Summarized Fatawaa
• Is it permissible for one to masturbate in order not to commit fornication?
This is called committing the milder of the two evils such as eating a carcass in fear of death, and this happens when committing fornication is very likely to occur.
• What would motivate me to love prayer and to pray?
Loving prayer comes from your realization that life is doomed to perish, but the Hereafter isn`t, and that your prayer is your righteous deed which will comfort you in your grave and save you from Hellfire on the Day of Resurrection. Wouldn`t you like to enjoy tranquility in this life and go to Heaven in The Hereafter!. Take your time and ponder for death is inevitable. We ask Allah to strengthen your faith and ours.
• If a father stops his daughter from getting married, is it permissible for her to conclude the marriage contract herself ?
It is permissible for the father to stop his daughter from getting married if there was a lawful reason for that, and she isn`t allowed to conclude the marriage contract without her guardian. However, if her father denied her right in getting married for an unlawful reason, then she should go to court.
• How to pay Zakah(obligatory charity) on articles of merchandise?
Articles of merchandise are estimated by their whole sale market price at the end of each lunar year, and (2.5%) of their value is paid as Zakah whether it(value) went up, or down compared to actual purchasing price, and whether the increase(profit) was in the article itself such as an increase in the animal`s weight, or in the prices themselves.