Moving away from wrong company

Q: When I'm with people and they talk too much about dunya, like what's on sale, or politics, what is latest etc, why do I feel that my heart is kinda in pain? Like I don't like hearing it and I wish I could just close off and leave. I can't tolerate it at all. And this happens with my relatives a lot. Shouldn't I have sabr? I just sit there and just keep feeling sad inside. It's like I really hate people doing that. I feel like my heart burns or something. I'm scared of being absorbed into dunya by listening to people's talk.

Graphic designing

Q: I am a graphic designer by profession. In my line of work, I have to prepare advertisements for my clients. The adverts have the pictures of the products which are on promotion. Invariably, some products that are advertised have pictures e.g. Milo – the picture of the tin has a picture of a youngster kicking a football. My clients will want the picture of the Milo tin on the advertising pamphlet. In the circumstances, will it be permissible for me to put the photographs of the products on the pamphlets which are solely used for advertising purposes?

Excessive talking

Q: I read that it is not good to talk too much. I realize I have this bad habit of excessive talking. What to do to stop myself as it is an old habit and sadly its roots are deep inside me?

Women remaining at home

Q: What is the shariah ruling about women taking kids to public parks? My husband is never willing to take our kids to park all on his own. He gets angry if I present the idea of him going with children only. I have to go with them (in full purdah, keeping my gaze lowered), am I sinning?

The status of purda and niqaab

Q: I would like to know is niqaab something that is really mandatory for Muslim women to wear. As an example doing three rakaats at fajr instead of two is not allowed just because you want to be more religious, same way isn't wearing more than hijab not allowed, because Allah said in the Qur'an, cover everything except your face and hands, so niqaab doesn't fall into that category. Because the whole point of hijab as well is not to get any attention, but the place I live niqaab would give you so much attention, people are scared of it and not only European countries, even most Muslim countries think that, like Lebanon and Turkey etc. that niqaab is something that is seen as extremists would wear. It's dark and overall isn't black color something that Islam disliked wearing? Like all the gothic, witches, emo style satanic people wear. And also Nowdays it's important for people to see each others faces, it's the obvious part of you that identifies you and if people can't see you, it makes them scared. So many Hadith have been changed nowadays, and I honestly believe that hijab with proper jilbab and all is enough and more could be not accepted just as three rakaats at fajr isn't accepted.