Aqaaid

Q: Is Shab-e-Baraat considered a bid'ah? If someone keeps fast on Shab-e-Baraat for the sake of Allah, will this be a bid'ah as well?

Q: I was in a discussion recently about does Allah know our intentions and choices before we make them? I believe Allah knows all things before present and after his knowledge is compelled by time. But I don't know how to explain to my brother the issue of free will. Like he says if Allah knows our choices before we make them then he knows from birth if heaven or hell will be our abode then why put us on earth to test us when Allah knows our outcome already? So if Allah knows then its almost like programming. Please help me to explain or to make Allah knows all our choices even before our creation or birth or am I wrong?

Q: Can you please inform me what group exactly is the "khawaarij" and who are they? What are their characteristics? Do they still exist today? What is the definition of khawaarij? And I heard many people saying that the group Isil falls under the khawaarij. Is this true?

Q: Is it true that you can't hoover or clean up after maghrib?

Q: I would like to know if the quality of the bounties of Jannah increase with time. Like the drinks and food will taste better and the fragrance and the sexual feeling and the beauty of jannah. Does it all get better and better as time passes with regards to quality?

Q:

1) Kindly explain why Shari'at would allow the aid of spectacles to sight the moon but not the aid of a stronger medium like a pair of binoculars?

2) Kindly explain why the sighting of the moon from the Mount Everest at 8.8 km above sea level would be acceptable but not from an aircraft flying at a lower altitude of 5 km above sea level?

Q: I have a question regarding birthdays. Can we as Muslims celebrate birthdays? I know the answer is no, but a friend of mine told me that if you just cut the cake and only invite one or two friends just to make your child happy, then it's not gunaah and you wont be punished for it. So is this true? Can we celebrate our child's birthday just the way she said?

Q: Is it permissible to say cheers (as is the habit of the kuffaar at the end of a conversation)?

Q: I was recently asked by somebody that Hazrat Shaikh in Fazaail-e-Haj says that the sand touching the Mubaarak body of Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم is more superior to the arsh, the question being is it possible for anything to be more superior over the arsh?

Q: I have a question. There are many things on which Allah and Muhammad is written like papers etc. I got a laptop from PM Scholarship program. On it's screen there is written Mohammad ___________ . As it contains a the Holy word "Mohammad", I feel that it is disrespectful to put that laptop down on ground level or under the level of peoples feet. Sometimes it is really difficult to do this. There are many papers on which "Allah" and "Muhammad" is written, I wanted to ask what is the sanctity of all these things. Also can we put it on the ground? (Because it is people's foot level) Please answer.