ANSWER: The night begins with sunset and ends with dawn, so if the sun sets at five O’Clock PM and the dawn starts at five AM, then one-third of the night equals 4 hours and two-thirds are 8 hours, hence the last third of the night begins at one AM to five AM (and ends […]

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ANSWER: The only way to make this relation halal, is to marry her. You both first need to cut all relationships and communications, repent, show remorse and ask Allan for forgiveness. If you can’t marry her, you must cut all communications and fast until you are able to marry her or anyone else. 

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ANSWER: Feeding ten poor persons with the average kind of food that he feeds his family, by giving each person half a saa’ of the usual local staple, such as rice etc. This is equivalent to approximately one-and-a-half kilograms. If rice is usually eaten with some kind of sauce then along with the rice he […]

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ANSWER: Give them hugs and kisses, try to express your feeling by saying ‘ I love you’, bring them things they love, be fair with them, treat them in a kind way, do not shout at them with no reason, and teach them Qur’an and Sunnah.

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ANSWER: Firstly, one must pay his zakat exactly when it’s due and not on monthly basis. They can however pay their zakat in advance of the following year.  Secondly, there’s no zakat on land, unless you put it for sale. 

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ANSWER: It is very difficult to keep track of all of this throughout the year. Therefore, it is best to set a date in the lunar calendar and whenever this date is due, you look at your savings and give 2.5% as zakat, regardless when the money came into your possession. 

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