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    Zakah and Retirement funds

    :salam2: I have searched thru this forum (and various others) to find and answer to this question : Does one include your Retirement fund in your Zakah calculations. Here in South Africa, it is not required by law (it might be in the near future), so contributions to the fund is entirely...
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    Sunnah and faradh

    :salam2: is it better to fast the six days consecutively or seperated? also, can one fast on a Friday alone? I have heard if you fast on a friday , you have to fast Sat and sunday as well. :wasalam:
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    Plucking of the eyebrows

    :salam2: Alghadullilah, I have learnt quite a bit on this site. My wife has very thick, but not abnormally thick, eyebrows. I have once asked my wife to trim her eyebrows, and Alghadullilah, she never listened to me. I have sent her parts of this post to inform her it is garaam, now...
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    The Young Marriage of 'Aa'ishah, The Mother of the Believers.

    Shukran for this post. I myself as I started reading the post was a bit taken aback by Aisha's young age, but soon discovered that this was my westernised (double standards) perceptions of right and wrong. Now I see the truth and have a better understanding of the Prophet (SAW) actions...
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    Jinn

    :salam2: My sister is doing well , Alghamdullilah. She is suffering from some memory loss. During the week she asked my mom who does one make Wudu. I think this is a result of the shock treatment she had while in hospital because she was slowly becoming more comotosed (dunno spelling)...
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    Are our actions our own??

    :salam2: Hadith - Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah, Narrated 'Aisha I heard Allah's Messenger saying: He who discusses about the Divine Decree (al-Qadr) will be answerable for it on the Day of Resurrection and he who observes silence about it, will not be answerable for it. Mabsoot, does this...
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    Are our actions our own??

    :salam2: I ask forgiveness is this question has been raised already. I searched thru all 13 of the pages in the category and could not find a simialr thread. I have often wondered about this and have ,while fishing with elders in my community , posed this question to them, and in the end...
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    Perfume for women in islam

    :salam2: About perfume, if my wife wears it because she is concerned about her bad body odour, especially at work, where there are men as well, is this permissable (yes, she does wash every morning before work :biggrin: ). Also, I have seen on the perfume bottle an ingredient "Alcohol...
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    Jinn

    Shukran brother and sisters for all you duas. my family has been through quite a bit in the past few weeks. My sister is home from hospital and seems very normal as if nothing happened. I can see in her eyes that she is not 100% yet. AS if she is still on her guard. I too am on my guard...
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    Jinn

    :salam2: Shukran for all your dua, advice and guidance. My sister is doing well in hospital - Algamdulillah . She was sent home yesterday for the afternoon to spend with her family. She went back to hospital again later. I think I found the reason why Allah has allowed this to happen...
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    Jinn

    Shukran brothers and sisters for this post and the duas. My reason for the post is just to learn more about the enemy. From my research on the internet, I have come to learn that jinn is all around, us constantly. This has given me some strength in that if they have always been there then...
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    Jinn

    Fear Assalamu Alaikoem Thank you for this post brothers and sisters. Today is 11th Aug 2006. Last week Wed 6th, my sister started to become very disorientated. She started hearing voices telling her not to make salaah as soon as she was about to begin. Also telling her not to read the...
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