Q: In a book I acquired in 1978 called kitaab-us salaah printed by the young men's Muslim association which has been my guide ever since. I have now recently discovered the performance of Salaatul lail which is not mentioned in this book nor have I performed it previously. Can Mufti please throw some light on this.
Q: If a woman marries a man simply to use him by taking his money and then divorcing him, how would Allah judge this on the day of judgement?
Q: Is it allowed in Islam to attend funerals of non Muslim and go into churches for funeral ceremonies. Please put some light on this.
Q: If a person is not sure how many times he recited the tasbeeh in Salatul Tasbeeh, should he recite the tasbeeh a few extra times or should he just carry on and remain in doubt?
Q: I have a monthly income of R10 000 which is paid on the 1st of every month. At the end of the month I barely have anything left. I also have no savings. I was previously wealthy and also I never went insolvent. I always took out my zakaat in the first week of Ramadhan. If the first week of Ramadhan falls on the 1st week of the gregorian calender when I receive my salary, is zakaat waajib on me?
Q: My cousin and her fiance' did ijaab and qabul (proposal and acceptance) without a khutba in the presence of two females and one male (the first female is my cousin i.e my brothers wife and the second female is her cousin and the boy is also her cousin). Is this nikah valid?
Q: If I died how do I divide my house? I have 4 siblings all sisters and parents alive. Or, if I had the same situation but a divorced wife with my child then what do I do?
Q: Is it necessary to stipulate a termination date in an employment contract?
Q: What is the mas'alah regarding Isha Salaah in the city of Chicago U.S.A. According to the Salaah timings calendar there are 2 timings for Isha Salaah i.e. Isha 1 & Isha 2 (the time difference between them is about 30 mins). Isha 1 corresponds to the disappearance of shafaq-Ahmar (15 degrees) and Isha 2 corresponds to the disappearance of shafaq-abyadh (18 degrees). At the moment the masaajids mostly follow Isha 2 due to "ihtiyaat". But the place where I will be performing taraweeh, if we follow Isha 2 then we will be finishing our taraaweeh around midnight (due to Isha 2 starting around 10:40pm). It will be quite difficult for the musallees due to sehri ending around 3:15am. The person in charge left it up to me to decide whether to follow Isha 1 or Isha 2, but they will be pleased if I follow Isha 1. What is the best thing for me to do?
Q: What is the mas’alah regarding taking money for leading the Taraaweeh Salaah during the month of Ramadhaan? In the country I live in, most people performing Taraaweeh accept the money and gifts that people give them.