Q: Is it permissible to eat shrimp, crabs, lobster and squid in Hanafi Fiqh?

Q: When does the time for zuhr end according to the Hanafi fiqh? Does it end when the Shaf'iee asr time starts or is it after?

Q: I want to know if it is permissible for a Muslim child to learn to play a musical instrument such as the organ (electric piano) through classes at home or at a special centre. There is much talk of how music stimulates creativity brain growth and so on. With this in mind would it be haram to permit him to learn? We don't generally listen to music as a family but sometimes we watch (clean) movies or cartoons that have music in them.
Sometimes our son comes home from school and requests a certain song that he heard on the bus or his classmates singing to be played and we oblige by playing the song a few times on the computer. Is this permissible? Also what about allowing small children to listen to nursery rhymes and Islamic songs which have clean lyrics but also music in them - can they do this?

Q:

1. Is it ok to read the Zodiac signs without believing in it firmly. Zodiac signs tell us about some things in general. Will this be permissible or will this be like going to a soothsayer?
2. Is it permissible to wear stones or pearls? People say that they are a source of peace.

Q: My husband and I want to go for umrah. A relative is prepared to give me a loan against jewellaery that I have. Which is the correct way of doing the loan. The intention is to repay the same loan amount back and receive the jewellery back.

Q: I heard that many people are seeing dajaal in their dreams, and this means that qiyaamah is very near. Can mufti saheb please advise reagarding this?

Q: Do males have to 'wash' their beard when performing wudhu or simply make khilaal of the beard?

Q: Why are non muslims not allowed to visit Makkah and Madinah which is a holy place of Islam?

Q: I wanted to buy a sewing machine for R5500. I paid R500 and my husband paid the remaining R5000. Who does the machine belong to?

Q: I have heard that it is sunnah to give the Adhan in a new born babies right ear. Is this correct or is this an innovation? Can you provide some hadiths to verify that this is correct?