Musjid-e-kabeer

Q: Your answer below refers:

A Musjid-e-kabeer is a Musjid which is 334,451 square metres or more.

Question : Will the musjid still be considered Musjid -e-Kabeer if the total musjid area is example 400 square meters, however spread out over four floors of 100 square meters each floor.

Charging the tenant a fixed rent

Q: Is it permissible to include in a lease agreement with a commercial tenant that they will be responsible for the following:

1) Monthly municipal rates which will be billed by the Municipality to the landlord. These charges will be passed on to the tenant.

2) If at any time during the lease agreement there are any increases by the municipality in rates, the tenant will also be liable for such increase.

Father gifting property to his daughters in his lifetime

Q: My father recently passed away. The question relates to matters of inheritance

a. A number of assets were ‘given” to his daughters (no sons) in his lifetime, which he told many people that ownership was for the daughters alone. He (the father) paid the zakaat and managed the assets, related income and expenditure till his death. The question is whether the shariah ownership it’s with the daughters or the estate.

b. An income generations asset was put into a trust. The daughters were again given ownership, however all in the name of heir children. In this case the net funds received were kept separately. When a payout was made it was paid on to the daughters. The question is whether the shariah ownership it’s with the daughters or the estate.

Shaking one's legs while sitting

Q: When I was young, I heard from the person who taught me how to read qur'an, that shaking your leg while sitting shouldnt be done. He said that its not haram but it shouldn't be done because satan does it. Now, everyone I know says they have never heard of this and I can't find anything online. My question is, is it true that you shouldn't shake your leg while sitting?

Finding impurity on one's body after istinja

Q: Please can you help me with the following?

1. Yesterday after passing stool I showered and cleaned myself to the best of my ability. Later that day when I cleaned myself in the toilet I found my private parts were still a bit dirty. I am now concerned that due to the fact that I showered and dried myself i could have spread the najaasat all over my body and therefore wherever i sat during the day and possibly perspired could have become napaak. Please let me know if this is in fact the case and whether I have to go back and wash all the areas i sat on during the day, including my towel shoes etc

2. Sometimes after cleaning I notice a dead insect on the cloth that I have cleaned my house with, would this then make all the items I wiped with that cloth napaak and is it necessary for me to wash these items three times?

3. We were out at a restaurant with family and friends and when we got home I realised that my daughter had urinated in her pants. I then began to get concerned that she was sitting on the chairs in the restaurant and touching everything there including the food, utensils etc. Furthermore she also sat on our family and friends laps and touched their belongings. I am not sure how wet her clothes were at the time and whether the urine has made all these things napaak. Please can you advise me as to what to do in this situation.