Miscellaneous

Q: What is the status of grandparents in Islam? 

If one is disobedient to his grandparents is the sin the same as if one was disobedient to his parents?

Q: If a person recites this dua thrice أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ الَّذِي لاَ اِلٰهَ اِلّٰا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْهِ , Allah Ta'ala forgives all his sins. Does this forgiveness include major sins or is it only for minor sins?

Q: I love all my family members, both maternal and paternal. But I am too lazy to phone them and sometimes extremely shy for other members of my family. Therefore I do not keep contact. Will I be regarded as one of those who break family ties?

Q: I am going to start an online business to sell women's clothing online. Is it permissible to post pictures of the clothes worn by women in which their faces, hair and hands are showing?

Q: Is owning an image different from creating or drawing an image? I came to know that several Sahaabah and the grandson of Hadhrat Abu Bakar Siddiq (radhiyallahu anhu) owned a curtain that had a picture of birds and phoenix.

Also, several Sahaabah wore rings for stamping that had drawings of men with swords. Kindly clarify the issue.

Q: I am a woman and need to earn money. I have developed an online course that will not reveal my face but I need to record my voice explaining the content, and I cannot limit the course to only women (there is no way to do this on the online course platform). Though people will hear my voice, no one will know me. Is this halal?

I may also be able to use a software to change the pitch of my voice slightly (lower the pitch of my voice). Is this better?

Q: Is it permissible to stand for the national anthem and salute?

Q: If someone says "Astaghfirullah alladhi la ilaaha illa huwal hayyul qayyum wa atubu ilayhi" 3 times, Allah will forgive all his sins. Does that include major sins?

Q: Is hatching chicken eggs in an incubator halaal?

Q: I wanted to know if a female can say Assalaamu alaikum to a male non mahram and vice-versa?