Aqaaid

Fortune telling

Q: Recently my friend and I were walking on the road coming back home. My friend saw a Palmist (hand reading person) and he read his hand and told him his future. My question is can anyone can see in your hands and tell you about your past and future? Is hand reading or palmistry real? Can the line in your hand really tell you about you future? According to Islam is there any way to know about the persons future?

Picking and choosing from other mazhabs

Q: Can a shaafi follower follow hanafi fiqh in matters of tahaarah and purity and perform salah, fasting and hajj according to shaafi fiqh when he feels hanafi fiqh is easier in tahaarah matters than shaafi fiqh? Or can a shaafi follower adopt some opinions of the hanafi Imam in matters of tahaarah not as a whole because he feels it easier? Will he be sinning by doing like this when his intention is not to follow his nafs but to make his life easier? Allah Ta'ala and our Rasul (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) also teach that we should make our deen easy to follow?

Learning and propagating Deen

Q: I am and Indian sister. I wanted to seek your ulama's advice in regarding my brother's education; that is in this era which line of education should we select becoming a great aalim or becoming an engineer or a doctor and doing the great effort of dawah and tableeg and seeking deeni ilm in free time from a scholar?