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Is there any evidence from the Masoomeen (as) that advises to disregard any Hadith that contradicts the teachings of the Quran by discarding it?
Amina Inloes

It is narrated that Imam al-Sadiq (A) said, "Any Hadith that is in accordance with the Book of Allah then take it, and what is contrary to the Book of Allah then reject it." 
How do Islamic interpretations reconcile Quran 10:3's mention of Allah creating the heavens and the earth in six days with the scientific understanding of the universe's development over billions of years?
Rebecca Masterton

In both Hebrew and Arabic, the word 'yawm' means 'a period of time', not only 'a day' consisting of twenty-four hours.

In Semitic languages, numbers are also symbolic. E.g. 'Seventy' means 'many'.

'Six days' therefore really means 'a number of periods of time', or 'a number of stages'.

There is also a verse in the Qur'an that says that 'one day for your Lord is as 1000 years in the time that you count.' (22:47)

https://www.islamweb.net/en/article/134278/relativity-in-the-quran
Is it true that it is discouraged to read more than seven verses of the Quran during menstruation?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

Regarding reciting the holy Quran while a woman is in her menstrual cycle, there are the four Surahs that are haram to recite, Surah Sajdah, Surah Fussilat, Surah al-Najm, and Surah al-'Alaq.

As for other Surahs, more than seven verses, it is said that it is "makruh", but the meaning for this here is it just has less reward, and not that it is discouraged. This is what A.U. Seyyid Sistani has said. 

And Allah knows best.
God has promised in Quran 3:97 that anyone who comes to the Kaba will be safe. Why then, during this crisis, has the Muslim world shut it down? Shouldn't Muslims be visiting it even more based on promise in this verse?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Those who shut down the Masjid Al-Haraam during the Covid 19 crisis were not the real religious leadership of the Muslim world but just officers in a government and they are responsible about their acts. They never represent the Islamic jurisprudence.

'Wassalam.