Q: A Muslim answered the questions put to him by a non-Muslim as follows:
1. Do you stand for gay people's rights?
"Of course."
2. Do you stand for gay marriage?
"If the 2 individuals who are of the same sex want to be married and they go for a civil partnership or marriage or whatever it is, if it is provided
within the constitution and within the legal systems of our country, then they are entitled to."
Would this render the person answering a murtad?
Q: What is the difference between "Jannah" and "Samaawaath"?
Q: Please explain the severity of writing Salams, Slmz, Salam Alaykum, Slms etc instead of writing Assalamu Alaykum. People think it's no big deal when you tell them. From a scholarly point of view please elaborate why these abbreviations and versions of conveying Salam are incorrect?
Q: Donating blood to a non muslim has the same amount of ajar or not? I am living in a non muslim country. I have a chance to donate blood, can I donate?
Q: My mother has a heart problem. She currently has a mechanical valve (st Jude's metal valve) and the problem is she gets admitted into hospital every 2 weeks due to high blood levels and clotting of blood all over her body. The doctor said that if she replaces the mechanical valve with a pigs tissue valve she won't have that problem again. Is it permissible to use it for medical purposes?
Q: When a man makes salam to a woman, should he say assalamu alykum or assalamu alyka?
Q:
1. Should a lady sleep with her scarf on?
2. Should a man sleep with his topi on?
Q: What is the difference between fatwa and taqwa? I could not understand when a man told me this difference. I only know that if someone asks fatwa, it is just because of taqwa. So I could not understand the difference, I was told about. He gave an example:- It is fatwa to lengthen the beard one fist and lengthening the beard 2 inches more than one fist is taqwa. But I know that if I lengthen my beard up to one fist, it is because of Taqwa, otherwise I would have trimmed it. Please clarify if there is exactly any differnce as I am told about? Also explain the given example on beard to be correct or not. Jazakallah.
Q: I am taking echinaciae drops that have ethanol alcohol in it. I was told to put the drops in a little boiling water for the alcohol to evaporate, wait for a couple minutes and then drink. Is this allowed?
Q: If somebody uses "ma shaa Allaah" sarcastically in response to a sarcastic sentence, this is surely wrong, is it not? And is this kufr? Secondly, if someone laughs at the use of sarcasm here have they done kufr?