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If you say something whilst joking with friends and say "macka (means sandwich in swedish) instead of Makkah, are you considered to be kafir? and do you have to repeat all your salahs and fasts?

I am writing to you regarding the national lottery funds available for the community projects, as we are all aware the lottery is haram. As far as I am aware when the National lottery is played all the money is accumulated from the national lottery account from which the winners claim and receive their share. The remaining millions then becomes the Big Lottery Fund, from this the government makes initiatives which are split into assisting different areas such as NHS/Hospitals, Social Security, Community Services etc. These departments then set the targets of how and were this money is dispersed. The Community Services fund has a set criteria, if met they provide funding for centres across the region, due to the money being transferred and the changing of hands I have a question: As a community centre helping and benefiting the Muslims in social, cultural, health, youth and community activities would it be permissible for me; as a youth worker, to accept a salary from this money? Bearing in mind this salary is the full source of my livelihood.

I have missed fasting in ramadhan for nearly 17 years, so how does one go about chosing the correct method of repenting and making up these missed fasts?

I was wondering, if there is a certain someone who happens to be known as one the greatest scholars but we honestly believe that he promotes and indulges in a certain kind of shirk.

Should we use his non-shirk involving works or should we use sadd-al-dharai and not use anything from him ?

If we should honour such an individual and his works, does this mean that some kinds of shirk is okay while others are not?

While walking in the park I got dog excrement on my shoes.  I cleaned them while I was outside with some tissues and was very careful not to get any filth on my hands. When I arrived home I also washed my shoes but I felt really dirty and decided to wash all my clothes and went as far as having a shower.

Was this the right thing to do? What should I have done according to the Shariah?

What is the Islamic ruling on selling products such as tobacco, alcohol and pornographic magazines, to non-muslim customers.

Will a person be sinful for selling such unlawful even if the customers are not Muslim.

Do you possess the book by the title "Tahzir al-Nas" by the author, who is the respected co-founder of Dar al-Ulum Deoband? If you do, could you summarise its contents, and in particular how he interprets khatam al-nabiyyin, as this is raising a lot of controversy. [Shaykh Qasim Nanotwi was declared kafir by some because of writing this book]

Am I a Ma'zoor? I am unable to determine when the water/discharge/urine comes out and also it is involuntary. Sometimes I may be able to perform a salah in purity and other times I am not able to do so. Sometimes I feel that the water/discharge/urine has come out, so I check after I complete the rakaat and if there is impurity, I repeat that rakaat again with a fresh wudu. I am finding it difficult to keep on checking and performing wudu so many times. I am confused, please help.