Questions From Non Muslims

• Question: What is the ruling on spinning poetry (ghazal)?
• How can the phrase "those who followed you" in the Almighty’s saying, "And [mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you in that wherein you used to differ," be interpreted in a way that does not contradict the current reality of Muslims and Christians, or lead to considering non-Christians disbelievers?
• What is the ruling on loving weapons and military equipment manufactured by non-Muslims, not for the sake of their makers, but for their qualities such as speed and strength, knowing that some of them may be used against Muslims?
• What is the ruling on inviting non-Muslims to Islam, what are the best ways to do so, what if they insist on disbelief, and what is the ruling on seeking help from specialists and websites in this field?
• أريد كل الأحاديث التي تتكلم عن مصر، ومن راويها؟
• Is it permissible to limit childbirth to two or three children given the current circumstances and difficulties of raising children, and does this contradict the Hadiths that encourage having many children?
• What is the ruling on promoting products that display images of immodestly dressed women to non-Muslims, and what is the ruling on using pre-existing animated drawings in promoting those products?
• Is it permissible to donate to a temple to ward off harm and preserve the privileges enjoyed by Muslims working in a non-Islamic company?
• Is it permissible to write a novel whose events take place in a Christian country with Christian characters, devoid of forbidden things, and which is read only by close acquaintances, along with enjoining good and forbidding evil?
• What is the ruling on believing in the unity of religions and advocating for it, and what are the implications of that, such as the acceptance of all deeds, the inevitability of entering Paradise, the permissibility of intermarriage, and the illegitimacy of killing an apostate?
• Is it permissible to accept land for building an Islamic center in the United States, provided that its administration is subject to the laws of the state and the university, that the university has the right to revoke the donation, and that the center is for all people, not just Muslims?
• How sound is the Hadith of Abu Dharr in "Sunan Abu Dawud": "I was with the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on a donkey, and the sun was setting. He said: (Do you know where it goes?) I said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: (Indeed, it sets in a muddy spring)"? And what is its meaning if it is sound, especially since some non-Muslims use it to cast doubt upon and slander Islam?
• Is it permissible to pirate the expensive Photoshop program or buy it as a pirated copy, knowing that the company is American?
• How can a woman psychologically accept polygyny, given the displacement it causes for children and their deprivation of their father, and the heartbreak of the wife, especially since a man might marry because one wife does not suffice him to remain chaste, while he might not emotionally or sexually suffice his wife?
• Is it authentically reported that Ikrimah said: "The poor (fuqarā'): the poor among Muslims, and the needy (masākīn): the poor among the People of the Book"? And is it sound that 'Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb gave from the zakat to a poor person from the People of the Dhimma, saying: "This is from those about whom Allah said: {Indeed, the charities are for the poor and the needy} [Quran 9:60], and they are the infirm among the People of the Book"? And is it permissible to give zakat to the needy among the People of the Dhimma based on that?
• How can one respond to the insinuation raised concerning Imam al-Bukhari and his efforts in collecting hadith, which questions the possibility of his collecting a massive number of hadiths within a specific timeframe, especially given that he used to take time in verifying them?
• Is it permissible to accompany or sit with effeminate men, homosexuals, or their like from non-Muslims?
• What is the ruling on naming a girl "Juraynah" and is it the diminutive of "Jury"?
• Is one who dies unjustly in prison due to poor conditions considered a martyr, and what are the rulings pertaining thereto?
• Is the wife's waiver of her right to custody before a non-Muslim judge binding on her, and is this judge's decision regarding the children's maintenance (nafaqah) binding on the father, given the absence of an Islamic court or an Islamic center for dispute resolution in the Western country of residence?
• Is it permissible to buy gifts to be placed in a company where non-Muslims work, as an expression of Christmas and a way of participating with them?
• Is it permissible to celebrate a child's growth and aging on a day other than their birthday?
• How can one refute the misconception of non-Muslims that the Gospel has not been distorted, based on verses 47 and 68 from Surat Al-Ma'idah?
• Is it permissible for parents to refuse their son's marriage to a non-Palestinian girl and threaten to disown him if he does not marry a Palestinian, and is the parents' consent a condition for the son's marriage if he finds the girl to be religious and of good character?