Summarized Fatawaa
• What should one who forgot to offer the second Sajda(prostration )during congregational prayer, and remembered it before the end of the prayer do?
Whoever forgets a pillar of prayer while in congregation must follow the lead of the Imam, and after the latter offers Tasleem, he should offer one Rakah, then perform Sujood As-Sahw(prostration of forgetfulness).
• Is it lawful or unlawful to give one`s mother a gift on Mother`s Day?
Praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds.
There is nothing wrong with doing that as long as it isn`t done in imitation of the disbelievers. And Allah the Almighty knows best.
• Is it permissible for a wife`s family to demand her husband to divorce her although she doesn`t want that?
It is forbidden for them to do that in case their daughter doesn`t want divorce unless there was a sin that continues as long as the marriage survives.
• What is the Islamic ruling on adoption, and what is the legal window through which a person can be kind to an orphan girl, attend to her needs and raise her as his own?
Kindness to an orphan entails a great reward from Allah, but adoption is prohibited and invalid. Therefore, it is permissible for the aforementioned person(for example) to make his brother`s wife breastfeed that girl so that he becomes her uncle by suckling provided that he informs her that she isn`t his biological daughter.