Question Five: One of our Shabab (brothers) wants to adjudicate the Diyah (blood money) with silver of 12000 Dirhams to make it easier for the people. Is it permitted to rule with the blood money using silver if people do not buy or deal with it in regarding blood money neither their dowry, nor use it as savings; however, they buy a little for decoration? Even though, Fuqahaa relate the…

Question Three: In a discussion with someone, who prays (salah) at the required times, but does not pray Salaatul Jumaah (Friday prayer) with people, rather prays it as duhr (noon prayer). So when I refused this, he said that the presence of the Khaleefah is a condition for the validity of the Salaatul Jumaah (Friday prayer). Do any of the fiqh scholars hold this opinion? And what is the Hizb's…

Question: It is mentioned in the book, The Islamic Personality Volume II, on page 259 (English edition), under the sub-title of "Selling fruits/produce (thimaar) while still on trees" that "....Muslim narrated from ibn Umar that the Prophet (SAW) said: من ابتاع نخلاً بعد أن تؤبَّر فثمرتها للذيباعها، إلا أن يشترط المبتاع "Whoever buys palm-trees after it has been dusted (pollinated), its produce is for the one who sold it unless…

Question: North Korean news agency, Yonhap, reported on the 21st of April 2013 that both the South Korean Chief of Staff Gen. Jung Seung-Jo and his U.S. counterpart General Martin Dempsey have threatened North Korea to be wary of its on-going threats as it will lead to severe consequences. On the same day, the above-mentioned source stated a high-level government source has announced that the South Korean military has monitored…