Miscellaneous

Q: I know that it is haraam to attend a wedding where men and women are mixed, but will the same apply to eating in a restuarant where it is mixed in the same way as a wedding?

Q: Is it permissible to sign something in someone else's name if they give you permission?

For example, my younger sister needs my parents to sign something for school and my parents are not in the city. If my mother gives me the permission to sign the paper in her name because she is unable to, is this permissible?

Q: What is the Islamic ruling on hugging and kissing your mother?

Q: Is it true that Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) never referred to hardships as 'museebat', but used to refer to them as trials from Allah?

Q: Is this correct, how do you pronounce and write the Islamic months?

‏ليعلم أن الاسم الصحيح للشهر السادس للسنة الهجرية هو: جمادى اﻵخرة. وجمادى: بضم الجيم وفتح الدال، واللفظ مؤنث، وهو منعوت إعرابا. واﻵخرة: نعت ل: جمادى. [للتفصيل لينظر: لسان العرب، الصحاح في اللغة، المصباح

Please note: The correct name for the sixth month of The Islamic Calender is [جمادى اﻵخرة] - Jumaada l-Aakhirah. (For details see: Lisaan l-Arab, As-Sihaah fi l-Lughah, Al-Misbaah l-Muneer) Who started the Islamic months, where does the names of the Islamic months come about and what do the names mean?

Q: I would like to ask what are the best days for having hijama (cupping) done and if there are any days on which hijama (cupping) should be prevented or is prohibited.

Q: On facebook we receive many sharing posts that contain the name of Allah Ta'ala and Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). After seeing it, can we delete them from our facebook account. Is there any sin to do this or not?

Q: I have lived a life full of sins. I have committed every sin there is, all of them are major ones. I have also committed a lot of zina. Having committed all the sins intentionally, will Allah forgive me? Do I have a chance at redemption? I want to stop all of this and turn back to Allah. I need some advice on how to turn my life around.

Q: If a close relative who is your mahram is hurting your feelings constantly and you do not like it , how do you distance yourself from him without being disrespectful and you would not want to create any distance between other family members and break family ties?

Q: What is makrooh? By doing anything that is Makrooh, will a person also get gunaah?