Miscellaneous

Q: Is face painting permissible? If not, please advise as to why it is not permissible.

Q: I am a lecturer/ tutor by profession. A lecturer asked to use my lecture theatre time for something. I did not understand or listen to her properly what she wanted to use the lecturer theatre for. Without listening properly I allowed her. Later on, i realised it was for Holi celebration and Easter celebration. Have i committed a sin? What do i do to ask forigiveness from Allah on this? But then again, it was not entirely on me allowing it or no because that lecturer threate is owned by my employer but I was only scheduled to take a class during that time.

Q: Are "smileys" regarded as pictures (tasweer) in shariat? And is it permissible to use them? 

Q: Are pictures are allowed in Islam?

Q: I was watching a video on youtube. A man reciting poetry but then I completely forgot it was poetry because it sounded like the quran then I remembered like 20 seconds later that it was poetry. Will I be judged?

Q: I'm not sure if you are aware of the recent epidemic of christian healers that's infecting our community like the plague. Christians seem to use the possibility of their mislead leaders healing people, claiming to be annointed by god(though they haven't a clue about who or what god is), as a defence to our statements about the authenticity of Islam and the quran. My question is what should our answer be when they challenge us boasting the capability of their leaders? How is it possible that their leaders do such things? What does the Quran say about this?

Q: If a shop owner ends up being alone in his shop with a female customer, is this counted as impermissable khalwa? (although another customer might enter the shop at any time). Also, in my local library the librarian is a women and sometimes we end up being alone in the library (although others may enter at any time), what is the ruling in this case?

Q: Is the practice of "Acupressure" permissible in Islam? Some information regarding it, http://www.eclecticenergies.com/acupressure/howto.php

Q: Is it permissible to stuff an animals head and keep it as an ornament after hunting it and consuming that which is edible?

Q: Is photos permissible in any madhab. Please substantiate with some proof.