Detesting filth an evil

Q: My mother in-law is a non Muslim and is a lesbian, she lives with another woman. I don't allow my 10 year old to sleep over because I don't want to expose her to that life style as I am totally against it. They also use alcohol and I don't like going there is it wrong if I tell my husband I don't want to go with him and that I don't want my children to go there a lot. Shuran for taking the time to read my question. 

Voting

Q: What does the verse of the Quran at 4:85 mean? One explanation I read says that if we vote for a candidate in election and he indulges in anti Islamic activities then we are also responsible before Allah.

Hadith Question

Q: I just wanted to know if this hadeeth is authentic. Melon - Kharbuza / Tarbooz - The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: ‘None of your women who are pregnant and eat of water melon will fail to produce offspring that is good in countenance".

Sea creatures

Q: Allah Says in The Qur'an that all creatures of the sea are lawful. But, there is a general belief among Indian Muslims that we Muslims cannot eat sharks, crabs, eels, barracuda, octopus, squid and lobsters etc. among sea creatures. Please clarify whether we can eat all creatures of the sea. Are there any exceptions?

Giving zakaat to children

Q: Islam believes that all children are born pure and in Islam and if they die before they attain puberty, they go to Jannah, even if they are born of not yet Muslim parents. This being so, are these children eligible to receive our Zakaah, Sadaqa ul Fitrah and Zakaah ul Fitrah money?

Jummah Khutbah

Q:

  1. In the Jumma Khutbah is it Sunnah to recite Taawwuz and Tasmiya before reciting the verse of the Quran?
  2. In the Jumma Khutbah when reciting the verse of the Quran is it Sunnah to recite the verse of the Quran with Tajweed (with gunna and mad etc)?
  3. When reciting the Arabic Khutbah in Jumma should the Arabic be recited with Tajweed and is it Sunnah to recite the Arabic with Tajweed?