Q: My husband is a student of deen and his parents help us for our living. I do teach and get a monthly salary alhmdulillah. From it I give 2/3 and keep 1/3 for me.

Now for qurbaani I wanted to do it here in South Africa but my husband said "the best in reward" is that I do in another country cheaper and give the extra with the 2/3. I do not mind giving.

My question is as follow: Will I get more thawaab in doing qurbaani here in South Africa or in doing somewhere else cheaper and giving the extra of my qurbaani budget to help with the expenses?

Q: My father had 4 brothers and 1 sister. After my grandfather's death my father's eldest brother usurped the leather factory which was in the name of all brothers and changed the name of the factory in his daughter's name depriving all the three brothers and their children off their rights.

After this he and his wife did all the wrong which they could possibly do with us from fighting to abusing to physically hurting and even spreading bad things about us to all other relatives. Yet after all this when the same eldest brother fell ill all other brothers took care of him and helped him. His wife for that period of time became good and changed. But as soon as her husband passed away she became the same old evil lady. Yet others kept patient with her and kept ties with her.

She is good to us only when she feels the need for the family support and once her work is done she changes to be the same mean and evil lady. So my question is how to deal with such a relative who from the very beginning has only given loss and hurt and bad memories to us but becomes good when she needs us? She is good to us as long as she knows she will be benefitted from us but when there is any discussion about the family property or division she becomes the most evil person changing her attitude completely.

Q: I have heard that saying aameen to a dua is like making the dua yourself. Sometimes when we listen to recorded Islamic lectures on a CD, the person giving the lecture makes dua. If we say "Aameen" to this dua, will this too be counted as if we said the dua ourselves, even if the dua comes from a recording?

Q: I would just like to enquire if a fasakh is granted based upon a lie, is it valid?

Q: My father in law can’t move by himself so he uses diapers but he always takes off his diapers in front of me and the kids even sometimes he passes urine without asking to close the doors. What should I do?

Q: I purchased a goat for Qurbani, tonight it had been murdered by dogs. Now is it mandatory to purchase another goat ?

Q: Is it makrooh to cut nails and hairs in the state of haiz?

Q: Can we share 3 or 6 in a cow for qurbani?

Q: I am a teenager, but I don't read salaah or Qur'aan anymore, and my parents don't enforce it. Whilst living with my grandmother, it was enforced. I don't want to lose my faith. Reading salaah and Qur'aan are becoming difficult. My questions are:

1- how do I regain my faith and just become a better Muslim overall?

2- what books (excluding the Qur'aan) would you recommend for a Muslim to read regardless of the situation?

3- If a person were to begin learning arabic, how would you suggest they go about it?

Q: What should be recited while burning lobaan?