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    My mother and father got divorced almost 25 years ago. I haven't met my father for many years now. He was very abusive towards my mother, an alcoholic, miser etc. and did not practice his religion. He has left my mother and my older siblings with traumatic memories. Our mother hasn't forbidden us from seeing him, but we have no desire to do so. We also fear that if we do keep in contact with him, he may take advantage and harm us or our mother. Is our isolation and lack of any contact with our father permitted in Islam?

    It is obligatory to communicate with the father, even by the least ways of communicating, like talking to him over the phone or seeing him in main events. However, if one has a rational fear that even communicating with him in this minimal manner would cause him harm, then it is not obligatory.

    I don't know how to read or speak Arabic, so I read the Quran in English, but is it obligatory to read the Quran in Arabic?

    Reciting the Quran in its original Arabic is essential in the prayers, and it must be learnt if you do not know how to. Outside of the prayer, reciting the Quran – in its original Arabic – is a recommended deed and not obligatory.

    A person is a tenant of a property owned by a Shia Waqf organization. That person refuses to pay the agreed rent amount. Can such a person offer prayers in his house where the arrears are still outstanding and are such prayers valid?

    If the said property is used by a person without paying its due rent then he is considered as a ghasib (usurper) and the prayer in such a place - if he is attentive of the fact that it is prohibited - is void.

    The mosque in our city was built on a government property. It was vacant when the mosque was built. Those who built the mosque are willing to pay the cost of the plot when the government asks them to pay. Can we pray in the mosque?

    It is permissible to pray in the said mosque.

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