Replying to a taped Salaam
Q: When a recording like the voicemail on a telephone has a taped salaam, does one need to reply?
Miscellaneous
How to write the word Insha-Allah and Alhumdu-Lillah
Q: A very common practise in electronic communication is to write inshAllah with capital A, alhamduliLlah with capital L etc in order to make ta'zeem of Allah's name. Is there virtue in doing this, or is it better to write "inshallah" and "alhamdulillah" without the capital letters, in order to avoid making it a bida'?
Live Video Streaming from Makkah Mukarramah and Madinah Munawwarah
Q: There is a website that provides live streaming from the cameras within Makkah and Medina Shareef. Other than this live streaming, no other content is shown. I understand there is a difference of opinion in this matter, so I am uncertain as it will be permissible to view it.
Blood transfusion and donating blood
Q: Are there any reference from quraan and hadith with regards to the ruling of blood? And what are the viewpoints of the Fuqaha on Blood donations? And is blood transfusion accepted in Islam?
CCTV in the Musjid
Q: Are cctv's allowed to be installed in the masaajid?
Hunting trophies
Q: Is it permissible to keep hunting trophies? (A hunting trophy is an item prepared from the body of a game animal killed by a hunter and kept as a souvenir of the successful hunting expedition. Often, the heads, skins or entire bodies are processed by a taxidermist, although sometimes other body parts such as teeth, tusks or horns are used as the trophies. Such trophies are often displayed in the hunter's home or office, and often in specially designed "trophy rooms," sometimes called "game rooms" or "gun rooms," in which the hunter's weaponry is displayed as well.
Secretly recording a conversation
Q: Is it permissible to record a conversation where the person recording it wants to get information out to use against a third person? The person being recorded is unaware of the conversation being recorded.
Icons and pictures of animate objects on mobile phones
Q: In mobile phones there are pictures in menus that we cannot delete, e.g. my contact list has the symbol of the silhouette of a human head. When we use messenger there is an icon with a smiley face displayed all the time. When you click it you can choose images you want to insert. This smiley icon is always displayed on the messenger screen. You cannot get rid of it. Can we still use the messenger, knowing we will use phrases like insha Allah etc. so Allah's Name would be displayed on the same screen as the smiley icon?
Naats, Nazams & Nasheeds
Q: I would like to enquire about nasheeds / nazms / naats, Is it permissible to listen to these for entertainment purposes, as is common these days? Also if the meaning is not understood vs if the meaning is understood.
In shariah is there any restriction in buying big houses?
Q: My father is a doctor and he has retired from govt job and now he got some money so we have plan to get a new house as we live in a rented house. We can accommodate in 10 marla house but we have plan to get 1 KANAL house for more luxury so according to shariah is there any restriction in buying big houses as i heard in a hadees its theme was like "Worst money is that which is spent in construction" and on another occasion our PROPHET did not liked the construction of a SAHABI and afterwards that Sahabi demolished that construction. So can we build luxury houses to live in?