Investments

Q: I had given money to a builder for investment purpose in his project he will invest money in his projects and distribute profit among investor on percentage wise. Is it permissible to invest like this?

Speaking to a non-mahram man

Q: I have a question. Basically I used to talk to my far relative and we had the thought of getting married but by the will of Allah that didn't happen, but before that we was friends for 10 years. He'd give me Islamic knowledge and everything, but then I met someone else and he seen messages from that guy, nothing bad or anything. But I was so scared he'd leave me I said wallahi I won't talk to him anymore, but the things is he was someone who bought me close to Allah, all the knowledge about Islam I knew was due to him. I feel like I'm losing my way and I need I talk to him. I feel that I picked a kasam but the person who I picked it for I'm in a haram relationship with him anyways so why should I stop talking to someone who gave me so much knowledge because of the fear of losing him? Can you please help me and tell me what I should do.

Marital problems

Q: I have a marriage question. I am 23 years old. I got married last year but been engaged with my husband for 4 years. During our engagement we had a lot of arguments and one big argument about a year ago where he thought I was cheating on him so he wanted to break the engagement but his parents persuaded him not to. About six months after the wedding I found out the real reason for my husband wanted to end the engagement which was that he wanted to marry someone else but his parent kinda force him to marry me. Now he still speaks to that girl and when I confront him, he says that he's not speaking to her and wants a relationship with me and that it's all my fault because "I have a women's brain and he is loyal with me" and I try to do everything for this relationship to work but I'm not getting anything from him. One of the big reason that stresses me out is that he does not want to have children and when I talk about having children he makes excuses up that we are not financial stable or he doesn't like children. Also another thing is that I called my husband over to the UK from Pakistan and all my family is always saying how he is just looking to settle in the UK and get a visa and then he will leave me, I am so worried about this because I actually want this relationship to work but I don't know what his intentions are. I really love my husband and want him to love me back but if he loves someone else I don't want to be in the way of his happiness. Sometimes I think I should get a divorce because I don't want him to use me for the visa and then leave me. Couple of times I spoken to him to marry that girl but he just shuts me down. I am so confused about what to do. Can you please explain to me what I should do Islamicly? Shall I stay or leave him because this is hurting too much and everyday it's getting more hard and I dont know what to do?

Cutting the hair in different lengths

Q: I have straight hair and it naturally grows longer at the top and front and shorter on the sides. When I get a hair cut I trim all my hair but leave my top and front of the over the forehead less trimmed and the sides a bit more. I don't shave any part of my hair, but just trim unevenly to preserve my hair's natural growth. I also like to part my hair and would like to do something maybe like gel to make it stand a bit. I want to do this to make my hair look bigger and I don't mean to gel it straight up and down, but rather diagonally so it looks like a puffy side part. I don't have an intention to imitate kuffar or do qaza and I've gotten this style from the Middle East and in America. Is this permissible?

Washing a rug

Q: I wanted to ask if say I have a modern rug which if washed might spoil and get damaged. Will wiping it with a wet cloth or wet wipe suffice? The najaasat traces have never been there I don't thinks so and I don't remember either.. the only reason I think it is napak is because I threw (maybe dried or wet i don't recall) napak clothes on it (I have discharge problem) walked with wet feet on it which might be napak because (some at times napak and at times maybe napak) splashes of water got on my feet from the floor (which might be napak) perhaps I had stepped on it with my shoe. I am not sure and it's been a long while so i don't remember correctly the reason I think it is napak. Only recently I wiped it with wet cloth because I think I had made it napak but I don't recall the reason. I have OCD.. I've been battling it since 2008.. I usually wipe things with a wet cloth or wet wipe to make it paak since washing every house hold item is literally impossible and difficult. I can't wash the bed since it is foam and foam gets spoiled when washed with water so I wipe over it.. nor can the sofa be washed as it is also foam and cotton and is stitched so I wipe. Then there are non absorbent things which I wipe over with wet wipe or wet cloth as I know they don't need to be washed. Today I had wet feet and I stepped on the rug, dried myself with cloth, wore clothes, wore my wet paak shoes and came to bed. I don't know if I am napak or not and if the bed has become napak because of me. Help.