Day Questions

Is it permissible for persons other than the parents of the child to raise him or her?

It is permissible for others to raise the child in special circumstances like if the parents are deceased or are non-Muslim.

Certain branches of fast-food outlets in the Middle-East advertise the food as Halal, so can we eat in those places?

If one finds it probable that the sold meat produce is slaughtered in a religiously accepted way then it is permissible to consume it. It is not permissible to eat if one knows that they are lying.

Is it allowed for the people of India, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq to follow reports of New Moon sightings in Australia?

Australia and those counties fall in the same horizon, so it is permitted for these countries to follow the New Moon sighting reports in other countries with the same horizon, as long as the reports are valid as per the detailed laws.

After a husband and wife have a sexual conversation on the phone and it results in discharge, is ghusl obligatory on both?

It is obligatory on the man to perform ghusl if the discharge was semen. Based on compulsory precaution, the woman performs ghusl too if there was an orgasmic discharge, not if it is a little and gradual discharge.