General

Q: Can a Muslim staying in India celebrate Independence day of India and carry the national flag? Is it against Islam ?

Q: Will Allah Ta'ala punish a person if they don't use the material things they have purchased for years and it's just laying around?

Q: I live in a Muslim country. Can I move to Italy which is a non-Muslim country to acquire an mbbs degree and practice medicine? It is neccessary to state that this mbbs degree and practicing medicine is also possible in my Muslim country. I just want to move there due to the extra facilities. So is it permissible to move to Italy knowing that haraam is freely available there?

Q: Is it a sin to throw away date seeds that have come from Madinah Shareef? Or is it better for us to bury the date seeds, but this isn't an obligation?

Q: If a person has no need for a phone and knows that if he starts using it, he will fall into haraam (Allah save everyone), then will it be permissible for him to keep a smart phone?

Q: I am greatly troubled with occurrences worldwide e.g. the situations in China, Palestine, Saudi, Iraq, North Korea, etc. Sometimes, I do read the news. Alhumdulillah I am trying to be consistent in my duas and nawafil for the oppressed worldwide.

Can Mufti Saheb please offer some advice on how to remain positive about these situations as well as what we should be doing to help those in need?

Is it alright to read the news occasionally (avoiding all murat i.e. pictures of animate objects)?

How can we remain safe in these times of fitnah? 

Q: Is walking on the right hand side of the road considered to be amongst the aadaab (etiquettes) of the road? Some brothers say this is part of the aadaab of gusht but others say this is not true as the road isn't something honorable.

Q:

1. I wanted to know if it's permissible to look at the moon, as I heard something along the lines that one should not look at it because something regarding shaytaan.

2. Also, is it permissible to look at the shooting star, and if not, what's the reason?