Q: Is it sunnah to have a cat in your house?

Q: Please advise on the following with regards to qasr salaat. I reside in the Phoenix area and go visit my in laws in Umzinto which is about 90km from Phoenix.

Phoenix is in the Ethekwini (Durban) municipality which extends from Tongaat in the north to Umkomaas in the South and to Camperdown in the West. Where do I count the boundary, from the town of Phoenix or from the Ethekwini municipal boundary? Umkomaas to Umzinto is about 20km but it is about 70km from Phoenix. Please advise.

Q: Can I offer my parents missed salaahs as they both have died (may Allah bless their souls and forgive them) or should I pay fidyah for their missed salaahs and fasts so that Allah almighty may forgive them for not being regular in their salaah and fasting. 

Q:

1) Is it permissible for an unmarried girl to neaten the eyebrows (i.e. remove the stray hairs that are above the eyes and above nose area)?

2) Is it permissible to tint the eyelashes? (Black)

3) Is wudhu valid if someone has dirt or normal food particles (excluding dough) under the nails?

4) Is wudhu valid if after completing wudhu, the residue caused by water discharge from the eyes remain? (Like the discharge around the eyes when one wakes up from a sleep)

5) Is it permissible to use snail cream/ products on one’s body?

6) Is wudhu valid if there is glitter on the wudhu parts that remain even after completing wudhu i.e the glitter that comes on a person from clothing, carpet etc?

7) Can a person read salaah whilst azaan is being called?

Q: Can a Sunni (Hanafi) male make nikaah with a Shia Jafaria (Ayat Ullah Khumeni) female?

Q: We have named our daughter Aasiyah after the beautiful personality af Aasiyah (radhiyallahu anha). However, recently my grandmother called me to tell me that she heard a mufti on the radio saying that the name means sinner. I did a bit of research and did find a hadeeth in Muslim regarding the name 'Aasiyah, however it was spelled with an 'ain and our daughters name is spelled with an alif. Please give clarity on the matter as it is causing great stress.

Q: I have started an online hijab business and want to promote the hijab. Would it be permissible to have women wearing my hijab on my hijab website? They will be fully covered with no awrah showing and they will not beautify themselves for the pictures. With this business I would also like to influence young women to wear the hijab and talk about Islam and my journey again, I will be fully covered and will not beautify myself for the videos. Will this be permissible? My intentions are to promote the hijab not to promote beauty which is why they will be fully covered and wearing the hijab properly.

Q: A person is climbing/descending.

1. Does he have to recite Allahu akbar/Subhanallah the entire time that he is climbing/descending, or only thrice?

2. He is climbing/descending when the adhaan starts. Should he answer the adhaan or recite Allahu akbar/Subhanallah?

Q: A person who is a saahib-e-tarteeb misses his Fajr and Dhuhr Salaah.

1. After he prays his Asr prayer, he remembers that he has not prayed Fajr and Dhuhr. Does he have to repeat Asr after praying the qadha of Fajr and Dhuhr?

2. He forgets to pray his previous day's qadha Fajr and Dhuhr and only remembers the next day after he has prayed his next day's Fajr sunnah. Should he now pray his qadha first, or pray the next day's Fajr fardh and then pray his qadha?

Q: What is the meaning of the Quraan being the uncreated word of Allah?