Lawful and Prohibited

Asalamalaykom and may Allah reward all of the IOL team and the scholars for their efforts. Firstly I would like to explain my situation. I am a student studying in a western country who still lives at home, I study tourism and have been working for the past few years in restaurants, until just recently I did not know that serving alcohol and pork was haram. I thought maybe it was makruh but once I found out it was haram al hamdulileh I stopped working and serving these things and am making tauba to Allah to forgive me. It is particularly hard to find a job in restaurants or tourism in this country which does not involve serving these things as very very few dont serve it. I therefore have many questions to ask relating to this:1. I had been working in restaurants which serve alcohol and pork for a few years and I managed to save a decent amount of money which I intended to use for marriage and things relating to that such as a deposit for an apartment, is it ok for me to use this money? will the things I spend my money on inshallah be blessed by Allah? Should I donate a specific amount of money to cleanse the money, if so how much percent? If I should donate money does it have to be immediately or can I donate it later on in the future?2. My father also works in a western country and in the same field and his job involves serving pork and alcohol, currently I am in need of my fathers support for study fees and help with costs for an apartment and other things, is it ok to accept financial support from my father? will the things this money is spent on inshallah be blessed by Allah? do I have to cleanse this money, if so how?3. Can I/should I pay my zakah from my money which I have saved from previously working in serving alcohol and pork? 4. In this country and especially in the field of tourism it is quite hard to find a job avoiding serving alcohol or pork although there are some, I have been looking for a job for months and cannot find any that dont involve serving these things, is it permissible to work in serving them temporarily until I find a halal job?Gazzakumallah Khayr

I'm currently working as a freelance translator. I have a problem with income as one month I make good money, the other not as much, sometimes even nothing at all. I was considering the option of subtitling movies as an additional source of income but was wondering if subtitling American movies (or foreign in general)  would be "haram" or permissible, given that the content may not always be Islamically acceptable. Should I go for it or not? 

Respected scholars, as-salamu `alaykum. Is it permissible for a Muslim to get paid for training dogs? Jazaka Allahu khayran.

salam I am really confused regarding day trading in stock market and would like to know if its halal 1. If someone buys stocks of companies whose main buiseness is islamic and then sells them same day or other day, would the profit (if) gained be halal. in pakistan stock exchange the stock gets registered to your name on day 3 of trade. some say stock should be sold on day 3, but i wonder that in reality the real deal is made the moment you purchase, since you loose your money and the stock appears yours on the screen. due to the slow registering procedure one may suffer for no use, lets say you buy a stock and the market falls, you will have to wait till day 3 before you can sell your stock, giving you losses, which might also not be right in islam. therefore registeration is only paperwork, i personally sometimes think that since nowadays, everything is so fast we should not follow the slow pattern to limit ourselves to such procedures. also if a person does day trading by analysis and calculation then it might be right. please clarify me since i am waiting impatiently for your answer so that one can set his trading policy accordingly.thank you 

As-salaamu alaikum,We own a company that sells travel packages to students and tourists. We take a commission from the travel companies for each package we sell.  Some of the tourst packages we sell cover a number of items, like "air ticket, hotel, transport, food, and drinks."  The last item (drinks) might include alcoholic drinks. But it is the option of the client to use this right or not.Is it haram for us to sell these packages?Thank you for your kind response.

Respected scholars, as-salamu`alaykumI had two questions dat were bothering me for a while hope you can shed li ght on the matter first one is dat are we allowed to get tattoos printed on the body and secondly im aallowed to have a snake as pet.

SalamMy question is regarding acting/drama work. Is watching movies or entertainment programmes haram in general, or are there exceptions? And what about participating in such programmes? I look forward to your response.salam