Miscellaneous

Q: What is aafiyah?

Q: Is it permissable for ladies to put gold slits in their teeth by a dentist?

Q: I have heard that cupping is sunnat, and have also heard that cupping is not Sunnat. Which is the correct view? I was under the impression that all that Nabi Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam advised or did was Sunnat. Please can Mufti Saheb explain why cupping is not Sunnat and how things get classified as Sunnat?

Q: Can a woman who is trying to get pregnant over a long period of time consume the stump of a baby's umbilical cord?

Q: Is it compulsory for a Muslim man to keep a beard when his father is strictly forbidding him from doing so? What should a man do in this condition?

Q: When one plays poker without money involved for fun, is this allowed in accordance to sharia law?

Q: I'm working in animal an animal hospital and  sometimes we got patients like horses in very bad conditions in pain so we use a drug that can kill in seconds. Is there anywhere in quran or hadith or shariya that we shouldn't kill these kind of patients that are in pain?

Q:

1. How do you make repentance?
2. hat do you say to Allah when you repent? Say this will be enough? "Allah for give all of my sins"?
3. Do you need to raise your hands like do in dua?

Q: What is the حیثیت of reading kalimas before sleeping?

Q: I would like to find out if it is permissible to read for and blow onto our house pets when they are sick?