Summarized Fatawaa
• 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 to add the nutmeg to one`s food?
Using a little bit of the nutmeg for seasoning is permissible, but using a great deal of it is impermissible since it could lead to intoxication, and Islam has forbidden all intoxicants and stupefacients.
• After I had prayed, I found a drop of menstrual blood and was unsure when that happened; what is the ruling on my prayer and fast?
All praise is due to Allah, peace and blessing be upon the Messenger of Allah: Your prayer and fast are correct , and you should not make up for them, and we ask Allah, The Almighty, to duely reward you for these acts of worship. Your menses start once you see blood because the situation remains as such unless there is certainty or predominant conjecture, as per the Fiqh maxim: 'Certainty is not removed by doubt'. And Allah knows best.
• Who has the right to child custody when final divorce takes place?
The wife has the right to child custody until her children reach the age of puberty. However, if she gets married, the right of custody becomes that of her mother`s.