Miscellaneous

Q: Are there any reference from quraan and hadith with regards to the ruling of blood? And what are the viewpoints of the Fuqaha on Blood donations? And is blood transfusion accepted in Islam?

Q: Are cctv's allowed to be installed in the masaajid?

Q: Is it permissible to keep hunting trophies? (A hunting trophy is an item prepared from the body of a game animal killed by a hunter and kept as a souvenir of the successful hunting expedition. Often, the heads, skins or entire bodies are processed by a taxidermist, although sometimes other body parts such as teeth, tusks or horns are used as the trophies. Such trophies are often displayed in the hunter's home or office, and often in specially designed "trophy rooms," sometimes called "game rooms" or "gun rooms," in which the hunter's weaponry is displayed as well.

Q: Is it permissible to record a conversation where the person recording it wants to get information out to use against a third person? The person being recorded is unaware of the conversation being recorded.

Q: Is it permissible to use a loop (a certain type of birth control)?

Q: In mobile phones there are pictures in menus that we cannot delete, e.g. my contact list has the symbol of the silhouette of a human head. When we use messenger there is an icon with a smiley face displayed all the time. When you click it you can choose images you want to insert. This smiley icon is always displayed on the messenger screen. You cannot get rid of it. Can we still use the messenger, knowing we will use phrases like insha Allah etc. so Allah's Name would be displayed on the same screen as the smiley icon?

Q: I would like to enquire about nasheeds / nazms / naats, Is it permissible to listen to these for entertainment purposes, as is common these days? Also if the meaning is not understood vs if the meaning is understood.

Q: My father is a doctor and he has retired from govt job and now he got some money so we have plan to get a new house as we live in a rented house. We can accommodate in 10 marla house but we have plan to get 1 KANAL house for more luxury so according to shariah is there any restriction in buying big houses as i heard in a hadees its theme was like "Worst money is that which is spent in construction" and on another occasion our PROPHET did not liked the construction of a SAHABI and  afterwards that Sahabi demolished that construction. So can we build luxury houses to live in?

Q: Is it true that to do family planning due to fear of shortage of money, food etc. is Haraam and a major sin? Also please tell me the conditions in which one can do family planning.

Q: Please can you assist me in understanding the ruling of jihad in todays age (where we are without a caliphate) and when it would become incumbent on us to actively participate in physical jihad? I ask because I am feeling increasingly helpless when I look at the atrocities that our brothers and sisters are enduring in so many parts of the world - e.g. Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, etc. I do realise that we can make duaa to Allah (subhanahuwataála), that He ease the affairs of our brothers and sisters, and that we can make donations and offer aid in relief work. However, are we not expected to do more, by way of uniting in physical jihad - e.g. in Palestine? At which point would this become obligatory for us? Are we waiting to unite under one caliphate before doing so? Please assist me insha Allah. I have tried understanding this issue for some time now. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find the sunni fiqh of jihad in todays age. I think that there are many people in confusion, and so they turn to less reputable on-line sources to understand their role in jihad better.