Q: What amal can a person engage in to lower his desires, besides fasting. How should a person fast for lowering his desires to be efficient

Q: Will my wudhu be valid if performed with synthetic braids on?

Q: Is salaah valid when one is performing salaah individually at home while wearing pyjamas or other night attire?

Q: If we write the name of Allah Ta'ala on paper and then cross the name out with a pen, will it be permissible to dispose of the paper by throwing it into the bin?

Q: I would like to enquire about a few zakaat issues:

1. How much zakaat needs to be paid on fruit trees, which have been purchased as an investment?

2. How much zakaat needs to be paid on a bee hive, which has been bought as an investment?

3. Is a solar panel, which has been bought as a form of a money making investment, a zakaatable item - and if so: how do I calculate Zakaat on it?

4. How much zakaat needs to be paid on a business venture which entails investing in a cattle feedlot? The money invested goes into purchasing cattle and providing feed for the cattle for 4 months and then selling them off. Investors do not own specific cattle but buy a share of the total cattle.

Q: If anyone back bites another person but then the other person done more sin than the person who has back bited, and Allah knows that the person who has back bited has less sin than the other person, will Allah calculate to remove the sin for the person who back bited?

Q: If a man has an illegitimate child from an unmarried wonan, what should he do to protect the honour of the child?

Q: Can we study in English literature?

Q: Can we teach orphans a lesson on parents in the subject of Akhlaaq. I'm teaching them Madrasah and in the Akhlaaq book there is a lesson on how we should respect and treat our parents with kindness.

Q: Can a woman go for permanent body hair removal using laser theraphy? This process destroys the hair follicles. Is this allowed in Islam?