Q: In our local shopping centre there is a small prayer room. Three of us entered to pray zuhr salah and decided to pray in jammat. I was chosen to lead the prayer. We finished salah and went our separate ways. My question is this, after salah and returning home I kept feeling I prayed only 3 rakaats. I just couldn't get this feeling out of my mind. When we finished the other two never mentioned I only completed 3 rakat, so to tell you the truth I do not know whether I completed 3 or 4 rakaats. What must I do or should have done?

Q:

1. I know that mazi don't invalidate ghusl so if I have a wet dream and I feel wetness so how I know that I released mazi or mani?

2. Some time I feel tingly sensation in sleep and feel wetness without any dream.

Q: The following two errors were made by me unintentionally whilst in Ihraam.

1) When I put on the Ihraam I forgot to remove my underpants. I realised this after about 20 minutes. I removed it immediately thereafter.

2) After coming out of the toilet, I washed my hands using soap unintentionally. Please advise what compensation is due from me, and please advise whether the compensation must be paid/done in Makkah or if it can be done here.

Q: Does smelling/inhaling Food/odor/smoke break one's fast?

1. Does smelling food break fasting? Accidently remembering I am fasting (and not remembering I am fasting)

2. Deliberately remembering I am fasting (and not remembering I am fasting)

3. Does smelling odor (perfume, smell of someone’s body –like baby or even to check if someone’s sweat or not, odor of shampoo, creams, green tea, coffee etc, cigarette smoke (or any kind of smoke?) any kind of odor) break fasting accidently or deliberately?

4. My manager has a special perfume in his room for having good odor. I have to be there while a cleaning lady cleans the room. Does it break my fast if I have to be there or enter the room during a day?

5. If my family uses perfume and all room smells, do I have to leave the room or can stay, sometimes i sleep after work and they use perfume and all room smells, do i have to leave the room in the middle of a nap? The same about cooking food, do I have to leave the kitchen or a room where smells come to?

6. Sometimes in the middle of a sweet nap I feel cigarette smoke in our room that is coming from a café below our apartment, do I have to wake up and leave the room in this case?

6. What if I am in a situation that someone smokes near me but I can’t leave the place is my fast void then? Can I breathe by mouth blocking my nose or what must I do?

7. Is there something else close to topic ‘’food, odor, smoke’’ that breaks ones fast?

Q: I have some questions about fasting. Could you please answer them when you have time Insha Allah?

1. During Ramadan, is it enough to make intention to fast for the whole month or it must be done for every day?

2. If it must be done for each day, when must be the intention done? Please don’t use difficult words that I won’t understand, could you please say from magrib till fajr, etc, as I find it difficult to understand the explanation other alims gave on some sites I read. Could you please give time frame for intentions for Ramadan, for kazas of Ramadan, for fasting 3 days of breaking an oath and for nafila fasting every Monday, Thursday and 13, 14, 15 of each month – is the time frame of intentions the same for all these fastings?

3. What if one forgot to make intention during the prescribed time, what must he do, fast anyway and then make kaza, kafara etc?

4. What if one is fasting his Ramadan kazas after the next Ramadan is finished only, what is the time frame for the intentions then, the same as normal Ramadan kazas?

5. What if I fasted one (or more) day and then realized my ghusl (I speak only of ghusl after menstruation, not after wet dream, etc) wasn’t correct, is my fast still valid in shaa Allah?

6. If I miscounted end of my period and made ghusl too early, but started fasting after day 10 of period (as max can be 10 days) is my fast still valid or not in shaa Allah?

7. if it is not allowed to insert cotton balls inside during fast when I have discharges, does it mean I have to be checking with a mirror every time if they are there and find that moment when they stop for a while or the best would be just make salah close to the end of its time even if then discharges are flowing?

Q:

1) When we are fasting, if oily water goes inside the ear when we are taking a bath, will our fast break and should we keep qadha fast?

2) When we are fasting if soap water goes inside the ear when we are taking a bath will our fast break and should we keep khaza fast?

3) When we are fasting how to prevent soap water, oily water, soap and oily water from going inside ear when we are taking bath will our fast break and should we keep qadha fast?

Q: A butchery will be opening tomorrow which is totally run and supervised by a well known reputable Muslim man. He oversees the buying of products, manufacturing and running of the complete shop from A_Zand is willing to be open to discuss with any person concern with regards to halaal. However the shop is purchased and owned by a non muslim who only manages the finance of the business and has an existed butchery. He does no buying nor is he involved in the manufacturing process of the business nor there is any contamination. The business has brand new machinery and delivery vehicles. Is it correct for people to say not to buy from this butchery and make posters displaying without any proof nor evidence or facts? Is this not tarnishing the reputation of our muslim brother without even proof? Please advise.

Q: While searching for a few Islamic questions I had I ran into the following "Islamic" website: http://islam.stackexchange.com/ Where people can post question and answers. A few information in regards to this website:

- This website is owned by the StackExchange network, whose CEO (and founder) is Joel Spolsky.

- He is An Israeli/American Jew who is openly Homosexual (Gay): http://stackexchange.com/about/management https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Spolsky

- Anyone can give fatwa on the website, registration is free and you can add any answer you like even if it goes against the teachings of Islam.

- Website is Pro Gay, even in the answering of Questions in that regards.

The above wouldn't really be an issue to me, however, the website tend to spread too much false information like:

It is ok to be a homosexual as long as you don't practice it: http://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/25595/is-bisexuality-allowed-i…

Sexual acts that aren't penetration are not zina: http://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/28927/is-this-zina-will-allah-…

Hijab is not mandatory: http://islam.stackexchange.com/a/10746

Music is Halal: http://islam.stackexchange.com/questions/237/music-in-islam/26369#26369

The list goes on an on. I think this website was made to deter Muslims from the true message of Islam, however, I am not sure how I can spread the word
about it if I am right. My question is:

If this website is indeed bad. What is the job of websites (like yourself) of dissipating such propaganda and alerting Muslims to be beware of such website (which is the first of its kind).

Q: I need to know that if the husband does not want children to study in standard English medium school because he does not want t o invest in education although he earns a lot. Can wife take step in providing proper schooling to her children on her own expense.

Q: I want to ask, my family is fixing my marriage with my cousin's daughter. Can I do so because some of my friends said she is your niece, you cannot get married to her.