Q: Today a woman has the option of feeding her infant with milk-based formula. Keeping that in mind, is she still allowed to miss her fasts if she breastfeeds her child and is weakened because of it?

Q: I have noticed that in certain Masaajid, where a protruding mic is used as compared to the clip-on mic, the Imam swerves in a crescent like motion as he proceeds from Qiyaam into Ruku. Again, when he returns from ruku, this swerve, clear and deliberate, like a crescent motion , is repeated, again, when he proceeds into Sajda and when eventually returning to Qiyaam, in each and every Rakaat, whenever moving in or out of Qiyaam, this swerve motion is clear and deliberate and apparent. In Some Masaajid, the protruding mic which is positioned lower for the sajda also requires this additional deliberate swerve motion too so this is a new but clear and deliberate 'additional swing motion' to avoid hiting the mic, which has been specifically positioned directly in front of his mouth. Although his chest does not move from the direction of Qiblah at all, this does seem like a new, foreign and additional motion in Salaah. Please comment in general as well as specifically whether this affects the value and or validity of this Jamaat salaah, as it is a 'new norm' of Salaah adopted by the Imam out of necessity, to avoid hitting the mic as he moves from one position of Salaah to another.

Q: Is their any special duaas to be read or any khatams on the opening of a new business as the last tenants were not so successful?

Q: What is the Safar Distance limit?

Q: How many piercings is a woman allowed to have? In which cases is piercing regarded as mutilation?

Q:

1. Is it permissible for a man to wear short sleeves while reading salaah?

2. Is it permissible for a man to read salaah without wearing a topi?

3. Is it permissible for a man to read salaah without a kurta?

Q: A person went for Umrah, his plane landed in Jeddah on Tuesday morning,he stayed in Jeddah and on Wednesday after Asr he went to Makkah shareef for Umrah, he fastened ihraam in Jeddah,after Umrah he returned to Jeddah.Was it correct to fasten ihraam in Jeddah?

Q: I like reciting Surah Ikhlaas, from hadith we know that if one recites Surah Ikhlaas 3 times it equivalent to recitation of one complete Quran. I wanted to know whether surah Ikhlaas could be read:

1. In every rakath of Fardh salaat.
2. In every rakath of Sunnath salaat.
3. In every rakath of any nafil salaat
4. In every rakath during taraweeh if missed with Jamath.
5. In every rakath of Salatul Tauba, Salatul Thajjud, Witar and while offering the missed salaat.

Q: Recently I was copying from a book the fourteen locations of Sijdah at Tilawah. Please advise whether I must do Sijdah Tilawat when I am writing an Ayat of Sijdah.

Q: From where to where will you start and end the calculation? I live in Durban?