Q: If there is a person that is in a personal debt of 1 million & his car is also in a debt, income is not meeting expenses & to repay the debt is difficult. His sons online homeschooling has a bursary foundation, can he accept the school fees if its zakaat to reduce the expense & pay towards the debt.
Kindly let me know?
Q: I am part of an archery organization in which, for training purposes and competitions 3D foam animal targets are used.
Is this permissible? Can the head be cut off then used?
Is the purchasing and selling of these targets permissible?
Is attending such competitions permissible?
Q: Two parties want to enter an agreement: Person A wants to loan money to Person B.
The amount is marked up by 10% and the repayment is over a fixed period e.g. 4 years.
If there is a clause in the agreement to say that if you pay by 3 years, you will get R2000 back.
Is the rebate of the R2000 clause permissible? Is the allocation of marked up shares permissible?
Q: My wife took out her gold ring to make wudhu at home and then forgot where she left it. This happened last week.
We searched high and low for it, in the cupboards, drawers, and in every part of the house (in the kitchen, under the sofa, or any other place possible).
After searching extensively, we have now lost hope of finding it, and we now suspect the helper may have snatched it. Will my wife need to pay zakaat on the ring?
Q: I am in a state of ritual impurity and water is available, but I am unable to perform ablution due to shyness and lack of time.
Q: I have a lot of whiteheads on my nose. From what I know these are clogged pores. After ghusl, because of the heat of the shower, the white heads and clogged pores comes closer to the surface of my nose and I can brush some off with my hand. It's not watery. Does this break wudu like pus would? Or does it just count as dirt of the body.
Q: If I am performing salaah as a Hanafi behind a Shaafi and he makes an error by forgetting the first tashahud in Asr Salaah, what is the right way of making sajdah sahw or should the salaah be repeated?
Q: If someone continuously commits major sins and then commits shirk, will his repentance for shirk not be accepted since he's attached in major (kabirah) sins?
Q: I am wondering if coffee Luwak is halaal. It is from a civet animal that eats it & then cleaned & roasted.
Q: I have had some interest money which I gave to a paraplegic in a wheelchair at our local mosque. I didn’t tell him it was interest. I did not expect any sawaab for this. He made so much of dua for me and I kept saying آمين.
Is his dua acceptable and is my saying آمين acceptable.