The cure for jealousy
Q: I feel very jealous of my near and close friends. When something bad happens to them, I feel satisfied. I always pray to Allah to give them more. How do I get rid of this jealousy?
Good Character
Lying to one's mother
Q: I told a lie to my mom that I passed my paper because she takes too much tension. Just to avoid her depression I told her that I passed and now she is offering 50 nafal of shukr... I regret telling a lie but I am afraid to tell her the truth. What should I do?
Is listening to another person's problems backbiting?
Q: My friend was treated badly by her former friends and sometimes she tells me about what happened and how she feels. She gets angry/upset when she talks. I think I've seen pics of her friends before and think I heard their names. Is it backbiting?
Dropping another family members toothbrush
Q: If I do something like drop a family members toothbrush or have it accidentally touch something like the wall or my hair, but I clean it, am I obliged to still tell them what happened? I dont want to because I know they wont like that it had happened.
Saying that someone is busy when answering a call
Q: I served in a Pvt Limited Company. Part of my job is to receive phone calls and to transfer it to my senior's and boss. Sometimes, I receive a phone call and when I transfer it to my boss, he tells me to tell the caller that he is busy in meeting or not available in the office whereas he is free and present. The issue is, it is a lie. Will I be sinning for speaking lies?
Giving and taking with the right hand
Q: I heard that its better to give money or pay somebody with your left hand and when you receive, its better to use the right hand. Is there anything like this in Islam?
Mocking people
Q: If I laugh at a person who is good and righteous, helps elderly people others and respects teachers, etc., does it lead to kufr?
Sitting cross legged
Q: Is sitting cross legged permissible?
Mocking someone's name
Q: Is making fun of the name "Maryam" kufr?
I mean if one was to say Maryam Taryam and laugh, is it kufr. Taryam means dust-bin in Algerian language.
Does making fun of another language result in making fun of the signs of Allah
Q: "And among the signs of His power is the creation of the heavens and the earth and diverse language and skin color. Surely, with that situation actually there are signs for people who know" (Ar-Rum:22)
According to an intrepretation. If I make fun of someone speaking in other language which seems funny, is it as if I made fun of a language (Allah's sign) and thereby kufr?