Winning money in a gaming tournament
Q: If I play in a gaming tournament and win, is the money halaal or haraam?
Miscellaneous
Keeping a statue of a duck in one's backyard
Q: If a person wants to buy a statue of a duck for her backyard area, is this haraam or not good?
Wife messaging non-mahram man
Q: Please advice if a woman/wife can send a WhatsApp a message to a ghair mahram without the knowledge of her husband and check his status on WhatsApp and share it with others. It is allowed in Islam?
Keeping aggressive dogs as pets
Q: Is it permissible to keep a breed of dog that is inherently known to be aggressive. There is a growing trend for teenage boys and youngsters to keep pit bull dogs as pets. My son was recently viciously attacked by one recently and had undergone 3 surgeries as a result.
Using any aayat of the Quraan as guidance when faced with difficulties
Q: Recently a sister mentioned that she has been practicing on a certain action which she heard from an Aalim. The practice is that whenever she faces any decision or difficulty then she opens the Quraan Shareef at random, and whichever aayah her eye falls on, she finds the translation and uses this as guidance. Is this permissible?
Asking a kaafir to make dua
Q: Can a person ask a kaafir to make dua without any belief that their idols would fulfil their wish. He believes that only Allah Ta'ala can fulfil the wish of the kaafir and that there is no other God that exists except Allah, but just saying "dua karna-pray for me/us" to a kaafir, would this constitute kufr which takes a person out of the fold of Islam?
Unjustly killing an innocent person
Q: In Islam, is a man's worth more valuable? Is murdering an innocent man worse than murdering an innocent woman?
Was Ibn Sina a Shia?
Q: I would like to know about the famous philosopher Ibn Sina, was he a Shia?
Befriending Ahmadiyyah's and maintaining family ties with people involved in sin
Q: I have two questions:
1. How to deal with people called Ahmadiyah? A girl was apparently wearing a hijab like Muslim women do and I grew friendly with her but now I came to know she is Ahmadiyah and not Muslim. What should I do?
2. How to deal with relatives who are involved in *gunnah e kabeera* or greatest sins. They also perform black magic and admit it. Is the prohibition of not cutting off with relatives still there for us? When these people also harm my family and try to create obstacles for every important thing.
Keeping tortoises and keeping names of the Ambiyaa for pets
Q: Is it permissible to keep tortoises as pets?
Can you name animals Islamic/Muslim names like the names of prophets, etc.?