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?
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?
Q: What does Islam say about meditation? If it is permissible, how should a Muslim meditate?
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?
Q: In Islam, is a man's worth more valuable? Is murdering an innocent man worse than murdering an innocent woman?
Q: I would like to know about the famous philosopher Ibn Sina, was he a Shia?
Q: Is the following correct:
If you think about committing a sin (like to watch a movie), but do not act upon it due to a barrier (e.g. WiFi goes off or you fell asleep) - you GET the sin because if it hadn’t been for that barrier you would have done it. But if you think about it, and do not act upon it due to your conscious or you feel bad to commit the act then you do NOT get the sin.
Q: I’m a non-Muslim. I want to know what does Islam say about Judaism saying if your mom isn’t an Israelite but your dad is, you’re not an Israelite and you were cursed since birth because of the parents’ mistakes and your parents are cursed by God for their mistakes?
Can you please give Quran verses about that? I believe Judaism is unfair for that. Why do Muslims have bara for the Bani Israel i.e. the Jews if Jesus was one?
Q: Is clapping jaiz or najaiz?
Q: I want to know what is the origin of a masjid to have moon or star as a symbol at the top of the masjid or the dome of the masjid, is it the symbol of Islam? Are all masjids required to have the moon or star symbol?