Need to get married but cannot due to my mothers overbearing ways

Q: I am a devoted Muslim and do my best to follow the rgiht path with my parents. However despite loving my mother and dedicating years of my life trying to keep her company and happy I find now that I am struggling to cope with her overbearing ways. She hates that I want to get a job or have a friend to the extent that she asks me not to go out to see anyone unless she is also involved. I am getting old and want to get married and have a life but with her demands on me that will never happen. I feel that the stress is taking a toll on my mental and physical health and am getting very low. I don't want to upset her though but now I feel she has made me sacrifice my own life for her and that is not right. What can I do?

Some questions relating to death, ghusal and burial

Q:

  1. Which shahadat should be given preference for the talqeen of the muhtadar, the first shahadat or the shahadatain.
  2. From which side the qabr must be close with the plank for man and woman. The head side or the leg side.
  3. In the niyyat of the janazah salaah, is it necessary for the muqtadis say within themselves “behind this imam”.
  4. We used to walk in between the qabr with the shoes, I came across the Hadith discouraging to walk with the shoes. What should we do?
  5. Can we eat the fruits and take home the flowers of the qabarastan. If not, what should be done especially with the fruits? Let it get rotten on the trees?
  6. What the Shariah says about of planting on the qabr, especially after the burial. The flowers most of the time are taken from another qabr. Sometimes we find big big plants on the qabr. Should we keep the qabr completely neat at all times?

Keeping pictures of animate objects

Q: My question is that is it a major sin or a minor sin to keep pictures of animate objects in the house? I know that it must be avoided, but I was having a discussion with my family about this, and now I am very curious as to whether this comes in category of major sins or minor sins? (These photos were taken by someone else, I am asking about keeping them in the house).

Making dolls

Q: Is it permissable to make dolls as a hobby? If one has already made them, created them, is it permissable to then sell them? Will the money made from selling them be halaal?

Checking my Horoscope

Q: By curiosity I went on the net and check the characteristic of my horoscope but not what they predicts. for example they say that scorpio is strong by nature etc. Some were true but did i do shirk? I have promised not to read these things again.