Miscellaneous

Q: Are you sinning if you disobey your parents if you refuse to marry who they want you to?

Q:

1. Is straightening with one's legs stretched out in the presence of  one's parents haraam?

2. What if this is done on the presence of an elder?

3. Is it allowed to sit with one's legs stretched out while eating? Is it showing disrespect to the food?

Q: What is tafarrud?

Q: Allah Ta'ala commands us to join family ties. Who exactly falls under the term family? Are one's in laws included in this command as well?

Q: Is there any hadith regarding the brother's and sister's huqooq (rights)?

Q: My doctor thinks that I may have mild autism, which has an effect on the person's mental state. I find it hard to concentrate and I find it hard to look after myself. Will Allah Ta'ala hold me accountable for my statements and actions?

Q: I am very depressed even though I pray salaah five times a day and sometimes I pray tahajud too. I read Quraan 3 or 4 times a day. I think that I am disobedient towards my parents...

My mother always wants me to study but when I open my books I cant focus. Moreover I have applied for a job at the bank but when I open the books to study, thoughts come to my mind that it is haraam and Allah will punish me. My mother wants me to work and I am very depressed.

I make lots of dua and offer nafl prayers too. I ask Allah to help me so that no one will be displeased with me.

Please advice me so that I can come out of this depression.

Q: Is treatment through hijaamah allowed in Islam?

Q: I feel very jealous of my near and close friends. When something bad happens to them, I feel satisfied. I always pray to Allah to give them more. How do I get rid of this jealousy?

Q: I work in Saudi Arabia as an expat and have many friends and relatives here but I do not have any contact with them for a long time because my job has made me a very low level person. I don't want them to know about my job so I cut off contact with them. Is this a sinful act in Islam?