Miscellaneous

Q: The ringtones available on my mobile phone contain music, so I am searching for an alternative which is not classed as music. I found this ringtone which simulates the sound of a classical telephone: http://www.zedge.net/ringtone/425057/old-school-ringtone/

Can you please listen to the ringtone on the link I provided and inform me if it is permissable? Does it matter that it is not a recording of a real telephone, but rather a computer simulation?

Q: Is praising a non-Muslim allowed in Islam? And what is the sin of praising a non-Muslim?

Q: Does swearing using a hand gesture count as swearing?

Q: If you backbite about non-muslims will you get the sin of backbiting?

Q: Today many medicines/sedatives/pain killers whether allopathic and homoeopathic contain certain percentages of alcohol in them. Operations are also performed using anaesthesia. Hence, we are left with no choice but to use them for our well being. What is the Shariah ruling seeking cure using these alcohol based medicines? Are they Halaal or Haraam?  Please give details.

Q: I did something bad and have made sincere tawbah. As of right now, I have not repeated it. I was wondering if there is anything I can do (dua' or action or anything else...) to make Allah conceal this mistake so as to protect me from the embarrassment and humiliation of it being exposed? Please give me sincere advice and make dua' for me.

Q: Can we hear nasheeds with duf (musical instrument)?

Q: I am 26 years old and have 5 elder sisters and a mother and no brothers. According to Islam can a women expose her breast in front of a mahram man and husband? During house-chores my mother and sisters expose their half breast and sometime full breast, this causes my private part to become erect and I have a discharge. I have no sexual desire with my mahrams but the beauty of the breast always make me have a discharge. My friend told me that this is not haraam or sin. You can easily discharge without any fear. Is this haraam or sin?

Q: Is one permitted to apply a womans breast milk, not necessarily ones own wifes, to his skin to treat skin conditions. It is said to be very beneficial. This is having tried most other medications and methods available already.

Q: I want to ask few questions regarding women's dressing in front of mahrams:

1. My friend told me that his mother wears a loose sleeveless nighty from chest to knee in front of her husband and children. In this nighty her breast is visible when she sits down or is working. He can see her breast but from stomach to knee her body is hidden.
2. He told me that sometime she didn't wear bra because of which her nipples are visible on her shirt.
3. Another thing he told me is that after taking a bath she wraps her body with a towel and comes out from the washroom and starts combing. Most of the time her towel becomes loose and her whole breast is visible.

I asked my friend why she does like this. He replied that it is allowed in Islam. Mahram males can see a woman's breast, neck , hair, thigh. But he also said that women can not show her body from stomach to knee and back. It is not allowed in Islam.

Is this true?