Q: Should a female sit in tashahud with her right leg over the left leg and right foot over the left?

Q: I had given two talaaqs to my wife on different occasions and did not separate. After that one day in an argument between us she demanded that I  divorce her. I told her that I will divorce you "Main tumy talaq be day don ga". My intention was only to make her afraid not a divorce. After that we live together and noting happened. After three months of this event my wife is claiming that I had divorced her on that occasion. While I am sure I did not divorce her I just said I will divorce you. There was no intention of divorce.

Q: I am from India and want to ask a question regarding nikaah. There is a girl who accepted Islam and is following it secretly for almost five years without her parents knowledge. (She was Hindu and from a Hindu family). Now she want to get married with a Muslim boy but without anyone's notice and fly abroad with that guy. As we know in her situation she is a wali for herself as her complete family is Hindu. She is even worried to marry in front of any Imaam. She wants to marry first and then fly abroad. Her concern is that, can she marry that boy without a qazi.

Q: What is the ruling regarding umrah in the month of Shawwaal? If anyone makes umrah in this month what will happen?

Q: Is it bad luck to wear someone's wedding dress?

Q: My father met my mother when she had two children from a previous marriage. My mother passed away 35 years ago. My father father bought a house 20 years after my mother passed away. Can his step children inherit?

Q: I am from Pakistan, I want to switch to an organisation which only provides software to banks. We need to sit in banks and also to eat and drink in banks. Most of my colleagues says that it is harm to switch to that organisation. What is your opinion?

Q: Males are seated on one side of a hall and females are seated on another. The tables are arranged such that the backs of the males are facing the backs of the females. There is a distance of four meters between the two. There is no curtain or anything separating the two sides. At any time one can look behind and see ghair mahrams. Both sides can also hear the voices of the other. Prominent Moulana's attend gatherings set-up like this with their wives. The organisers say that since they are separated and no one is forced to look at the other and also that talking to the other side is not possible, it is alright. Is this set up permissible? Please comment.

Q: A Muslim entered his dog into a dog competition. Based on the gait, size, alertness, general health and so forth of the dog, the dog was placed in the top three of the competition - in light of the other entered dogs. The owner was awarded some physical items as prizes. This person has given me such prizes as a gift. (1) May I keep such gifts? (2) If not, to whom must I return the prizes: the winner, or the dog association that ran the competition?

Q: My bother passed away and his five kids and widow are in my supervision. Even though I am a lady but Alhamdulillah I did my best. Alhamdulillah now my brothers property problem is also solved and Alhamdulillah they received some money. They are not capable of handling this amount. No one in relatives are responsible enough to keep this Amanath for them. And may Allah Ta'ala forgive me I don't trust anyone for their money. I don't want to keep it in the bank and collect interest on their money. So with several god fearing peoples advise I invested their money in a certain brothers clothes store. He said for every 1 Lakh Rs he will give 1 thousand as profit. He said he can give more than that because he is saving lot more in interest. He said he will fix this minimum amount. And Allah forbid if in case he has loss in his business he will sell his house and give the money back to us. I got everything in writing for my brothers widow and her children's name. Alhamdulillah this brother himself is a very pious person. And spends lots of his time besides business in Dawah work. So mufti sahib please advise me if I did it right?