General

Q: My parents and I were having a discussion, and this is what came up "what if mankind is Shaytaans trial?"

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?

Q: Are subliminal messages haraam?

Q: How is man created? Is man created in three components which are spirit, soul and body?

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?