Standing for the national anthem and saluting
Q: Is it permissible to stand for the national anthem and salute?
General
The principles prepared by the Fuqahaa are deduced from the Quraan Majeed and Mubaarak Ahaadith
Q: Muslim jurists, 14 centuries back, have expounded certain new principles to carve out Islamic Law, coinciding with the modern theories of law. Can you please let me know what are those new principles? Are they rules of interpretations? Or are they juristic deductions? Or are they both rules of interpretations and juristic deductions?
Shaitaan is a trial for man
Q: My parents and I were having a discussion, and this is what came up "what if mankind is Shaytaans trial?"
Solution for evil thoughts
Q: I get a lot of evil thoughts about people and I really dislike it (for example when I see someone who is fat then I'll think that they so fat etc), please can mufti saheb tell me how to stop these evil thoughts from coming?
Ruling on subliminal messages
Q: Are subliminal messages haraam?
How is man created?
Q: How is man created? Is man created in three components which are spirit, soul and body?
Taking beach sand, shells or flowers home
Q:
1. Can I take beach sand and use it for my personal use? I have some work to do and don't want to outlay extra cash.
On that note, can I take home with me a beach pebble or shell I find on the shore/sand?
2. I love taking walks in nature. If I find an interesting leaf or flower, etc. Can I take that home too?
Being sinful for stray thoughts
Q: We have read that we are rewarded for good thoughts, but not sinful for bad thoughts as long as we don’t act on them. But we have also heard that we are responsible for our thoughts and therefore sinful for thinking wrong. So what is true? Because we do think of sins, for example, sometimes our mind just keeps going to some bad thought even though we try to remove that thought from our mind, but it keeps coming. We even pray for that thought to go away, but it doesn’t. So are we sinful for bad thoughts like this?
Meditation in Islam
Q: What does Islam say about meditation? If it is permissible, how should a Muslim meditate?
Using any aayat of the Quraan as guidance when faced with difficulties
Q: Recently a sister mentioned that she has been practicing on a certain action which she heard from an Aalim. The practice is that whenever she faces any decision or difficulty then she opens the Quraan Shareef at random, and whichever aayah her eye falls on, she finds the translation and uses this as guidance. Is this permissible?