Miscellaneous

Q: Is there a difference between venting to someone and making gheebah?

Q: I am a girl and two of my girl cousins recently got married and their husbands mix freely with them in playing some games such as cards or monopoly for example. They always force me to play with them and I try not to play with them anymore.

I heard that free mixing is haraam and I tried to tell them but they mocked me and said that we are just playing cards and we are not sitting near each other, there's a distance.

I wanted to ask what should I do? Am I sinful for playing with them because their husband's aren't my mahram although we keep distance? How can I convince them if it is haraam?

Q: in an Islamic State, if a person stole a Mushaf from someone else or they stole books of Sacred Knowledge from someone else, is the hand cut off?

Q: Under what circumstances can a person break family ties with his/her own siblings?

Q: Is it a must/obligatory to keep contact with distant relatives (parents cousins)? If a person does not wish to keep contact with distant relatives but the parents force him to do so, then what should he do? If a person doesn’t wish to keep any contact, will he be sinful? 

Q: Is surrogacy allowed in Islam? Can an individual use his sperm and another lady's egg to be fertilised after which she will carry the baby on behalf of his wife?

In the case where it is your sperm and your wife's egg, can another woman be the surrogate mother? I would like to know the permissibility and the reason for permissibility if there is. Can the womb be used as a rental space to carry a child? Is it like being a milk mother? If the woman carrying the child for someone else is married, what will be the status of nikaah? Can the surrogate child be your mahram?

In 1975, the television was regarded as not permissible, and also certain gelatine were also referred to as not permissible, and today our fatwas have changed regarding many matters.

What is your view on surrogacy, as it is not a sperm entering another woman, but an embryo that is a totally different form? 

Q: Certain phones have ringtones which have a tune.

1. Is this considered as music and hence haram? Some are a basic tune e.g. the Nokia tune, the Samsung whistle tune.

2. If the phone is very basic and does not have any other options for ringtone apart from the musical tone, what should one do?

Q: I am a 17 years old boy. Many times I have shouted at my parents, but now I have asked forgiveness from them and they have forgiven me.

My questions:

1. Will Allah also forgive me if my parents have forgiven me?

2. Will this behavior of mine towards my parents affect my career in the future?

Q: How can a person achieve radha bil qadha (being pleased with the decree of Allah Ta'ala) for situations which he dislikes?

Q: How can I overcome depression?