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Question : What is your ruling about cat's hair on a person's dress during salat? Answer : Cat's hair does not invalidate prayer. —— Question : Is it permissible to combine Zuhr and Asr prayers or Maghrib and Isha prayers? Answer : There is no problem in it. However, it is better to offer the Asr prayers one hour and a half after Zohr and Isha a quarter after Maghrib. —— Question : Some women wish to avoid pregnancy, but their husbands want (them to get pregnant). How do they prevent the onset of pregnancy? By using pills, injections or the cleansing of the vagina after intercourse? Answer : All of these methods are permissible. —— Question : What is your opinion about the beer (Maa al-Sha'eir) which is sold on the market normally with a label that reads "alcohol free". Answer : The drink that is made from barley and called "Fuqa' in Arabic is definitely forbidden and ritually impure as an obligatory precaution. This drink is not intoxicant normally but it makes one feel tipsy; that is a state of slight drunkenness caused apparently by low percentage of alcohol in the liquid. Therefore, if a drink is produced alcohol free in the first place and it is not called "Fuqa" (beer), there is no problem, or else, it is forbidden even if alcohol is separated from it. God knows best! —— Read more »

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