Q: Please advise what is the duties of a daughter in law to her in laws? Is a married woman entitled to separate accommodation from the in laws if she does not wish to live with them. If the daughter in law is wealthier than the in laws and refuses to give them money is it a sin on her? The in-laws are wasteful, spend foolishly. Can a woman ask her husband to give her a quarter of his salary (she will pay for the bulk of expenses) to live separately and give his family a third or so of what he earns. If he refuses to live separately as he wants to give all his earning to his family, is this a valid ground for a women to ask for a divorce. Please bear in mind living with the in laws is causing the daughter in law to suffer from anxiety and she is becoming physically sick.

Q: While reading namaaz different types of sounds come out like when I close my lips and while opening the lips and due to the movement of the tongue some sound is generated and while reading rabbana lakal hamd near hamd different sounds comes out, when the tongue touches the upper lip. Do this kind of sounds invalidate my salaah? Can you tell me which kinds of sounds invalidate salaah and which of them don't?

Q: If I am not sure if I am sexually napaak and I have my periods and if I shower not for paaki but just a shower, will everything I touch become napaak and since my hair will be wet after showering if any drops fall will they make things in the house napaak and since I have school and wear my coat and bag will they become napaak also? Since I can't wash that what should I do? And has my bed and every other place before showering become napaak now?

Q: I was reading a text that was inappropriate not intentionally and it wasn't descriptive at all it just had an inappropriate word (sexual). Since I read it am I napaak now? and am I that type of napaak even if I have my periods? If I have sat on many places are those napaak now as well? Please help. This has been bothering me since the morning when I had read it.

Q: This morning I thought fajar happened around 6:35 so when I woke up around 6 I thought there was still time to pray. I went and made wudu and I am kind of sure that the sky was dark but there was like a very faint light when I started. I didn't think it was that late so I started praying. I struggle with OCD so it takes me a while to pray even four rakaat and when I was done the sky was still dark but it was a lighter blue colour. Did I pray at a forbidden time? Did my namaaz not count? I am so doubtful and my OCD makes everything so hard can you please tell me what I should do? If I have to repent or make it up do I read the prayer of repentance after making wudu?

Q: I am going out with a girl and I knew her from the internet and we didn't meet yet. I tried to stop but she is a Muslim but her parents aren't that good in Islam. But she wants to get better in Islam so I didn't stop. We decided not to meet until we tell our parents, so I don't know what to do. Tell me what to do please?

Q: I would like to know the rulings of haidh for a Shaafi person. Can they touch the Qur'an or read it by memory. Can you please tell me the rulings?

Q: A Muqtadi has recited an even number of Tasbeeh in Ruku or Sajdah. Before he can recite the next Tasbeeh, to make it an odd number, the Imaam makes the Takbeer. Is the Muqtadi permitted to recite one more Tasbeeh (in order to make it an odd number) after the Imaam has said the Takbeer?

Q: Please advise regarding the Azaan:

(1) Should Masnoon Dua's be recited during the Azaan? For example, the Masnoon Dua's for entering the Masjid, when boarding a vehicle, when leaving the home and so forth.

(2) If a person is standing during the Azaan, should he remain standing until the Azaan has been completed before he sits down/performs Salaah?

(3) A person enters the Masjid just before the Muazzin is about to commence the Azaan. Is it correct for him to commence Tahiyatul Masjid or Sunnah Salaah at this point i.e. a few seconds before the Azaan? In this manner, almost his entire Salaah will be performed during the Azaan.

(4) It is often observed that those who arrive early to the Masjid (much before the Azaan and within the Salaah time) only perform their Sunnah Salaah after the Azaan has been given. It gives the impression that they were waiting for the Azaan in order to perform their Salaah. Is this correct?

(5) Should one greet a person with Salaam and shake his hands during the Azaan?

(6) Should one respond to the Salaam of a person during the Azaan?

(7) Can one verbally inform others to keep quiet during the Azaan whilst the Azaan is going?

(8) Should one respond to the Azaan heard over a recording or live streaming audio?

(9) Should one avoid 'answering the call of nature' during the Azaan?

Q: I have heard one is able to join prayer like zuhr and asr when need be. I am a student and I can never get any work done at home so I go to the library. Only the time between the two namazes are like three hours. Is it ok for me to join the two in this case because that gives me so much more time to sit there and get my work done?