Q: Please could I get clarity on the following regarding wills:
If a person wants a particular relative to receive a particular item upon his/her death, can this be done? (For instance, items that are currently in use that cannot be given during one's life e.g. a car, jewellery, sentimental items, etc.)
Can a person write in his Islamic will that upon his demise, such and such item of his should be given to person A?
Q: I have a question regarding suicide and Muslims:
If a person has committed suicide, is their will null and void? I don't think anyone speaks enough about these things happening because everyone wants to pretend it doesn't happen to Muslims and Muslims are shamed for being human but anyway what happens to their will?
Q: What’s the maslah pertaining to the question “will you marry me”?
I learnt a while ago that whether it was done in a school play for example and the boy had to ask the girl or vice versa “will you marry me” and she said yes, they are married? What would be the maslah and how would the marriage be terminated?
What would happen if it happened on WhatsApp or in private? Would they still be married? And how would the marriage be terminated?
What would be the maslah if the people don’t know about the maslah of getting married in this way and they did it? I have a friend who went out with a group of friends and this girl asked him will you marry me and he said ya I will and they were with other friends? Are they married and what would be the next step?
Q: A person made wudhu and performed salaah. Later on, he noticed that there was some dirt stuck under his nail which did not get washed away. Is his wudhu and his salaah valid?
Q: Can I take a picture of a qabar (grave)?
Q: I wanted to ask for a fatwah on a topic related to Halloween. Universal studios theme park hosts an event called horror nights during the month of October. The theme park stays open after it’s normal operating times and has its rides open with scary themed characters that scare the people attending.
The price for the ticket is a little less than the day park ticket and is not used or donated for anything other than park profit. Would it be haraam to go to horror nights?
Q: Should someone accept their son’s illegals child and child’s mother. The son’s point of view that he is responsible of his deeds. Our point of view is that we will never accept the child and his mom as she is not his legal wife so only this behalf that she is child’s mother we can’t accept. We think that if we will accept them then we will part of his haraam action. Are we right or wrong?
Q: For men and women, what is the appropriate and sunnah clothes to wear when one sleeps? Should the satr be covered when sleeping or can a man sleep with a t-shirt and shorts for example?
Q: Are we allowed to consume medications containing ethanol, e.g. cough syrups and tinctures and so forth.
Q: We've been affected by sihr and bad eyes for years and its been just over 5 weeks that I am reciting Surah Baqarah weekly in our house... The house is huge so I recite sometimes from the rooms and sometimes central.
What I've noticed is strange.. Cupboards are just starting to break, I feel dizzy and sick with terrible aches. My husband cannot stay alone, he feels jinn presence. I always hear these cupboards shut in almost every bedroom every night and I take it these jinns are there whilst we are sleeping.
We've tried everything from a learned aalim treatments; spraying water to playing the adhaan recorder. What else can I do and why is this still happening? Please advise further.