Q: I'm buying a flat in installments. The company is giving discount if I pay the installments prior to the due date. Is it interest? Is it halal?

Q: I have a foster sister with whom I have shared milk from her mother. In my knowledge, she is like a sister to me and is mahram so I cannot marry her.

What I want to ask is that the other relations (her sisters and her neices [sister's daughters]), are they also mahram to me and I cannot marry them?

Q: I am in need of some much needed advice, my husband wishes to take on a second marriage to a girl who is already engaged. He is also on a very low income and can barely afford to look after our three children and myself, would it still be permissible for him to go ahead and marry her?

Q: Is it permissible to pray asr salaah during the last 20 minutes between asr and maghrib? (If I didn’t deliberately delay it).

Q: I want to buy a car for my use but for that I want to know whether it is allowed for me to take a loan from a bank on monthly installments (interests) as I have no other way to fulfill my need. Can I avail that option since I am in need and also I have filled up the paper work.

Q: I have fibroide in my uterus due to which my bleeding is not stopping. I am going for Umrah soon. This condition happened after we booked everything. Now I am really worried whether this falls under a sickness or not? Can I perform umrah in this condition?

Q: Is respect an attribute of Allah Ta'ala? I mean on a sense that has Allah Ta'ala respectfully addressed the prophets and does Allah Ta'ala have respect for the prophets.

Q: I am a non-Muslim trying to understand Islam more. Here are my questions:

1. With Islamophobia rising worldwide, there is a deeply ingrained perception that Islam as a religion is inherently violent. Is Islam violent?

2. Given the rise of groups like ISIS. In your perspective, how can we address Islamophobia in countries where non-Muslims and Muslims coexist?

3. Recently, wife-beating in Islam became a topic of discussion in the media. Do you agree that wife-beating is a good practice?

Q: I would like to know what is the ruling on Quran competitions?

Q: When explaining the maslah of Khidaab, my teacher said the following (In his own words):

Within Ahnaaf, there is two qowls on whether you can do black khidaab for beauty (zeenat)

1. According to some, it isn't permissable at all, it is haraam.

2. A lot of muftiyaani karaam and people of fataawa have given the fatwah of jawaaz. (This is excluding the situation when an old man has married a young women, because in this situation it is permissibile to do black khidaab, and this is the qowl of nearly all the fuqahaa).

My question is, do the Hanafiyah actually have the second qowl mentioned above? From what I have read on your website and ask imam, black khidaab isn't permissible. He also mentioned that Allahmah Ibnul Qayim has wrote a list of the Sahaabah radiyallahu anhum who would do black khidaab in zaadul ma'aad.