Q: How to deal with people who lie about you, tarnish your image, hurt you and deprived you of your basic rights. They constantly taunt you and pick faults in you? How to stay firm in faith when you see a liar and deceptive people to be successful in life while truthful and honest ones suffer?
Is continuously praising oneself and thinking low of others permissible in Islam?
Q: If I ask someone to bring me water or to give me water, is it haraam for them to say no?
Q: Is mocking someone's appearance considered kufr because we are mocking the creation of Allah?
Q: What should I do when I have cheated in Quran hifz and I have only learned 20 parahs. Now my teacher wants to take tests from me. If I tell the truth it would mean great disrespect to my family. I am very depressed.
Q: Gheebah is a very great sin. الغيبة اشد من الزنا.
So lots of people take it lightly and will still end up speaking bad about people and ask that person forgiveness afterwards etc.
When a person speaks bad regarding another person, if it falls under gheebat, the persons good deeds goes to the person he has spoken ill about. Now if he asks that person forgiveness, even if the person forgives him, will he get his good deeds back? Or will it be such that he can now ask Allah for forgiveness as the person has forgiven him, but he'll have to restart his good deeds?
I feel that people don't realize the gravity of the sin of gheebah, and take it very lightly. Please advise. I'm not an aalima so I am afraid if I'm thinking wrongly so I dislike saying anything regarding it incase I am erroneous in this regard.
Q: If A writes a story about A's sister B, and A says that B has skill issue, etc. (the story is fake), has A backbitten B?
Q: I currently live in Pretoria and work in Jet Park (I travel about 128km a day to and from work). Currently I use my car everyday to work and back. I have previously looked at the Gautrain as an alternative, however it worked out a little too expensive for me.
Recently, my small brother informed me that he receives a discount on his Gautrain trips (as he is a student) but doesn't use this discount as his campus isn't so far and it's easier for him to drive. As he isn't using this discount- He had offered it to me to use his discount to travel to work.
My question - Would it be permissible to use his discount for my benefit (considering he is a student and I am not)?
Q: Is it permissible to speak a lie to not make someone worried about you?
Q: I keep hearing that we as Muslims have a duty to forgive others. But how can this be the case if we wish for them to be held accountable on the Day of Judgement?
I don’t want to forgive people who have hurt or harmed me as I want them to be brought to justice. And I don’t understand what is meant by ‘when we forgive it’s for us, not them,’ as forgiving those who have done me wrong does not bring me peace, but knowing they will be held to account does.
Q:
1. In Islam, what is the perspective on self-esteem and how can it be increased?
2. What is the Islamic perspective on self-confidence and how can it be increased?