Open question & answer session with Shaykh Badr Al-Utaybee

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Open Q & A session was held in Nelson, Lancashire on the night of 22nd June, 2016. Questions asked:

1.Is the presence of a Walee a condition for the marriage of both the bride and groom?
2.How do we react to a marriage to a woman who marries without a Walee?
3.Is the marriage correct when the Walee gives permission but he is coerced or upset at doing so?
4.In order to attain the full reward, must a person remain in his sitting place in the masjid and make Dhikr?
5.When and where is Ishraaq prayed? And must a person remain in the Masjid?
6.What is the difference between Ishraaq and Dhuhaa?
7.At what age should children be brought in to the Masjid? How do we deal with the disruption that occurs in the Masjid?
8.Can a woman hold her baby whilst in Prayer, and how is this done?
9.Are we allowed to accept a donation or a gift which has been bought from Halaal and Haraam wealth?
10.Can we give charity to non-Muslims or non-Muslim charities?
11.Is it permitted to donate money to Masaajid of the people of innovation?
12.What are the different levels of Bid’ah?
13.Is it permitted for a person to seek Ruqya from another?
14.How do we understand the Hadeeth of the seventy thousand people who will enter into Paradise without any accountability nor punishment?
15.What is your advice to help a person increase his concentration in the Prayer?
16.Is Ruqya a skill?
17.How does a person perform Ruqya upon himself?
18.How can we encourage our children with fasting?
19.What are the guidelines of socialising or sitting with the people of innovation?
20.What is the permissibility of taking photographic pictures?
21.When and how is Qunoot performed?
22.Many charities who collect money on TV channels or in Masaajid are charged a percentage commission. Is this permitted?
23.What is the ruling of a person who comes late to the Prayer and only caught the Rak’ah?
24.How does a person who missed the Maghrib prayer, pray with the congregation when they are praying Ishaa?
25.How is Zakaah paid on loans and inheritance?
26.What is the ruling of student loans?
27.How does a person make up his prayers which he missed when he was not practising?
28.Is it permitted for a person who is late to the congregational prayer to them become the Imaam of another congregation?
29.How does a person pay Zakaah on property?
30.Is it permitted for a person to study in Al-Azhar University?
31.Can a wife give Zakaah to her husband and vice versa?
32.Is Hijaamah a cure for magic?
33.Does a person who prays alone in his house, does he have to say the Adhaan and Iqaamah?
34.What is the difference between the Musalla and Masjid?
35.Is it permitted to marry a woman who is an innovator?
36.What are the limits of the beard?
37.What are the limits of the moustache?
38.What types of haircuts are permitted?