Summarized Fatawaa
• How should I be kind to my atheist father?
Allah, The Exalted, has decreed that we be kind to our parents, even if they are polytheists, by honoring and obeying them in all that isn`t sinful, so that they might love Islam and embrace it as a result.
• Is there a solution to put an end to thinking of worries during prayer?
: Firstly, make ablution after the time for prayer begins and busy yourself with remembering Allah, The Exalted, before the iqaamah (start of prayer).In order to become humbly submissive during prayer, you must perform prayer in congregation. After the prayer ends , stay in your place and read the post-prayer remembrances(adhkaar) and make supplication to Allah, The Exalted.
• Is it permissible for a woman in her menstrual period to recite from the Mus-haf( copy of the Quran ), or to recite by heart?
A menstruating woman is permitted neither to recite nor to touch the Quran according to what Ali Bin Abi Talib(May Allah be pleased with him) reported about the Prophet(PBUH) who was only held from reciting the Holy Quran by Janabah( Major impurity){Narrated by Al-Tirmizi in a sound Hadith}. Although Janabah and menstruation are major impurities, a menstruating woman is permitted to supplicate Allah(Duaa`) and make Zikr( Tasbihat ), even if these involved saying words from the Holy Quran, provided that she does not mean the words for themselves but as a supplication, or Zikr. Moreover, she is rewarded for not reciting the Quran during her menstrual period because she abided by the injunctions of Allah.
• Is it permissible for a menopausal woman who has blood discharges to fast ?
If she reached the age of menopause, and her menses stopped, but later she saw blood discharges that lasted a complete day and night (24) hours, then it is menstrual blood. Still, if these blood discharges lasted less than a complete day and night (24) hours, then it is not menstrual blood, but it is bleeding outside the monthly period(Istihadah), and it does not prevent her from prayer and fast, but she has to make ablution for every prayer.