There is nothing wrong with a man greeting a non-Mahram woman with Salam, without shaking her hand, if she is elderly. However, he should not greet a young woman with Salam when there is no guarantee that there will be no Fitnah (temptation).

There is nothing wrong with a woman who is Junub cooking, looking after her house, taking care of her children or fulfilling any other needs.

It is permissible for one who is Junub to go to sleep before doing Ghusl, then wake up to do Ghusl before praying Fajr. But it is better for him to do Wudu before going to sleep, and if he does Ghusl that is best.

Some virtues of Makkah and Madinah: 1. The best spot on earth, in and of itself, is Makkah, then Madinah. 2. One prayer in Al-Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah is better than one hundred thousand prayers offered in any other mosque. 3. Makkah is unique in that it is the place where Hajj and `Umrah. 4. Allah, may He be Exalted, swears by Makkah. 5. Allah, may He be Exalted, decreed Makkah to be a sanctuary the day He created the heavens and the earth. 6. Madinah is the location of Hijrah. 7. In Madinah, most of the verses on rulings and laws were revealed. 8. In Madinah there is the Prophet’s Mosque and the blessed Rawdah.

Ways to improve your charecter in Islam: 1. Knowing the virtues of having a good charecter and the reward that will result from it. 2. Knowing the bad consequences of having a bad charecter. 3. Studying the biographies of the earlier generations (Salaf) and the lives of the righteous. 4. Avoiding getting angry, striving to attain patience, and training oneself to be deliberate and not hasty. 5. Sitting with people of good charecter, and avoiding people of bad charecter. 6. Training oneself to develop a good charecter and trying to make oneself become accustomed to that. 7. Calling upon Allah and asking Him to make your charecter good and help you to attain that.