Miscellaneous

Q: What is the awrah of a woman in front of male mahrams?

Q: Are games like Brawl Stars, Fortnite, and Roblox haraam?

I believe so because there's music in them and 3d images/sculptures of living beings which is haraam. Even if we're not the ones making them, we can change them and when we play them, we give money and popularity to them which is haraam because we should be spreading good, not publicizing haraam in a good way.

Q: Is it acceptable to engage in sports betting?

Sports betting involves wagering money on predictions of sports outcomes, such as a player's performance or a team's victory. If the prediction is correct, the better's money can potentially be doubled or tripled. In essence, sports betting revolves around forecasting sports results and staking money on those predictions.

Q: If A writes a story about A's sister B, and A says that B has skill issue, etc. (the story is fake), has A backbitten B?

Q: Is it necessary to deactivate the social media account of a deceased person? The person only has a few photos on their account.

Q: Could you kindly advise regarding the dental use of dried freezed bone.

The bone is derived from a bone bank based in Cape Town. According to the bone bank, bone is derived from people who donate their bodies to science. The bone is then vigorously sterilized under UV light and crushed to form granules. When a surgeon is placing dental implants, any bone defects around the implants are filled with the granules and the patients blood. The granules act as a scaffold for the patient’s own bone to regrow.

Once the patient's own bone has grown the granules get replaced with the patients bone. There is a synthetic bone but the results are not predictable. Animal bone results are worst. Dental implants serve both function and aesthetics. 

Q:

1. What is a faasiq?

2. Can you greet a person that is a faasiq?

3. Can you eat from an animal that is slaughtered by a faasiq?

Q: Is it possible for a sister who is married to bath her brother because he underwent a surgery.

Q: What is the ruling of shariah with regards to taking pictures/videos of works of charity/welfare? Like digging a borehole, building masjids, food hampers, Qurbani, etc? Lot of Muslim organizations take pictures/videos of the charitable works done.

Q: I currently live in Pretoria and work in Jet Park (I travel about 128km a day to and from work). Currently I use my car everyday to work and back. I have previously looked at the Gautrain as an alternative, however it worked out a little too expensive for me.

Recently, my small brother informed me that he receives a discount on his Gautrain trips (as he is a student) but doesn't use this discount as his campus isn't so far and it's easier for him to drive. As he isn't using this discount- He had offered it to me to use his discount to travel to work.

My question - Would it be permissible to use his discount for my benefit (considering he is a student and I am not)?