Zaid Alsalami

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Such practices are not a part of our Islamic culture, and we should preserve our Islamic ways as far as the method of courtship, interaction with opposite gender, and pursuing of marriage.

Getting to know each other, for purpose of marriage, is fine, as long as it is within the shar'i boundaries of Islam, with family approval, pure intentions and good moral conduct.

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There is nothing you need to do, as far as this. Congratulations on joining the Ark of Salvation, the Ark of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). 

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If they are incapable of standing up, even with leaning, or prostrating on ground, or if they do so, there is unbearable pain, they can use the chair to perform their acts of salat, based on what they can do normally, or cannot. 

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If you are doing qadha' for shahr Ramadhan fasting, you are allowed to terminate your fasting and break-off from it, anytime in the morning, until zawal, or salat dhuhr time. 

You are not allowed to break your qadha' fasting anytime after dhuhr. If you do, there is a kaffarah. 

This is different to Mustahab fast, where you can break your mustahab fast anytime, before dhuhr, or after dhuhr. 

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As long as you are covered within the shar'i requirements for prayer, and your clothes are tahir, you can pray in those clothes, with no problem, in shaa Allah. 

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Secretly collecting information from someone could be done for various meanings, so we cannot say it is absolutely haram, or falls under spying. If it is the wife, who suspects her husband is engaging in extramarital relationships, then this is something that needs to be addressed, not just by "confirming" if suspicions are real. 

I have discussed this in the following clip:

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The only time it would impact the validity of the wudhu is if it creates such a level that water does not get to your skin. If water of wudhu does get to skin, then there would be no issue.

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You must free her for the remaining period, then do the permanent Nikah. You say to her "I free you for the remaining period," then she becomes non mahram, and then you can do the Nikah. She does not need to observe 'iddah period as well, because she was with the same person, yourself. 

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No, it is not necessary, as long as you dont touch Quranic script.

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Any prayer reciting without performing wudhu', or a ghusl that would suffice for wudhu' must be repeated. 

It is wajib upon every Muslim, from the age of taklif, to learn at least the basics of prayer, and other simple acts of worship and daily rituals. 

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No, it is not considered shirk to visit a temple as a tourist, unless they are somehow forced to acknowledge the divinity or the idols there, or entailing some other haram act.

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Conditions for Islamic divorce according to Shi'ah law are:

1. Wife is outside of her menstrual cycle, not having had sex with husband since previous cycle. 

2. Having agreed on type of divorce.

3. There be a minimum of two strictly religious, pious, righteous men. Physically present to witness the reciting of the formula of divorce.

4. The husband reciting the formula of divorce in formal Arabic, with correct pronunciation, or authorising someone else to conduct it on his behalf.

5. If wife is forfeiting, she must also authorise.

For detailed information, read:

https://www.sheikh-alsalami.org.au/2017/10/23/divorce-service-english/

As for when is it permissible, if all avenues have been exhausted, and it has reached to irreconcilable stage, then wife/husband can divorce.

And Allah knows best.