Q: My husband and I are having quite a lot of misunderstandings and always arguing etc. Last night he sent me a message saying its over and I must pack up and leave. Does that count as a talaq and does my iddat start immediately? Now he just messaged me again saying "its a divorce" so I'm confused as to whether I need to sit in iddat?
Q: When I go to the toilet, I find it hard to wash my hands. I soap them then put them under the tap. Once all the soap is off I think the water on my wrist is impure still so I wash my arm from the elbow to finger tips and I keep doing that and still I have a feeling that my hands are impure even if I've urinated or past stool still I wash my hands like this and I use wet toilet paper 3 times instead of istinja.
Q: I would like to know whether stem cells are allowed in Islam. In this case I would be storing it for my heirs only. Furthermore I would like to know whether a medical aid scheme is allowed. The medical aid portion is only a hospital plan. No insurance. Please advise whether the above is allowed and if not please comment in detail why not.
Q: Is it permissable to take pictures of animate objects without eyes or the head?
Q: Is it true that we should stick to one ulama group regarding fatwa or can we check others as well. Sometimes even in the same Mazhab ulama have different views on the same topic e.g women cutting her hair etc.
Q: I was told me that we cannot bleach our face because it coats our skin and ghusl will not be done. Is this true?
Q: I have a part time maid working at my house. I have fixed a monthly salary with her agreement. I don't cut her pay if she takes off if she is sick or if I don't call her for a day or two. But if she travels for 2 months to meet her family, am I obliged to pay her for those months or not, we don't have any contract and she travels on her own expenses. Are there any other rules of shariah related to part time help that we should know of? She attends to three different homes daily.
Q: If a man takes a second wife and she has a son from her previous marriage. Will this boy be a mahram to the daughters of the first wife?
Q: Is it true that a haajis duas are accepted for 40 days?
Q: Can you please tell me is there any meaning of dreams related to graves and graveyards? I am in a constant state of panic because almost everyday I get dreams like this.