❓Question: Can a women perform i’tikāf during her ‘iddah (waiting period due to a divorce, or the demise of the husband)?
❓Question: In our masjid I have noticed that some people who stay for i’tikāf, spend their time unnecessarily talking and wandering around the building to smoke etc. Is this permissible for a person in i’tikāf?
❓Question: Can a woman travel without a maḥram? What is the ruling of such (i.e., travelling without a maḥram) in the Islāmic Sharī'ah? In the present time, Muslim women often undertake long journeys without a maḥram for religious events, or sometimes a single woman accompanies her maḥram in the travel while the rest of the women travel together (with this woman) – is this practice correct? Some women say that a woman can travel for a day and a night without a maḥram. Please clarify this issue based on the Qurān and the Sunnah.
❓Question: It is a fashion for women to grow long nails of at least one finger. According to sharī'ah, is this allowed?
❓ Question: Is it correct that the husband washes (the dead body of) his wife?
❓ Question: Nowadays, when a funeral procession is carried out, people recite the shahādah loudly (as they walk with it). In some areas, along with the funeral, people recite poems aloud. Is this practice proven by the Qurān and ḥadīth? Please guide us. (A questioner from Lahore, Pakistan)
❓ Question: Is it permissible to go to the relatives of the deceased and recite 'Fātiḥah' while raising your hands? (Shaykh Abdul Wahid, from the state of Bahawalpur)
❓ Question: Is there a ḥadīth that recommends staying by the grave once the dead body is buried for a period of time equal to that taken for slaughtering a camel? What does that mean?
❓ Question: Some people say that it is forbidden to say answers to a dead Muslim being questioned on burial, for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) never did it. Is this true?
❓Question: I own a lot of useful books and references, but I read only a few. However, some people borrow books from me. Is it a sin to keep so many books?
