QUESTION: It is common amongst Asian families to put a ‘kaala tikka’ or a black mark on their babies as a means to get rid of bad luck/nazar. Is it permissible to do this?...

QUESTION: There is an Arab custom (which some people I know practise). They burn alum rocks (possibly known as Rock of Alumbre) whilst reciting Surah Fatiha, they say it is to remove the evil...