Miscellaneous

Q: The company I work for hosts a soccer event once a year for all African countries and this year the event falls in Ramadaan. They have tried their best to look for alternate dates but because there will be 700 participants they cannot get get accommodation at any other time. They are very concerned about the +/- 15 Muslim participants and the ruling regarding fasting for these travellers from Senegal and Ivory Coast.

Please can you advise on the correct ruling regarding exemption in this regard.

Q: Is it haraam to play soccer or cricket with the awrah covered and only amongst men even when I make time for ibaadat and follow fardh and sunnat?

Q: If someone in the WhatsApp group makes salaam, does everyone in the group have to reply or if one person replys its okay?

Q: Is it permissible for an anaesthetic doctor to work with a plastic surgeon who may do cosmetic surgery i.e a patient is booked for cosmetic surgery and the anaesthetist will be required to put the patient to sleep for the procedure?

Q: Is it permissible to speak a lie to not make someone worried about you?

Q: I remember hearing in a bayaan a long time ago that a male's first responsibility is to his parents and then his wife, and a female's is to her husband first.

What is the Shar'ee ruling on this? What is the order of preference in Shariah if there is one?

Q: Is it permissible to whiten teeth using blue light therapy?

Q: I have physical problems like high blood pressure and higher tension also. My mind is always full of negative thoughts. I am kind of a pessimist person. I never succeed in any place either, neither education nor work. My biggest problem is my fear and nervousness. Sometimes I feel like committing suicide. I know it's gunah e kabbira. Please help me.

Q: My brothers wife says she has an inclination to females which she often has to fight... A couple of times she got caught in shaitaans trap. How should purdah be observed in front of her? Should my face be covered as well?

Q: What happens to animals once they have passed away? Can one reunite with their pets in Jannah?