Aqaaid

Practising Islam secretly

Q: I live in Paris. I am contacting you for a serious case about a person who wants to convert to Islam. The person who converted to Islam is stuck because of his parents. He can not separate from his parents but he wants to convert and practice Islam, at the same time he is afraid of his parents.

Using a broken comb

Q: I would like to know whether there is some ruling in islam that one should not comb his hair with a comb which is broken or just baseless belief? In some case they say it reduces rizq. Is it true?

Ignorant person saying that istikhaara can mislead one

Q: What if a person says these kind of words "istakhara is for world and we should follow our brain. We should not do istakhara, we do not need istakhara. People do it to cheat others." Actually I did istakhara and a man said these words to change my decision. My mom and I got the same answer, but I said to him that it is Sunah to do istakhara. He still did not believe it to be right, although he said I am making decisions using istakhara. And istakhara misleads you. Can that person be called a munaafiq? He was told that it is Sunnah.

Superstitions

Q: I am living in Australia for the last seven years. I leased a house here in Australia one Month before marriage, the idea was to live here with my wife. However, I am struggling with visa for last 3 years. One of my friends advised me to change this house as in his opinion this house/land is not suitable for her. I would like to know the reality of land and house in the light of Islam. Also would like to know that, does house or land have any effect on human's life.