Miscellaneous

Q: I am greatly troubled with occurrences worldwide e.g. the situations in China, Palestine, Saudi, Iraq, North Korea, etc. Sometimes, I do read the news. Alhumdulillah I am trying to be consistent in my duas and nawafil for the oppressed worldwide.

Can Mufti Saheb please offer some advice on how to remain positive about these situations as well as what we should be doing to help those in need?

Is it alright to read the news occasionally (avoiding all murat i.e. pictures of animate objects)?

How can we remain safe in these times of fitnah? 

Q: Is it permissible for a male to shake hands with a non-mahram woman?

Q: If we had committed any sin in the past and we are not sure if it was a sin, should we ask any Mufti or Aalim regarding that thing or just repent from all sins and move on in life believing Allah has forgiven us?

Q: Please can you tell me how do I make sincere repentance for the sins major/minor that I have committed in my life.

Q: Is it permissible to make moral islaahi stories for kids with images that don't have any eyes, nose, mouth, but just a circle shape on top of the body (and a topi on top)? And similarly making short animated videos of the same kind?

Q:

1. Is saying Astaghfirullah throughout one’s life fardh?

2. If a person repented without saying Astaghfirullah what is the consequence?

Q: I come from an abusive family. My mother believes that we should stay as a family even though my father has been abusive all my life. I wanted to know the stance in Islam, are you supposed to take the abuse to stay as a family or is it better to "break" up the family.

Q: Is it permissible for a person to reveal his past sins in the following situations:

1. With the intention of others taking lesson from it?

2. In the case where the sin is such that the one being spoken to is not involved in that sin, nor capable of doing that sin, and one reveals one's sin to him, to show him how one had changed one's life?

Q: What is the ruling on greeting people every Friday with Jumuah Mubarak? Is it permissible?

I understand that it was not part of the sunnah of our Nabi Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and his companions never practised it. 

Q: Is walking on the right hand side of the road considered to be amongst the aadaab (etiquettes) of the road? Some brothers say this is part of the aadaab of gusht but others say this is not true as the road isn't something honorable.