Q: I hope you're in the best of Imaan and health by the grace of Allah Ta'ala. I'm a graduate with finance and economics Alhamdulillah. However, I find myself getting into a job at a conventional bank. I'm in a training program with 1 of the big 4 banks in SA to be placed as a teller or consultant. I know the severity of being involved with interest in all angles of such a transaction, so my heart pains & I feel very unhappy about the road I'm on at the moment. Allah Ta'ala has made me very conscious of Him in my actions. I thus want out of this position & if I were in a position to wait for a permissible job, I would do that right now. My family is not in that position. My dad doesn't have employment & my mum is not well now. I'd really appreciate your invaluable advice on a way forward. May you also please tell me what I can recite for my mum's recovery from cancer?

Q: My brother was the breadwinner of our home and he passed away. As I am the eldest child, I have to go out and earn money for our family, even though I am a woman. I have taken a job where I am forced to interact with males. What should I do?

Q: A couple made zina (shaf'ee) and now they want to get married. Do they need permission from the awliyaa? 

Q: I have an account with absa and one with Standardbank. I receive interest from one account because of excess funds and from time to time I am charged interest from the the other bank. For example, this past few months, I received interest of R500 from Absa but I was charged to pay interest to Standard bank to an amount of R600. My question is: Can I offset it from the interest that I was given by another bank?

Q: If a person marries a non Muslim who doesn't convert to Islam even after marriage and also marries his Muslim sister to a hindu. Is that person and his family outside the fold of Islam?

Q: Is the first talaq considered void if rujoo is done afterwards and the gap between the second talaq is 28 year. Someone told me there is a fatwa that if the second divorce is given after 25 years of the first one, then the first divorce is void?

Q: I am a married non-muslim and wanted to ask that is it wrong if I care for someone who is a muslim with whom I was very close at some point of time in life. However, I perform all my family duties perfectly but I am still worried about his well being. I respect Bhagwan, Allah, God in all different forms but I feel Karm (work) is very important because everyone has been sent by God for a reason. Please guide me how do I make that muslim guy understand that work and prayer both is important?

Q: I am a married woman with two very young boys and a husband. I bought a flat before I got married and have a mortgage on it. So of course interest is involved. If I rent, I will not be able to afford it as I live in london and rents can be as high as 1000-1300 pounds a month on a two bedroom flat, which is what I would need with my boys. My husband and I both work 3 days each but my husband has been off sick for most part of this year so he gets a minimal wage each month. Statutory sick pay I think. In this case I need to know what to do Islamically. Do I continue paying my mortgage and ask Allah Subhana wa ta'aala for forgiveness? I wanted to sell it and try to buy a house as its not big enough for my family. I can try to get a re-mortgage on this flat and extend it or sell it and try to buy a house rather than a flat. This is really bothering me because I don't want a war with my creator.

Q: It is stated in the Ahadeeth that if one performs his Salaah with Jama'ah then he receives up to 27 times more reward than one who doesn’t perform with jama'ah.  It is also mention in ahadeeth that one who perform salaah having used Miswaak prior to performing wudhu, he would receive 70/72 time more reward than one who performs salaah without using miswaak. 

Therefore, do the relevant ahadeeth suggest that one who performs Salaah having used Miswaak, will receive greater reward than that person who performed his Salaah with Jama'ah (not using miswaak)?

I have had this confusion in my mind for a while.  Please enlighten through your superior knowledge.

Q: If a man says "Ya Rasool Allah" in durood shareef, is he a mushrik?