Q: What is the ruling on cutting/trimming hair for women? Is it not permissible to cut hair at all or the hair (except for Hajj and umrah) can be cut but it should be below the level of the shoulders.

Q: Foreigners in our town have reverted a married women (she is working for them) to Islam. Her husband refuses to become a Muslim. Is her marriage still valid? She has children and was not told this fact as she does not want her marriage to end. Please confirm.

Q: Please tell me about the car ijaara scheme of Meezan bank that is that allowed or not?

Q: I don't have a right hand index finger the one we raise in Salaah. Does this mean anything in Islam?

Q:

1. What is the best way of showing shukr to Allah Ta'ala and the best Hamd to recite?

2. Regarding listening to music, the punishments are known. However what is the reward when one abstains listening to music?

Q: Is masturbation allowed in Islam? Is it allowed in Islam to masturbate during the absence of wife and during her menstruation period?

Q: I really need advice on what to do. I have a partner whom I love very much. We have a child together who is 7 years old but my problem is my partner never married me because he is married to someone and it was an arranged marriage they also have kids together, but his wife does not know about me and my son neither does his mother know. Years ago his mom came to know and separated us but he always came back. I cannot be with anyone else because I love this man and I have given him myself completely. But I also want too do things the right way because I believe Allah Ta'ala will want the same but he is so scared to tell his family about me and my son and to make things right. How long can I live with this of not being married to him because it's haraam and I just want things to be right. He does everything for me and our son and he does truly love us but how can we make this any better?

Q: I am a 26 years old Male. I have a very bad habit of Masturbation. At night when I got to sleep, bad thoughts come into my mind, and then I start to think about girls. It induces me to masturbate and as a result semen is ejaculated. I want to stop this bad habit. Please help me out. I am very much tensed. I also make tawba to Allah Ta'ala but then again this thing happens. Don't know what to do. Please guide me. Is this due to this bad habit my Duas sometimes are not answered?

Q: I am a revert for five months now and I am currently doing my last year in media studies? I would like to take up Islamic studies but I am the only Muslim in my family and I fear that my parents will not support my decision. How can I handle this situation?

Q: Is it permissable to read Salaah in a masjid which was previously a church?