Miscellaneous

Q: Is it kufr to backbite a Muslim to a non Muslim? Also is it kufr to complaint against a Muslim to a non Muslim if he has harmed you for the purpose of correcting him so that he doesn’t do the same mistake again?

Q: Can a person sleep between asr and maghrib? If no, then why? 

Q: Is it permissible to play monopoly (a board game)?

Q: As this is the era of social media and most of us are involved in it, my question is:

If I share a post on social media which is uploaded by someone else, and the post contains pictures or videos of non-mahrams, and some people viewed that post because of my sharing, what implication is there for me in Allah Ta'ala's court?

Q: I am studying at a university which has maintained some green areas with fertile soil in the campus for students. Other unmaintained places in the campus have unfertile, dry soil. I have a potted plant in my room and it needed more fertile soil, but I did not know any gardening shop to buy fertile soil from. So I got fertile soil from the maintained green areas and added that to my potted plant.

Is taking this soil from the campus' maintained green areas permissible or is it stealing?

Also, will it be permissible to take the dry soil from unmaintained areas of the campus?

Q: I have a question which relates to taking care of my old and aged mother.

My father passed away long ago. I am the only son with three sisters. All of us are married and living separately with our families in different places. Mother is living alone in our homeland in a separate house. I am living with my family and earning my livelihood in a different country. I am the only earner for my family and for my mother. One of my sisters is also living with her family in a different country. My two sisters with their husbands and children live in the same city where my mother lives.

My mother is alone and she is managing her mandatory works like going to toilet alone, taking bath, changing clothes etc. She expresses the desire that her children should come and help her in her hour of need. Also she does not want to shift in any daughter’s house who are living in the same city nearby. I have following question to ask,

1. Who is responsible to take care of mother, myself only or my sisters or all of us.

2. If in case I am responsible, then can I make a satisfactory arrangement for my mother by keeping a maid to help her in her household works like cooking food and taking care for her other works.

3. If in the case where I am responsible, is it obligatory for me as per sharia to leave my livelihood and return back and stay with my mother and take care for her. 

Q: A relative who is famous for doing taweez, magic came to my home. Since I had curiosity, I opened her purse to check if its true. I saw a taweez there and closed the purse. What I did was without her knowledge. Now I have guilt feeling that it was wrong to open her purse without permission. If I tell her, she would get furious. What to do?

Q: Is a madrasah jalsa allowed for men and women to sit in one open hall with no segregation and photos taken of the children performing?

Q: Is it permissible to buy and use a medicated cream for acne that contains animal derived ingredients? I am not sure what animal they are derived from. This cream appears to have worked very efficiently for many people with acne however there is no guarantee that it will work for me as well, but there is a very high likelihood that it will. I will simple put it on my acne then wash it off a few minutes later. Nothing else has worked for me and finding halal creams are difficult as it is. Is this permissible?

Q:

1. What is the sin for a person going against his word and lying?

2. How important is the word of a Muslim?

3. Will you be rewarded for making sabar on something you were cheated on?