Q: What is the Islamic perspective on Black Friday sales? I’ve read that this day is linked to Christian holidays. Even some Muslim businesses are promoting items for this day.

Q: I belong to a pakistani family. I am 29 years old my parents are not thinking about my marriage as i am a girl they should think about me but unfortunaltely they keep ignoring this main issue even though if any proposal comes they just ignore ,as a single girl sometimes it is very hard for me to control eveything how can i tell my parents that i also want to get married and wanted to live my life with my husband, i know parents are a blessing but they should also think about my marriage and my parents dont talk to each other literally .

Q: I have question regarding photography in the masjid. Nowadays we see in our country that there is a big screen inside the masjid in which we can see the imam who is delivering a bayan, etc. I want to know if that is correct?

Secondly I have heard that if there is an animated object where salah is perform than your salah will be makrooh? Is this correct?

Q: I have been married for 27 years. My husband used to beat me but now his health doesn't allow so he calls names. Recently he crossed the line by saying that our nikaah is haraam and as a result our children are haraam. I am very upset and troubled. He prays 5 times a day and even wakes up for tahajjud. He has read the tafseer and been for hajj and umrah.

Q:

1. Can I know any authentic hadith and examples other than that of Ibn Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) of cutting a fistful of the beard?

2. When we say cut a fistful of the beard (exceeding one fist), from where do we take 1 fist? How do we know this? Is there any authentic source which mentions that one fist is from the chin or do we just assume it?

Q: My husband has 2 wives. I am a working lady and share 60-70% of my and my kids' expenditures with my salary and job, but the other one is a house wife who is totally dependant on my husband. My husband spends one night with me and the other night with her. I work from 7 am to 5 pm. But my husband has broken shifts. He is free in the afternoon, so everyday he goes to my cowife's house in the afternoon because I am not at home and from there he goes to work again. On the way back to my cowive's house, he visits me for an hour everyday.

My cowife says that it is unfair that he spends time with me from her night. She also argues , "He spends the afternoons at my house because you are not available, it is not my problem. You can leave the job and stay with me in my house. Otherwise he should not visit you when it is my turn." She says that Allah will punish me for all this.

Please tell me where I am wrong? Shall we divide my available time half-half between me and my cowife or what?

Q: We found the name Zaydan online and we having a baby boy in a week. Is Zaydan an authentic Muslim name?

Q: I have one doubt, are there any relatives of Nabi Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) presently?

Q:

1. Are non-Muslims allowed in masjids? Can Non-Muslims be invited into the masajid by Muslims?

2. Can non-Muslims enter into Makkah or Madinah or the Haram boundaries?

3. Can we invite non-Muslims to our house for lunch/dinner or their bad company could affect our Iman as well? Can we be friends with non-muslims?

Q: The purpose of this email is firstly to educate myself on how to cope with such a dilema and how I could sit down and advise my father on what has happened and InshaAllah he can put this particular issue to rest. These things are constantly on his mind which is affecting his health, basically he needs closure.

The estate in question is of my uncle, my fathers brother. He left behind no children, a widow only. His widow was the executor of his estate. She distributed the estate to herself on the basis my late uncle gave her everything he owned two days before his death. She has a fatwa from a respected mufti that what she did/is doing is correct, Mufti's fatwa was correct on the information he was provided but does not tell the whole story.

My uncle passed away from cancer, he suffered before his death. In my personal opinion he was not in sane state of mind in the weeks before his death. He verbally abused my parents when they visited and even stated openly to everyone he will not let my father inherit from his estate. So our family accepts that his living request was not to distribute his estate according to Shariah. And we have no control over his estate as we were left out of consultation when it came to this matter.

Her defense is Mufti's fatwa says everything is done according to Shariah. Apparently there was witnesses to my uncle verbally giving everything to her in that two days before his death, but no one willing to come forward.

My father is very upset in the manner in which his one and only brothers estate was handled, for example he was excluded from the will reading etc... My father accepts the facts that his brother did not want him to inherit. Also he has no intention of claiming from this estate, besides him having no legal claim whatsoever. All he wants is clarification on the events leading to the conclusion that his brothers estate is done islamically according to Shariah. Verily Allah (swt) knows best.

My father is very strong headed when it comes down to whats right and wrong. The amount of disunity in the family this has created is very sad... Two questions I may ask please...

1. Please advise me what advise i can give my father on dealing with this matter as it is not healthy for him to carry on like this.

2. Based on the Above events, taken into account everything is done according to Shariah, does my uncles wife have the right to claim his full share from My GRAND FATHERS estate.