Bid'ah

Q: I am moving into my new house which has just been renovated. I called a Shaikh for dua and food and I have also fed my immediate family members and neighbours on that day. Is this bid'at? I am a bit worried. I have been correcting my intention doing it to please Allah and not to please makhlooq. What should I do immediately after entering the home? Me and my wife were thinking of performing two rakaat of Salaah and making dua, then reciting Qur'an and making ta'leem of fazail. Can you please advise.

Q: My locality had a whole weekend (13-15/2/2015) program in celebration of the moulood of Rasulllah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam). I am aware of the "over importance" given to this as it is considered an innovated matter in the religion but do you know why this weekend in particular? Also the speaker mentioned that he would rather want to be seen to support Hussain (Radiyallahu Anhu) than Yazid. Can you also explain/clarify if delaying the athaan and jamaat salaah for other religious activities like lectures and naats etc is permissible. Then the masjid was heavily "decorated" with banners and flowers. Is this permissible? The people are known as Sunnis. Please advise.

Q: Is combing hair at night not a good thing? Is looking at a glass at night a bad thing?

Q: I am married for 6 years and I do not have children. My mother in law wants me to visit a dargaah and pray there. I have faith only in Allah. He knows better what is best for me. Should I go or not? I am undergoing IUI treatment. Can I continue this?

Q: Does the practice of the mother in law putting burfee in the daughter in laws mouth at the time of her proposal have any basis in Islam?

Q: Is it permissible to do hadra (group dhikr) near the death bed? Some people in our country do this hadra before the burial.

Q: What is the purpose of putting black beads on the newborn's hand? What's the purpose of putting a fresh or dry chilli on meat, which maybe cooked or raw. Especially when traveling at night? What is the requirements according to Qur'an and Sunnah when we have a newborn?

Q: What is the basis in shariah of reciting Durood before giving the azaan? Also, when carrying out a good deed, eg, performing umrah, nafl hajj, reciting the Quraan etc, if one makes intention to pass the reward onto deceased relatives or our Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam), does the person himself get reward in full too?

Q: My father has the practise that whenever he goes to the beach, he faces the ocean and says: "Assalamu Alaikum O Great Man of the Ocean!" He commands us to do so as well mentioning that their lives a Wali of Allah Ta'ala in the ocean who had eaten/drunk something that had granted him eternal life. And that Allah Ta'ala had hidden him in the ocean so that people do not pester him. These are the words of my father. Is there any substance to this and the saying "Assalamu Alaikum O Great Man of the Ocean!"?

Q: If a person commits a bidah has he committed a sin?