Summarized Fatawaa
• Is Zakah(obligatory charity)due on an indebted merchant?
Debt doesn`t abrogate the dueness of Zakah, thus a debtor who has money, articles of merchandise, or other Zakah funds at his disposal should pay Zakah from them.
• How is night prayer offered ?
Night prayer is offering voluntary prayer after Maghrib and before Fajr(dawn). As for Tahajjud, it is offering voluntary prayer at night after waking up voluntarily, and for Allah`s sake as He says: “And pray in the small watches of the morning: (it would be) an additional prayer (or spiritual profit) for thee: soon will thy Lord raise thee to a Station of Praise and Glory!”{Al-Isra`/ 79}. Offering Tahajjud is better than offering voluntary prayer before going to bed.
• Is it permissible for a man to marry up to four wives(polygamy in Islam) for pleasure although he can`t afford that ?
It is desirable for the man to have one wife if there is no need for him to have more, and he can`t afford that.
• Is it disliked to clip one`s nails at night, and is it permissible to burn them afterwards?
It is desirable to bury the cut hair and the clipped nails. As for burning clipped nails, there is no evidence forbidding that , but it is better to suffice with the aforesaid ruling-burying cut hair and clipped nails-as it is based on a well known evidence.