Q: How is Zakaat calculated on shares in property investments, e.g. Al-Mabroor Property Investments etc. a) Is Zakaat payable on the entire investment amount or b) Is Zakaat payable only on the income received which one has in his possession when Zakaat is due?
Q: I would like to ask you if a sister in-law shakes hands with her brother in-law and hugs him does his nikaah brake and also if the brother in-law shakes the sister in-laws hands and hugs her and stands next to her where their elbows and arms are touching? Please let me know as soon as possible.
Q: I buy burqas from south africa to sell it back in my country. Not in a shop but personally. Now the law at the airport in my country is that if we bring any types of items for sale we should declare it and pay a tax on it (if they allow us to take it back from them). If i do not declare as such and sell them will the income that i will receive halaal?
Q: Is there any other fiqh book of the hanafi fiqh like Bahishti Zewar which I can read? I can't bring Bahishti zewar because it was written for the women and if I will bring that, my family members will make fun of me that I am reading womens' book. Please tell me if there is any fiqh book in urdu which I can read.
Q: My English teacher (a Christian) asked me about the old testament being part of the Quraan and where does it fit in. I am still in the process of learning Islam and told him I would ask some one with more knowledge. Where does the book of genesis in the old testament of the Bible fit in the Quraan and is the old testament exactly the same in the Quraan as it is in the Bible?
Q: In order for a promise with Allah to be valid does the promise have to be said verbally, and what if a person doesn't say it verbally but just says it in his head?
Q: I wanted to seek you ulama's opinion with regards to an unmarried girl doing bai'at with a sheikh to do tazkiya of nafs. She is a girl studying online Aalimah course. Nowadays we can do bai'at by staying in our home itself via live program of any bai'at majlis, so no issue of hijab arises. But I wanted to know is it good to have bai'at with a sheikh for a woman, or she can do azkaar that are reported in ahadith shareef by her own without guidance of a sheikh? Hoping for a convincing advise.
Q: Can I marry without my parents consent. I fear that I may commit zina?
Q:
1. can I give zakat in qest I mean I have to give 2500 zakat so can I give it 500 per month or I should give it all together.
2 And if I qaza of one year zakat, is it sinful?
3. If I give some money to another person as qarz, is zakaat farz on that money?
Q: My name is Asad. At times I feel depressed of my wrong and think that I am actually an "Asad of my nafs or an "Asad of sin." However, I want to be an Asad of Allah Ta'ala. Please advise if it would be appropriate to change my name to 'Asadullah.'