Miscellaneous

Q: In light of recent developments in our country what is the view of the senior 'Ulama and Muftiyan concerning the appearance of 'Ulama on TV - in  particular "Islamic" TV Channels or YouTube?

Q: I work in a construction site and almost everyday I need to give report to client about the activities going on on site, for this report client require me to take photos of the activities. In the site activities, there will be worker who doing their work so if I take photos obviously it will take the picture of the worker also. The intention is to take the pictures of the situation on site and the focus is not on the worker. So is it still not permissible to take this kind of photos since inevitably photos of human will be taken as well? How about take the photo in such a way that only the backs of the workers and seen, or take the picture of the worker is small enough that you cant see their eyes/faces.

Q: At a recent Islamic school event the MC and subsequent speakers were streamed live to the female section of the hall. In this way the females were able to view a live feed of the speakers (all male) without the speakers being able to see them. Is this permissable?

Q: In our maktab after imtihaan can the male ustaads play a soccer match against the elder boys. All the girls small and older and moulana's wives will watch the match. Its only one match.​

Q: My wife is overweight so she conceals her body from me. We do not stay with my or her parents. Is she allowed to make purdah from me? I am the husband.

Q: My niece and her husband and young baby six week old will be moving into their own house soon. What rites /Duah’s can one do to ask/ beseech Allah to grant them Nur, Peace, Tranquility, Baraqat and Ragmat  and Rizq as they still have to pay off the new home Insha’Allah?

Q: I live in Holland. A friend of us is cheating the social security with his mariagal status. The point is that a married couple will get about 1200 euros from the social security, but this friend did divorce on paper so that his wife could get a seperate social security of about 1000 and he himself about 900 euros. We have advised him several times that he should stop with this and change the situation how it should be i.e. registered as married and thus in case of need only 1 social security income. The person has also 2 children from his brother in Ghana on his name and thus was also getting money for them from the law. My question is, is it aloud to report him due the cheatings he is doing, so that they will stop him. He will have to pay back the money he received unjustly.

Q: I would like to know if the IUI treatment for fertility is it halal? 

Q: In the Arabic TV series about Omar Ibn Al Khattab, a Jew is shown fighting along with the Muslims in the battle of Badr. Is there evidence for this having happened in reality - did a few Jews participate on the Muslim side in the battles of Badr and Uhud (i.e. without first having converted to Islam)?

Q: Is it legal to say “Salaams” or “ASAK” instead of “Assalamulaikum” as a shortcut?