Mental Health

• What is the way to help a sister who is suffering from psychological problems due to her upbringing, her love for tight clothing, her taking of sleeping pills, her attempts to commit suicide, her relationship with a foreign man, her refusal to live with her family, and her insistence that she cannot stop wearing tight clothing and observe hijab?

• Is it permissible to sign a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) document for a female child suffering from an incurable genetic brain disease, who is unresponsive to treatments, and whose health condition is deteriorating, based on the doctors' recommendation that this is the best option to alleviate her suffering?

• How can one overcome the problem of extreme shyness and lack of self-confidence, develop one's personality, and improve the relationship with one's mother?

• 1. Is the lack of desire to marry due to fear? 2. What is the appropriate supplication for someone who feels jealous of his younger brother and wishes him happiness?

• Does looking at what is forbidden (haram) decrease intelligence and reason in Islamic law, and is it a certain and direct consequence?

• Can the principle of permissibility of disclosing sins to specialists secretly—for the purpose of treatment—be applied to bad dreams, so that they may be disclosed to a specialist to facilitate mental health treatment?

• What is the ruling on exaggeration in istibra’ (purification after urinating), and does that affect one’s mental health?

• What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a grandmother registering a house she bought with her own money in her daughter's name, and what must the daughter do after her mother's death, given her intention to sell the house?

• What is the reason for mood swings between loving to socialize with people and isolating oneself from them?

• What is the religious ruling on a person who orders the television to be turned off upon hearing the Qur’an and says, "Go to the mosque," while he neglects his children and wife, does not perform prayers on time, and has been absent from the Isha prayer for four days, claiming illness, while being in full possession of his mental faculties and health?

• Is it permissible for a woman to use health sprays to clean her vagina after converting to Islam?

• Is it permissible to suffice with a doctor's certificate for marriage without undergoing expensive medical examinations, after ensuring freedom from infectious diseases?

• Are there any books on psychology you recommend?

• Is a suitor's abandonment of a girl—after she disclosed to him that she suffers from some health problems (slight scoliosis in her back, and her left brain hemisphere does not translate speech despite her hearing being good)—considered an acceptable reason, especially after she consulted religious scholars regarding this disclosure and they advised her not to mention it, and she dreamt of Quranic verses and other dreams indicating the completion of the marriage after performing Salat al-Istikhara, knowing that she believes her problem is not hereditary and does not prevent procreation, and she offered the suitor to consult a specialist doctor but he refused?

• Is it permissible for a father to divide his property among some of his children to the exclusion of others, on account of one of them being disobedient (aqq)? And does the disobedient son forfeit his right to inheritance?

• What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the defloration of a Muslim virgin due to chronic health conditions, where the doctor advises defloration because it prevents menstrual flow every month?

• What is the ruling on bungee jumping and paragliding? Is it permissible for a person who stutters to listen to music based on a doctor's consultation? And is it permissible to lie to a suspect to obtain a blood sample from him under a false pretext?

• Is it permissible for a woman to pierce her tongue?

• Is it permissible to file a lawsuit against the Ministry of Health and the doctor and receive financial compensation due to the father's death, which resulted from medical negligence following a surgical operation based on old scans?

• Is it permissible for my father to buy houses in his name using my grandmother's money, knowing that she is currently not compos mentis, based on her previous authorization to him and her saying, "My right is for you, my children," and with the approval of her heirs?

• What is the ruling on using virtual reality (VR) glasses that isolate the user from the real world and transport him to a virtual world?

• Is following the opinion of some of the Salaf scholars—such as Amr ibn Dinar and Mujahid—who permitted masturbation, considered a sin?

• What is the reason for the fear and dread that lead to heart palpitations, increased breathing rate, and stuttering during confrontation, and why are emotions affected by crying during sadness and joy?

• Are there sound and authoritative proofs that frequent recitation of the Qur’an protects against senility (aging), and if so, what are they, and how can sincerity be achieved in recitation so that its purpose is not to preserve mental health but to please Allah?