Summarized Fatawaa
• Should Al-Basmalah(i.e. saying Bismillaaahi Ar-Rahmaani Ar-Raheemi ) be recited after Takbeerat Al-Ihram(saying Allahuakbar) which marks the beginning of prayer ?
A praying person is obliged to recite Al-Basmalah at the beginning of Chapter Al-Faatihah, and in every Rak`ah(unit of prayer)because it is a verse of it.
• Is `Iddah(waiting period) incumbent on an old lady whose husband had died?
Upon the death of the husband, `Iddah is incumbent on the wife regardless of her age.
• What are the benefits of slaughtering an Aqeeqah?
Extending thanks to Allah for His grace, expressing happiness for having a newborn, declaring lineage, and feeding the mother to compensate for the blood that she had lost during delivery.
• What should the man, whose wife wasn`t on good terms with his mother, do?
Both the mother and the wife have rights on the man in question; therefore, each should be given her rights justly, and he should resort to wisdom to please both of them and make reconciliation.