Decorating one's house
Q: May I please know whether buying flower vases and other items of decorations to decorate one's house amounts to israaf (extravagance)?
Miscellaneous
Female circumcision
Q: Is female genital mutilation allowed in Islam considering the fact that a woman faces various complications such as infections, bleeding and even death?
Major and minor sins
Q:
1. In fazaail-e-amaal we read that minor sins are easily pardoned. What are the differences between major and minor sins?
2. Is there a list of major/minor sins so we can guard ourselves appropriately?
Skype and video calling
Q: Is Skype call or Video Phone Call tasweer? It's Live, not recorded.
Ulama on TV
Q: Please comment on the following statement issued by the Jamiatul Ulama South Africa (JUSA) on Islamic TV stations. http://www.radioislam.co.za/news/2012/JUSA.View.of.Ulama.on.TV.Clarifie… Is this statement correct? Particularly the last paragraph?
Donating bodies, organs and blood
Q:
1. Is it permissible to donate organs? For example, if a family member or a friend is in need of a kidney, are you allowed to donate your kidney?
2. Is it permissible to donate a body for medical research?
3. What is the Islamic ruling for donating blood?
4. If a family member is on a ventilation machine and there is no hope of recovery, is it permissible to disconnect it?
Watching TV
Q: Can we can watch TV and listen to music? Is it prohibited in Islam or not?
Attending mixed gatherings and universities
Q: Would attending a mixed university be permissible? How are we to decide which mixed gatherings are permissible and which aren't? Like restaurants, shops, family gatherings are all mixed. Public places are mixed too. I don't think its a part of our religion to cut ourself from the world?
Circulating Ahaadith via social media
Q: It is fast becoming a common trend for the English translation of Ahaadith to be circulated via social media eg. whatsapp etc. Recipients generally read these messages wherever they may be and in whatever state they may be in. Some examples of these are, the recipient may be in a mall shopping or driving or at the beach or whilst eating or in a social gathering etc. Often, recipients not being desirous of reading the hadith or may have received that hadith from ten other contacts, ends up just browsing through the hadith like any other unimportant chat. It appears that the respect of hadith is lost due to this type of circulation.
1) Is it in keeping with the adab of ahaadith etc to read it on the mobile phone?
2) Will it be more appropriate to send a hadith to a specific person only upon the request of the recipient?
Going for maths tuition to an old ghair mahram woman
Q: Is it permissible for a baaligh male to receive maths tuition from a 60 year old ghair mahram woman?