Can the one who is observing i’tikaaf give lessons and halaqahs?

Is it acceptable for the one who is observing i'tikaaf to teach
someone or give a lesson?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is better for the one who is observing i'tikaaf to focus on worship
by himself such as dhikr, prayer, reading Qur'aan and so on. But if
there is aneed to teach someone orlearn, there is nothing wrong with
that, because it is also remembrance of Allaah (dhikr). End quote.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him)
Risaalah Ahkaam al-Siyaam wa'l-I'tikaaf

Taking help and asking for it from the state and from the church

I live in America and we take some free services, especially since we are regarded as having limited income. But some of these services, such as food for example, can be taken from the churches. Is that permissible?.
Praise be to Allaah.
There is nothing wrong with taking help from the state or from organizations based on donations, even if they are churches, so long as that does not lead to compromising on anyissue of religion or approving anything wrong or the children being influenced and so on. But refraining from that and doing without it is preferable, because the upper hand (the one that gives) is better than the lower (the one that takes), especially with regard to taking from the church which usually has ulteriormotives in what it gives to the Muslims. Al-Bukhaari (1428) narrated from Hakeem ibn Hizaam (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The upper hand(the one that gives) is better thanthe lower (the one that takes). Start with those for whom you are responsible. The best of charity is that which is given when you can afford it, and whoever refrains (from taking charity), Allah will help him; whoever tries to do without charity, Allah will make him independent of means. ”
Al-Bukhaari (1429) and Muslim (1033) narrated from Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (blessings andpeace of Allah be upon him) say, when he was on the minbar, speaking about charity and refraining from begging: “The upper hand is better than the lower hand, and the upper hand is the one that gives and the lower hand is the one that receives.”
Asking for charity from people is something blameworthy, even if one is asking from a Muslim, unless the one who asks is forced to do so, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Asking for help causes a man to lose face, except when a man asks someone in a position of authority or asks for something that he has no choice but to ask for.”
Classed as saheeh by al-Tirmidhi and by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Tirmidhi.
It was also narrated by Abu Dawood (1639) as follows: “Begging (is like) wounds that a person scars his face with. So whoever wishes to save face may do so, and whoever wishes not to save face may do so, except if a person asks a person of authority, or is in a situation inwhich he finds no alternative.”
It says in Subul al-Salaam (1/548): Wounds means marks or traces. As for his asking from a person in authority, there is no blame in that, because he is only asking for what he is entitled to from the bayt al-maal, and it is not a favour on the part of the person in authority, because he is acting as a trustee, so it is like aperson asking the trustee to givehim something to which he is entitled that he has with him. Endquote.
Al-Bukhaari (1475) and Muslim (1040) narrated that ‘Abd-Allah ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “A man will keep on begging from people until he comes on the Day of Resurrection with not a bit of flesh on his face.”
And Muslim (1041) narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “Whoever begs from the people in order to accumulate wealth, it is as if he is asking for a live coal,so let him ask for a little or a lot.”
What is meant by the words “Whoever begs from the people in order to accumulate wealth” is that he asks of people in order toaccumulate a lot of wealth when he is not in need of it.
In these hadeeths there is an eloquent rebuke, which is clearly aimed at putting people off begging, except one who is forced to do that and can find noother alternative.
Based on that, so long as you arenot in urgent need of help, you should refrain from asking for it, but if you are in need of it, there is nothing wrong with you asking for it and taking it.
We ask Allah to make you independent of means from His bounty.
And Allah knows best./ - - - :-> Transtors: 1.http://free-translation.imtranslator.net/lowres.asp 2.http://translate.google.com/m?twu=1&hl=en&vi=m&sl=auto&tl=en

He became Muslim at the time of prayer; should he make up what came before it?

If a person becomes Muslim at the time of prayer, does he have to make
up what came before it?.
Praise be to Allaah.
He does not have to makeup what came before it, because Allaah says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"Say to those who have disbelieved, if they cease (from disbelief),
their past will be forgiven"
[al-Anfaal 8:38].
i.e., if they give up their kufr and become Muslim, then Allaah will
forgive them their previous sins, whether these were sins of
neglecting obligatory duties or doing haraam acts. But he must offer
theprayer at the time of which he became Muslim, if there remained
enough time to do one rak'ah or more, because the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Whoevercatches up with a
rak'ah of the prayer has caught up with the prayer."
As for the prayers that came before, he does not have to make them up,
such as if he became Muslim after 'Asr, he has to make up 'Asr, but he
does not have to make upZuhr, because the time forit had ended.

* Its salaath is Waajib. Extra 6.thakbeers. Detail below

* Eid al-Fitr has a particular salat (Islamic prayer) consisting of
two raka'ah (units) and generally offered in an open field or large
hall. [ 1 ] It may only be performed in congregation ( Jama'at ) and
has an additional extra six Takbirs (raising ofthe hands to the ears
while saying "Allahu Akbar" [God is Great]), three of them in the
beginning of the first raka'ah and three of them just before ruku' in
the second raka'ah in the Hanafi/