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?
Q: Can we can watch TV and listen to music? Is it prohibited in Islam or not?
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?
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?
Q: Is it permissible for a baaligh male to receive maths tuition from a 60 year old ghair mahram woman?
Q: Is it permissible to hang frames/carpets with the names of Allah, ayatul kursi etc in one's home?
Q: I want to know if the plastic surgery is jaaiz? After giving birth to three children, my breasts have lost shape. One breast is bigger than the other. I feel so ashamed to come in front of my husband that I can't remove my clothes in front of him. I'm going through a tough time.
Q: Does burning of lobaan ward off evil? What are the benefits of burning lobaan?
Q: I understand that listening to music is prohibited. However, the majority of shops nowadays have some form of music. Is it permissible to visit these shops to purchase items if one does not spend unnecessary time there? What is the best way to deal with the situation when even the vegetable shop has music?
Q: I want to find out if it is permissible to do artificial insemination?