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My husband was joking with me, and during the joke, he said to me: You are divorced, does the divorce take effect?

A person owns a shop in the UAE, and he has a partner and employees. They have set up a donation box. Is it permissible for him to send money from this box to his needy sister and inform her about it, knowing that his financial situation is not good?

If a man divorces his wife with an explicit word that does not require intention, the question is: Is this only a legal matter? Or is it also a religious matter that does not require intention? In other words, if he did not intend with his explicit words, does the divorce occur religiously or not?

He divorced his wife and documented the divorce in court without the intention of divorce, but to obtain a benefit, which is a travel visa. Does this case count as a divorce against the wife? And is she considered irrevocably divorced (minor irrevocable divorce) and cannot return to him except with a new contract, even if he wants to take her back before the end of the waiting period?

Is the reward for charity on Friday doubled? And is it permissible to have an intention with it, such as the intention for healing?

Is it permissible for me to take what suits me from the clothes that I was tasked with distributing to the poor, knowing that I am in the same financial situation, and the owner of the clothes has permitted me to dispose of them freely, or is it better for me to inform her?

A woman in need of money asked her brother for charity for others, but she intends to keep it for herself. What is the ruling on her action?

Do vitamin injections break the fast?

A woman’s husband passed away, and he had an amount of zakat due, but she does not know its value. His daughter has taken on the sponsorship of an orphan on behalf of her father. Is it permissible to count the money she pays to the orphan as part of her father's zakat?