Sisters kissing and hugging each other
Q: Can siblings kiss each other just on forehead or cheeks, can I hug my sisters? We three met after 17 years.
Miscellaneous
Maintaining good relations with one's father
Q: My father is 74 and is remarrying after my mother's death. He didn't inform me about the marriage and cut all ties with me. Is it allowed in Islam to cut ties with one's son?
Definition of Sabar
Q: What is the precise definition and meaning of 'sabr' in Islam?
Ludo
Q: Please clarify that the ludo game with coins as famous on mobile nowadays is permitted to play in Islam?
Using medication which contains alcohol for hair growth
Q: I have a question regarding minoxidil. (it helps regrow and grow hair). I am trying to use it on my beard and I was wondering if it is permissible. I looked at the ingredient and it has alcohol, propylene glycol, purified water. Will the alcohol part make it haram to use it? Please get back to me as soon as possible with the above information.
Playing ludo
Q: Is playing with dice is Halal or Haram and the Ludo game comes in this category, while playing without betting?
Respecting one's mother
Q: I have an 83 year old mother... She is terribly anti Deen and this infuriates me so I raise my voice to her and just today I said to her even though she is my mother "an enemy of Allah Ta'ala is an enemy of mine". She speaks the most despicable things about Deen and I dont know how to manage the situation anymore. We do read our Salaat and do all thats required of us as Muslims and its as if she waits for me to stand on my musalla then she performs even more by walking about the house screaming for me. Please advise.
Giving a live animal to a predator to eat
Q: My father said that in its natural habitat, a cat will eat a rat. However, it is not permissible to give a live rat to a cat for eating. My father wants to know the reason for this and my father is causing an agitation on this ruling. What response do I give to this type of questioning and reasoning of my father?
Respect for parents
Q: I hate my parents but I am a girl and I am not yet married so I cannot move out. I just cannot stand them. What do you advise? I feel they do injustice to me in many ways
Vapour pen
Q: My son is insisting to have a vapour pen. Are they allowed? What are the harms of this vapour pen?