Aqaaid

Q: Allah is known as "eel" in a language but in English it looks funny. If I laughed at it, is it kufr? I know we should avoid it, but if done is it kufr?

Q: I have a question about the Sahabi who only did the bare minimum and didn't do too many optional acts. When another Sahabi stayed at his house for 3 days he didn't notice anything special that he was doing. Despite this, Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said he was a jannati. Other Sahaba always followed the azeemat and took the more difficult path. So, as a general rule, should I take the easy path or the hard path when I have to make a decision?

Q: Please tell me the proper method for disposal of Allah’s and Prophets’ names.

Also is it permissible to give such pages for recycling? Also can we throw them out after blacking the names out with a marker?

Q: When I read about Allah’s attributes, especially Face, Hand, Laughter etc, I think/speak what I think it means. Then I think what if I did anthropomorphism. I immediately get scared and say Ya Allah if I did kufr then please forgive me and say kalimah. If my interpretation is true, will I have committed kufr for thinking of it as kufr?

Q: I read who received a distorted version of Islam will be among the people of the fatrah. So can we say that Qadyanis will go to Jannah because can we say that they received a distorted version of Islam? Personally I don’t think so they will. What about a person who was a non Muslim before and someone told him about Qadyaniyat and not Islam and he believed in that, will he go to jannah?

Q: My question is about intention in doing good deeds. I used to ask Allah for jannah just to get the things that I dont get here. Whenever I had any wish on things thats not permissible for us or luxurious life style that we wont get here I used to think inshallah I will get it in jannah and it also motivates me to do good deeds or pray in order to get jannah. Basically my intention while doing good deeds is to get jannah and these worldly adornments there. Are those deeds accepted or is it a sin for keeping such intention. 

Q: I recently had a satanic thought that whether it was true to say that If we say Allah is everywhere by his knowledge so it should be true to say we can say that Allah is in our body, bladder, rectum etc too because of his knowledge. Is it correct to say that or have I committed kufr?

Q: I used to read the Quran, fatwa webistes where Allah's Name was mentioned in the toilet. Sometimes I also cannot control myself and use the same cellphone that I learn about Islam to watch pornography. I read fatwas today that warns against both scenarios and I am afraid if I disbelieved due to those behaviours. More so, after reading that fatwa, which in fact also happened in toilet, I did not stop immediately and continued to read other fatwas to confirm if that fatwa is correct or not. I am frightened now and did I disbelieve and what should I do?

Q: I used to act on a fatwa from the hanbali site islamqa.info which states that you can recite loud in silent prayers such as asr, dhur, third rakah of maghrib and more and you should be careful to concentrate. I am a non native speaker of Arabic and I personally find praying loud in silent prayer is helpful to concentrate and reduce mistakes. Today I read a fatwa from a hanafi website and it states that reciting loud in silent prayers is invalid. I really want to follow the easier opinion of the hanbalis because I can't afford making mistakes in prayer. Some scholars also say that Subhaana rabbiy al-‘azeem and Subhaana rabbiy al-a’laa, and the tashahhud should all be silently. What's your thoughts? 

Q: There was a message going around on Aashurah day that read as follows: Zainul Aabideen is reported to have said that whoever reads the following duaa between sunrise and sunset on Aashurah will not die the following year, meaning this is a guarantee for his life for a year. And if a person is to die co incidentallly he will not read this duaa. And there was a long duaa mentioned after. Is there any authenticity to this?