Q: My father is a business man. He suppresses his financial state to reduce income tax claims as all other businessman like him do. Many large traders often hire a lawyer who could suppress their financial state intelligently to minimize the income tax payable on their income. As we are part of this country and are required to abide to all the laws as per both religious and ethical requirements, are we committing a sin by not paying the tax on our true financial state? Our government holds right on our income and it is our obligation to pay tax. However, this is a common practice in my country.

Q: Can we purchase stocks of some industry/organisation in the stock market, if they are not dealing in interest?

Q: If a person is fasting a qadha fast of Ramadhaan and breaks it intentionally, is the 60 days kaffarah due?

Q: Four months ago I got a business proposal from my ex boss who had asked me to become a minor partner in his new venture. Its a software compnay. The business proposal sounded promising and exciting. But since my ex boss is a Non-Muslim it caused a concerned with me. I did Isthikhara and everything looked fine. I was given much more shares of partnership than what i would have asked for without me asking for it. I took this as a positive sign of Isthikhara. I did a bit of research and asked everyone around and everyone seemed to like the idea. I was supposed to bring business and he was supposed to deliver the projects Now as business has started coming in (much lesser than what we had predicted) however he is falling short of his words and is not able to deliver as promised. He keeps telling he is working on it but there seems to be a lack of interest on his part. There seems to be a great potential for the business but his lack of interest and response has made it difficult for me as i am dependent on him for delivering the projects. I left my job for this venture and now I am stuck having no idea where to go. I prayed Isthikhara whether i should continue this business ( As of now i have no other option. I would have to search for a job) and felt good and felt like to go with it. My ex boss again made promises and said this time he is 100% sure about it. However 2-3 weeks down the line he has again failed to keep up with it stating that he is already working much more than expected.But he is not able to deliver what he had promised. I feel like telling him i dont want to work for this venture anymore due to his failure to deliver ( he would never accept his failure). But i am worried if he agrees to end this venture i would have absolutely no source of income. Apart from failure to deliver it is also his attitude which is worrying me as some times its positive and consoling and some times it negative and not interested kind. He has various business and this software venture is one of them so if he fails in this it wont effect him much. But for me this venture is the only source of livelyhood What should i do in this scenario. Should i pray Isthikhara again whether to continue this business. If i leave this business and go find some job i would become a laughing stock in the family and be labelled as some one who has failed. I jumped into this venture hoping my ex boss would deliver. Please help i have no idea where my life is going and everything looks dark. Please help.

Q: My sister in-law has gone with her 6 month old son to her parent's house for a holiday overseas. My brother had gone to leave her. Is it permissible if my father (her father in-law) picks her up and brings her back home and be her mahram if her husband is tied up with work? Also, is her father in-law allowed to be her mahram when travelling?