Q: I am a 21 year old Muslimah. My father wants me to start hifz with him at home (he is an aalim and haafiz). Am I obliged? I feel overwhelmed

Q: I have question about sood. In my town people are taking Rs.45,000 for a month and giving the Rs.60,000 or Motor Cycle CD-70 having price of Rs.63,000 after one month, so choice depends upon people either they want Rupees or Bike. So I want to know that whether it is sood or not. Some people are saying that taking rupees is sood but bike is not sood. Please guide me.

Q: For my sister's baby we like name the new born "Zidan Abdus Sattar" In Sha'a Allah. Can you kindly let me know that the name "Zidan Abdus Sattar" is correct or not and what is the meaning stands for "Zidan Abdus Sattar"?

Q: These are the few questions I have in mind:

1. Why does Islam have the concept of Jihad? Is it necessary?

2. Are Islamic Laws compatible in today’s world? Why?

3. Does Islam disrespect women?

Q: I understand that there has to be a niyyah when one says a phrase of kinaya talaaq. I wondered that if one is arguing, and one gets a feeling like wanting to divorce or a feeling like "come on do it now (leave her) and then says a kinaya statement like "go to your father", all happening in seconds, is that a clear intention that is necessarry? But if the person asks himself a few moments later did you want to definetly divorce her now by that, the answer is no. What do i do now as i dont know whether it was an intention that counted or not? 

Q: Request you to share the exact meaning of girls name Hanfa. I had learnt online that the name was one of the wives of Hazrat Ismail (alaihis salaam).

Q: My mother breastfed her sisters daughter only once when she was ill and at that time my mother breastfed her daughter. Now we like each other and want to marry according to Islam. Is it permissible for us to marry? 

Q: ﻗَﺎﻟَﺖْ ﻋَﺎﺋِﺸَﺔُ ﺭﺿﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻬﺎ ﻛَﺎﻥَ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺒِﻰُّ - ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ - ﻻَ ﻳَﻨَﺎﻡُ ﺣَﺘَّﻰ ﻳَﻘْﺮَﺃَ ﺍﻟﺰُّﻣَﺮَ ﻭَﺑَﻨِﻰ ﺇِﺳْﺮَﺍﺋِﻴﻞَ

Aisha (radhiyallahu anha) said, “Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) wouldn’t go to sleep until he read Az-Zumar and Bani Isra’il. (Collected by At-Tirmithi (3405), Ibn Khuzaymah (1/126/2) Al-Hakim (2/434) Ahmed (2/68 /122) At-Tirmithi graded this hadeeth as being Hasan Ghareeb. And Shaykh Al-Albani said “The men in the isnad are trustworthy [ Silsilahtus Saheehah 641 ]

Is it authentic?

Q: When sajda-e-sahw is to be done, the procedure is that it will be performed in the last qa'dah, i.e. after tashahhud, one salam to right and then 2 sujood. Sometimes due to carelessness I recite part of durood after tashahhud and then realize that I have to do sajda-e-sahw then what should I do at that moment? Should I proceed to sajda-e-sahw at that moment?

Q: Please advise on the name Muhammad Dayyaan and Muhammad Ayyaan.