Miscellaneous

Q: If someone in the group makes salaam, does everyone have to reply or if one person reply's is it sufficient?

Q: Recent events in Palestine makes us very disturbed as Muslims and human beings. What I have noticed is that not only Muslims around the world but also non-muslims are expressing solidarity and extending their support for Palestine. I would like to ask this question with genuine concern and I hope I do not offend you if I ask.

Should we not treat non Muslims in our lands with fairness and kindness, as we expect them to treat us fairly. In my own country of origin Pakistan, persecution of certain non Muslim groups like Ahmadiyas, Atheists, Hindus, etc. occurs in various form on frequent basis. Are we as Muslims allowed to stand up in support for these non Muslims communities like Ahmadis, Atheists, Hindus, etc. if they are oppressed by our own Muslim brethren?

Q: What is the ruling of pardah in Islam? Is it compulsory/fardh. I am referring to the covering of the face?

Q: My mother is suffering from lung cancer stage 4 last stage from last year. Now she has unbearable pain. So can we give her a death injection to make her free from pain?

Q: There are many t-shirts with pictures of skeletons on them. Are these regarded as animate objects?

Are butterflies as a symbol animate?

Q: Will Allah forgive a murderer or rapist if he repented and the victim also forgave him? Will Shariah still punish him if no one knows about it? Will Allah punish him in the hereafter on the day of Qiyamat because he did not get punishment in this duniya and just repented to Allah, and the victim also forgave him?

Q:

1. In Islam, what is the perspective on self-esteem and how can it be increased?

2. What is the Islamic perspective on self-confidence and how can it be increased?

Q: Is it correct to say that the Palestinians are undergoing Azaab currently and is it correct to say the Yahood are the army of Allah?

Q: "Whoever kills himself with a knife will abide in the fire of hell, perpetually stabbing his belly with it, undying therein forever. And whoever hurls himself from a mountain and kills himself shall abide in the fire of hell, perpetually falling to his death, undying therein forever."

I have copied the above from a screenshot from the reliance of the traveler (Shafi’i Fiqh). After resurrection, will any human or jinn die or will they live forever without ever dying? How is this narration understood?

Q: My wife found a audio voice clip on a memory card but it's not my memory card. I have never used any memory card. She sent me that voice clip and I heard that voice clip. It sounds the same like my voice talking to a girl. I know it's not mine and she is telling me that this is you.