Q: I would like to know is it kufar if one talks bad about the Ulama? The molanas in this town are having a braai at my husbands place so he made a comment like "the molanas are going to finish me up on Saturday because they don't bring anything and come and I must bring everything." I don't know if he said that or if he said "the molanas are pains they going to finish me up on Saturday because they don't bring anything and come and I must bring everything." I don't know if he used the word "pains" or not or if it is waswasaa from my part. Im 100% sure of the rest of the statement besides the word "pains". I told him not to say such things. But I do know that talking bad about the ulama can be detrimental to one's Deen.

Q: I read somewhere that if one had masturbated, their sweat is napaak. If someone touched their phone and their hand started to sweat, is it napaak if they had masturbated? What would be the correct way to make it paak?

Q: I have 2 uncles. They both are siblings. But they both hate each other and fought each other because of house issue. After the death of their father they want house to be their own. I can't see relations getting broken like this. Please suggest me how should I make them together again?

Q: In the UK and more specifically London we are facing great difficulties in securing further burial spaces for our Muslim community. Up to now our community has used a mix of council run cemeteries with dedicated areas for Muslims and in recent years we have had a two dedicated purpose built Muslim cemeteries. The problem we face in London is that the majority of council run cemeteries have now run out of space or are on the brink of running out of space. The result is that in parts of London the cost of a burial is around £5000 and rising yearly which is mostly unaffordable to most. As well as that, within the current climate of major property developments in London, rising land costs, and the current climate with Muslims in the UK it is becoming extremely difficult upon those current Muslim cemeteries to purchase further land. Our cemetery launched recently and after discussing with the local Ulama we concluded on providing “double depth burials” to ensure we extend the life of the cemetery as much as possible for future generations which will also assist in maintaining a lower price on burials. We are currently able to provide a burial for £2500 and by offering the option of double burials can extend the life of the cemetery by almost double. We have also been able to offer additional support for La-Warith cases due to this method. However, our community is majorly concerned with the validity of such an offering and are extremely reluctant to accept this solution at this moment until further approval. For this reason, we are reaching out to Ulama across the UK and across the globe to review this and respond as our personal experience with Ulama has told us that this is not an issue at all and actually a sensible approach to overcoming the challenge we are facing. This method has actually already been implemented in other parts of the UK but as it has not been documented as a fatwa we and other new facilities will face difficulties in being able to convince the community. We hope that this response from the Ulama at large will provide our community with ease and also be used by further cemeteries in this situation. Please could you review our method below and provide you conclusion on this matter.

Double interment Burials:

• A 6 ft. grave is purchased by an owner in agreement that it will be used in the future by a second individual.

• The first person is buried as normal at the bottom of the grave 7 ft down in a shiq method with wooden planks laying flat upon a ridge to cover the body.

• The soil is replaced

• Later on when the second person passes away only 5 ft is re dug from the top of the same grave and the second person is buried above the space of the first.

• This method ensures that a barrier of wooden planks and at least a foot of soil separates the two interments.

• Under no circumstance is the first interment exposed or disturbed during this procedure as our digging team are aware of stopping at least one foot before they reach the soil of the first grave.

• The second person is buried with at least 3 foot of soil above to ensure no animals or the smell of determination does not reach the surface.

Q: What is the ruling on tattoos? Can a person get tattoos? I have heard that it is permissible while some say it is not. Also I want to know what should a person do if he had tattoos before he was a Muslim or if he was a Muslim but ignorant of the fact? Is there any punishment and can they offer prayer with tattoos? Can a person with tattoo perform hajj or umrah? Also should a person get his tattoo removed or not because some of my friends told me that a person is not Muslim if he has tattoos he should remove it? But what if the person can't afford to do so or if the method of removing tattoos is painful?

Q: What are the methods by which we can purify impure clothes?

Q: From what age can a child be brought to the Musjid? Should his dress code be with a hat and long sleeves?

Q: I am working in Dubai Airport. I am working in Cargo. We are handling Cargo going to US military Bases in Afghanistan on a daily basis. Cargo include Food for soldiers and other items which include whatever they need to survive. It is coming from US to Dubai via a ship and from here to Afghanistan through Air. Is my job halaal or not?

Q: My brother had nikah in a situation where his mother in-law was suffering from cancer and passed away one week before marriage so he had no walima done. Now after Ramdhaan my mother got seriously ill and had to opt for lumbar spine. She has to be in bed for at least three months. We are three siblings, two sisters and brother. Both sisters also married. Is it allowed for my brother to bring his wife without walima to look after my mother?

Q: Please advise on the permissibility of investing in the following Shares:

1. BHP Billiton Plc: An international resources company

2. Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is a Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company.

3. Anglo American PLC is a global mining company.

4. Sasol is an integrated oil and gas company.

5. Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited

6. AngloGold Ashanti Limited is a holding company for a group of companies which explore for and mine gold internationally

7. Impala Platinum Holdings Limited, or Implats, is the holding company for a group of companies which operate platinum mines

8.Growthpoint Properties Limited is a real estate company in South Africa. The Company owns a portfolio of commercial, retail and industrial (mostly warehouses) properties in South Africa and Australia

9. Mondi Plc is is an integrated paper and packaging group.

10. South32 a globally diversified metals and mining company