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  • His father favoured him with a gift before his death

    My Father and mother used to live with me all their life, in the end of their life they become very ill and have taken care of them. My question is, when my father was well he sold his house and give one of my brother some money and because he was living with me he give me more and other members of my family didn’t take any money at the time. Now.. More

  • Fees charged by an Islamic bank for overdrawing

    Al sallamu Al laikoum I am in the UK, and I want to open a bank account, here I found this newly established service from HSBC bank called "HSBC AMANAH" and following are the terms of the Islamic banking: Overdrafts You are not permitted to overdraw this account. If the account is overdrawn: overdraft review fee - £25.00* *Important Notes 1. £25.00.. More

  • An employee carrying out private work during working hours

    Dear Scholer – Asslam alaikum Is it right in Islam if a person working in a place and same tame he is earning through private works in the office timing without the knowledge of his employer. What if he do so after the office timing but using the materials provided by the employer for the office purpose like car, mobile phone, etc. and also if not.. More

  • Receives gifts from his father-in-law who works in a bar

    assalam o alaikum i,m from pakistan recently Alah gave me haddayat and i i,m trying to follow islam completely i have a problem my father in law works in america in a bar where alcohol is sold he earns from that all the things they gave to my wife on marriage were from that source also my mother in law bring us so many gifts all from that income plz.. More

  • Doctors getting commission for referring patients to particular clinics

    please know the concept in my area tha the doctors send patients to a particular clinic and later they get commission from the clinic. is it allowed. when one wants to go foreign he has to go through medical test, for this the agent of Visa sends the person to a particular hospital, he can not go any where else, later the agent gets share in the prifit.. More

  • Selling Islamic books which contain Quranic verses

    Assalam u alikum Is it permissible to sell islamic publications, which may include the glorious Qur'an,for profit as a business. I have heard that there is some saying in the shariah about people who sell Allah's(SWT) verses........... Kindly guide me on this matter. Jazzakallah.. More

  • Wants to pay off his parents’ non-Islamic mortgage

    Is it ok to help pay off my parents mortgage which is not an islamic mortgage but an interest based one. They would find it diffficult to change to an islamic one because of the lump sum fee you have to pay to the islamic company first. .. More

  • Paying bribery to get a house which can only be owned through a draw

    Assalam alaikum, A friend of mine wants to buy a house which is built by a goverment body and he has some doubt regarding bribing. Normally what happens in our state is whenever a goverment brings up any housing scheme it invites people to file application for the same. since the number of applicants are very large, selection of candidate is based on.. More

  • Ruling on deposit guarantee

    Salam. what is the islamic hukm about deposit guarantee? Is it permissible? what are islamic principles that are related to deposit guarantee? kafalah or takaful? Is there any financial institution in the world that provide islamic deposit guarantee? And what is the difference between deposit insurance and deposit guarantee? Thank you. Hope for reply.. More

  • Delaying the exchange of money till the rate rises

    I am serving in UN. UN pays me in US Dollars. I transfer some portion of that in my Foreign Currency Account in a Bank at my country. The Bank said during transaction they will not provide me US Dollars but the local currency whatever is the rate persists at that perticular time. The Dollars are remaining in that account for some period of time. So,.. More

  • A woman renting a locker in a ladies – only commercial bank

    asalam alaykom my mother had only a Locker in one bank that is not islamic and riba based but has all ladies and no men to deal with every time she go alone to operate her locker , whereas other bank which is islamic and riba-free based has men all over the place, hence she will have to deal with men which is not convieneient to her. she only had a.. More

  • Do not cooperate in sin and aggression

    Mr. A, a professional accountant, has been asked by company X to carry out a search and survey on company Y which is involved in gambling business. The reason why company X has requested Mr. A to carry out the search is because company X intends to acquire/buy company Y. Is Mr. A allowed to carry out such search in his professional and be paid a fee?.. More

  • Winning money prizes without participating with any money

    Assalamu alaikum Is it permissible to apply for a money prize competition that comes to the post? I often get post claiming that i am a winner of a certain amount of money, is this a form of lottery and haram money? Jazakallah.. More

  • Prizes given by some companies for buying their products

    after buying washing powder for the house, there was on the packet a suggestion that if you send the barcode to the company you could win a certain large amount of money.my niece who sent it did win that money and the money was used to buy an appartment. is this money lawful? if not , what should be done with it, knowing that my brother is well off,.. More

  • Working for a company which has some investments in a usurious bank

    Assalamalaikum, I had applied for a job in Middle east.It is Govt company.This company is an investment vehicle through which oil revenue of the country are invested into different sector.A small portion also invested in a commercial bank.The income from this bank is very negligable.This particular investement is made only for strategic purpose. My.. More