Miscellaneous

Q: If a non-Muslim says Assalam u alAikum, how should we answer? 

Q: I want to ask about the (mini) dolls or a character like captain or a worker which includes in various lego sets. They have face expression with full body.

1. Can we let the kids play with them?

2. Can we use it after distorting their full face with permanent markers?

3. Can we use it without their head, only the body can be used for playing?

4. Is it totally not allowed to keep them at home?

5. Will our Salah be valid if it is already at home with their face distorted?

Q: I am a male lecturer working in a computer engineering department in a university in Saudi Arabia. Can I do research on writing some algorithms and computer programs which deals with image processing of mammograms for diagnosing and may be useful in the treatment of breast cancer? The computer programs take an image of a breast as the input and gives various readings and different filtered images of the breast as the output.

Q: What are some of the worldly harms of habitually sleeping after Fajr without a valid reason?

Q: If someone commits qatl-e-khata, does the person still have to pay qisas and diyat?

Q: Is it permissible for me to put gold teeth?

Q: Is forecasting (based on previous known data using statistical models to estimate the future figures) stock market, sellings or demands, performance, weather, employment need haraam?

Q: If vitamins contain non-halaal beef, can I take it for health reasons?

Q: I would like to know what is feminism and how do we protect ourselves from it?

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?