have both a current account as well as a savings account at the same bank. On both the accounts, the bank levies bank charges, but the savings account is interest-bearing.
In this situation, can the interest received on the savings account be used to pay the charges levied on both accounts by the bank?
If not, then to whom should the interest be given? Can it be given to non-Muslims and even to street beggars or beggars knocking on doors every week?
Dua for the Islamic New Year and wishing each other well for the new year
Q:
1. As Muharram commences tomorrow and we enter the new Islamic year, can we wish each other well for the new Islamic year or is this practice not established?
2. Is there any dua established from the Hadith to be recited for the new Islamic year?