Miscellaneous

Q: What is the definition of salaah and dua?

Q: I have a severe problem. Me and my brother have not been talking to each other for many years. But since I got to know that it is such a great sin, I want to turn back. I have asked forgiveness from him several times. I even tried starting the conversation but he never talks to me and he will never talk. I am stuck. What should I do? He is really determined not to talk to me. How can I seek Allah 's forgiveness?

Q: Are laziness, eating too much and greed considered sins in Islam?

Q: I did a certain sin. Now somehow my friend came to know about it. If he asks me whether I committed the sin, how should I reply to him:

1. Cover up the sin

2. Always speak the truth.

Q: Why is there no satisfaction or good in halaal? It seems that there is more pleasure in haraam than in halaal.

Q: When a person already falls in the category of hypocrisy and he is still alive does he still have a chance, what should he do to cure it?

Q: Is it permissible to use medicine which is derived from humans? Like injecting something to stimulate certain cells/proteins and then getting from them? Perhaps it is not transplant which is prohibited.

(My mother had a fracture on her leg bone and it has not healed over 7 months so doctors are planning another surgery to fix it and will put bone formation stimulating drug at the site of fracture most likely derived from humans).

Q: Did Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) hate those kuffar (e.g. Abu Jahal) who were against Muslims?

Q: I have a Muslim worker who is addicted to mandrax. Daily after work he must smoke. Sometimes he works late and the place where he needs to buy the tablets (drugs) is not safe so he asks me to take him there so that he can go in and buy it and I must drop him home. If I don’t take him, he will walk down and it’s not safe. I have been doing that but it’s bothering my mind, am I not a party to the sin? What should I do? Even though by my not taking him he won’t stop. 

Q: If a father says to his son "if it's true that you committed what I suspect you, May Allah curse you" and surely the son committed what his father suspected him (Though the father has confidence his son will never do that due to his (son's) good character). Now:

1. What is the ruling on that curse?

2. Is the son still a Muslim?

3. Can the son, despite being cursed pave his way to paradise?

4. If surely Allah cursed a person, he distanced him from his mercy, how could that son draw nearer to Allah's mercy.

5. The father is quite happy with the son as I write this, because he obeys whatever he asks him to do, not knowing the son is cursed by him. What is your advice to the son?