Miscellaneous

Q: Is a person allowed to make salaam with his hands with his mother in law? 

Q: Are ladies qiraat jalsas permissible? Should we participate, or is it a bidah?

Q: I have read that breastmilk is good for the skin.

1. Can I apply my own breastmilk to my skin?

2. Can I apply my own breastmilk to my husband's skin?

Q: Are treatments of various diseases mentioned in hadiths part of wahi? Should we do them or go to a hakeem who has expertise in this field? The Hakeem tells other procedures with the same thing like in hadith cure for pneumonia is mentioned with qustul hind and hakeem also tells a procedure with qustul hind but a different method not the same method told by the prophet.

Q: What do the Ulama say if a person wants to migrate and go to a non-Muslim country to live?

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?