Dua for a long life
Q: Please advise the best dua for long life.
Also, will my wife be with me in jannat if we both are granted this joy by Allah Ta'ala?
Zikr & Dua
Making zikr while playing games
Q:
1. Is it permissible to play Roblox while doing dhikr in one's mind to avoid wasting time? Though at times one may forget to do so. Some aspects of the game include:
• Free mixing. Avoidable, though a non mahram may approach.
• Clothing (for the characters) that are inappropriate in front of non mahrams. Avoidable.
• Players using heads and faces (can lead to exposing images of animate beings from one's device.)
• Games that include impermissible aspects. Avoidable.
So, the Haram aspects can be avoided In shaa Allah, but other players can engage in it.
Also, the game consists of a variety of other games (exploration games, designing outfits, maybe riddles or the like etc.).
2. Is it permissible to replace the head using some other object like a watch, flower, planets etc. as long as it doesn't have a face or isn't the head of an animal or person?
3. If a non mahram approaches me and I leave the game soon/quickly afterwards without saying anything, is it permissible?
Making dua to marry a specific person
Q: If I want to marry someone, can I make dua to marry them taking their name?
Taking the name of Allah Ta'ala in a bathroom
Q: In a bathroom that consists of a shower and sink as well as a toilet, which area will be regarded as a toilet in shariah?
Would it be permissible to take the name of Allah in the sink area and at what point should one enter with the left foot?
Frequently reciting "Bismillah"
Q: As in a Hadith it is recommended to "start" any task with "Bismillah". So I want to ask if one says "Bismillah" frequently not only in the start of any task but in the middle or end as well. Or if one makes it his/her frequent zikr even without any task. Is it allowed and benefiting for a Muslim or it is an an addition to the sunnah?
Acquiring concentration in one's duas and salaah
Q: Please advise how to soften my heart. I recently cannot cry. No matter how afraid I am of my sins and meeting Allah Ta'ala, I cannot cry when making dua. If it's my medication, do I stop it? What if I battle without my medication? At the same time, I'm worried about becoming hard hearted.
I also cannot concentrate at all in my salaah. How do I become a better Muslim?
Reciting the dua of a Hadith in an individual form or a congregational form
Q: If a dua recommended in the Hadith for a particular purpose is said in a congregational form (نا), should the individual reciting it change it and say it in individual form (ني)?
Making dua to be friends with a non mahram
Q: I've been asking Allah to make me friends with a non mahram. Its been a lot of time now I see no signs of my dua getting accepted. I am really confused if this is prohibited thats why its not getting accepted or somewhere I found we can be friends with a non mahram with boundaries so if its permissible then why is Allah not accepting it. I've looked up everywhere and I still remain in an utter state of confusion. I cry for this dua every prayer, every rain, every azaan yet its not being accepted. I really don't know if I should wait or give up. If this is right or wrong. Please help me.
Making zikr with short sleeves
Q:
1. Can I read durood and zikr with short sleeves? Is it still rewarded and accepted?
2. For Ramadhaan, I wanted to gift my family and friends something that can be lasting reward for me, if I gift them counters for zikr, is this a means of lasting reward?
Zikr in a gathering
Q: I have a question regarding Halqah Thikr and loud congregational thikr. Recently I have heard reports from many Ulama that this action is not an ibadah but a bid'ah. They cite the incident of Abdullah ibn Masud (RadhiAllahu Anhu) and the dhikr majlis (which I'm sure Mufti Saheb is familiar with) as proof for their claim. Is this claim true? That the Halqah Thikr is a bid'ah.