Miscellaneous

Q: What is the ruling on keeping a dog? What rules do we have to follow if we have a dog for safety reasons?

Q: I have a few questions pertaining to murat.

1. What qualifies as murat? Is it just eyes, face, or even the outline of an animate object?
2. I have an embroided picture of people around the kaabah, their faces are not visible, however you can see their bodies and that they are humans, is this picture permissable to have?
3. Can one read salaah in the same room as where murat is displayed?

Q: Can a woman commit suicide to protect herself from rape if she can't kill the person who is trying to rape her? Will she be sinful if she kills the raper?

Q: Could you please tell me if its permissible in Islam to have a hair transplant as I have a very receding hair line and sometimes feel like I am gradually getting bald and being a woman I really stress over it?

Q: I have been adopted by my Paternal Uncle (fathers brother) due to him not having any children. My Uncles wife did breastfeed me, making her my Foster Mum. My Question is regarding parda with the following people, and making Salaam and shaking hands with them. Are the following Males, Mahram to me:

1. My Foster Nana (foster mums father)?
2. My Foster Nana's Brothers?

And is Parda required between my Husband and the following females:

1. My Foster Mum?
2. My Foster Nani (foster mums mother)?

*** Both of my Biological Parents are still alive ***

From what I understand, that all relations that are Haraam through Blood are all Haraam through Breastfeeding also. Please shed light on the above Laws, and if any other rules are to be known, please inform me.

Q: When a person is sneezing multiple times should alhamdulillah be recited after each sneeze and should others reply as many times as is sneezed, or after 3 times should they stop?

Q: I asked my wife to put tenant in the house. She said no and wants to apply council house. This means she will tell the council she is single despite me living with her. Will my rented house income become haram? What do I do?

Q: Is it permissible to touch a very old gair mahram?

Q: Please can mufti saheb explain the aspect of a women's voice being part of the pardha? Someone has presented arguments that in time of Sahaba this was not found and they used to talk to Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) and that one of Imam shafi RA teachers was a woman.

Q: Can we send around unconfirmed news? What does Islam actually teach us about this matter? Explain from Quran and Hadith with reference.