Miscellaneous

Q: Is it permissible to keep an iguana as a pet?

Q: I had an art project on the Mexican day of the dead festival and painted canvases that I think are haram. I painted two girls and one of them represented life and the other one represented death. One of them was with glowing eyes and I wrote in my art book that it shows birth and that she has life in her or something like that. The other one had two hands reaching out to her and I painted this because in the Mexican day of the dead festival they call out to spirits which is shirk. I also wrote that she could be depicted as a soul keeper but I didn't know about shirk at the time and I think about what I did until recently I realised how bad this is.

I even wrote stuff like these girls are like guardians of heaven and earth like a metaphor but I didn't believe in any of this. I also wrote how one of the girls in the canvas her soul is either going back to her too it was for my art project and I did it last year but I found my art book and these canvases and I ripped them up. I have one more canvas left and this canvas I named it "spirit lurer" which I don't know if this is shirk or not? If it is shirk, shall I get rid of the canvas or is it allowed to be painted over the skulls of the painting and what if I leave the face of the girl on there and turn the painting into a girl in a jungle and not holding the skull? Because the canvas is still linked to day of the dead but what if I get rid of the day of the dead element? I got rid of the other two canvases of the girls but this canvas i didn't get rid of yet because i didn't think it was shirk since i only named it "spirit lurer" but i thought maybe i can change the name of the painting. in the painting its only of a girl holding a skull unlike the other paintings.

Q: If one is running a cab service and the clients request the radio to be put on.. Is it ok considering music also gets played on the radio.

Q: If I am guilty for a sin but it didn't affect a person and that person didn't know if I tried to do something bad with him. Can I ask forginess only from Allah without telling that person. If he didn't get any harm and he didn't know anything about my sin. Please advise

Q: When I sleep in my bed, my feet are towards the west which is the direction of the Kabah. So what should I do about it? 

Q: Will we be punished for our sins in this world even after we have repented sincerely and turned towards Allah? Will we face consequences in this world for our sins after repenting?

Q: Is it ok to put my daughter's bed in my own big master bedroom as there is no physical relation between me and my husband due to perpertual illness of him. My daughter is an adult but still childish and since I have heard stories in my own family of jinn coming on my young virgin niece and talking to her as she was left alone in a separate room, I am hesitant to make my daughter sleep alone in another room. She has no siblings. It is only the 3 of us.

Q: I have committed a very great sin which is illegal in our religion. I am repenting for it. Please help me on how I can get purified and for Allah Ta'ala to forgive and erase my sins.

Q: What is the punishment in Islam for someome who physically hurt someone (not wife) badly without any reason? What is the rule of Islam on this?

Q: If somebody writes only "Salam" instead of "Assalamu Alaikum". Is it ok for both, to be written and to be said?