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Is it permissible to have a delivery job where forbidden and permissible foods are transported? The person in this job does not cook, buy, or sell, but only transports. The employee receives their wages from the delivery company, not from the buyer or the seller. What is the ruling?

Is it obligatory for the indebted (debtors) to pay Zakat al-Fitr?

Is the supplication in times of calamity permissible according to the Hanafi school only in the Fajr prayer, or is it allowed in other prayers as well? And is it permissible for an individual to make supplication in times of calamity, or is it only for the imam?

A person who is not a trader bought land with the intention of selling it when its price increases, and has the following questions: - If a year passes, should he pay zakat based on the estimated price at the end of the year or based on its old price? How does he evaluate its new price? - If he later changes his intention and decides to keep the land for construction or agriculture, does the ruling on zakat change or does it remain tied to his initial intention? - If he bought it with the intention of selling it to purchase another piece of land that is closer and more suitable for construction, not for profit, does it also require zakat after a year passes?

If someone prays in impure clothing while traveling due to being unable to change their clothes, must they repeat the prayer when they are back home?

A woman has five children and she is poor, and her husband is traveling. He is in financial difficulty and only sends her a little money at distant intervals. Is she required to pay Zakat al-Fitr, and is Zakat al-Fitr obligatory on the poor?

What is the criterion for a clearing of the throat that invalidates the prayer? Is there a relation to opening the mouth during it, or is it sufficient that he cleared his throat and made a sound for the prayer to be invalid? What is the criterion for someone who responds to the Imam when he says: 'Is not Allah the Best of Judges?', and the follower says: 'Yes', or if the follower says: 'Ameen' after 'And grant us victory over the disbelieving people'? And what if someone says 'Astaghfirullah' during the prayer without an excuse, does that invalidate the prayer?

I heard that a woman is not allowed to give her husband from her Zakat, and I read a statement from one of the scholars that it is permissible for a woman to give her husband from her Zakat. What is the correct stance on this?

A woman who can stand and bow in prayer, but cannot prostrate, is it permissible for her to sit on a chair during prostration only?