Miscellaneous

Q: Amashova is a cycle race that takes place yearly between PMB and Durban. Many Muslims participate in it as a means of exercise and as a fun challenging sporting event. As Muslims, we generally have our satr area covered in the proper manner while cycling. Is there anything wrong in participating in this event?

Q: I currently live in Bangladesh. My father suffers from liver cirrhosis. I have plans to do Masters or PhD in USA. It is recommended for my father to do liver transplant but currently the liver transplant is not available in Bangladesh and in India it will cost 1-1.5 crore Bangladeshi Taka(currency), which is out of my reach.

When I start PhD in US, will it me permissible for me to buy an insurance for my father, take him to US and do the liver transplant and then send him back to Bangladesh? I cannot find any Takaful Health Insurance in US and don't know how the rest of the insurance work there.

Will it be permissible in a case like this? 

Q: Please clarify if I am writing the following correctly;

Insha Allah, Jazak Allah, Masha Allah and AsSalaam WaAlaikum.

Q: I wanted to know if my wife's elder sister is a mahram to me and can she come in front of me or talk to me or we all family members can eat together or go out together as a family?

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.