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  • 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

  • Wants to raise the price of the computers he sells for his brother

    please, i am in situation where ii need to know wether i am taking a money in "halaal" way or "haraam". the situation is like this: my brother needs me to buy him laptop computers lets say five. i have found them. thier price is 250 Us $, if i give him in 320 Us $. he will send the money 320 Us $ and will take the 70$. so is that legal. although the.. More

  • Handing over goods with receiving payment

    As salaam aleikum, We have a business that deals with buying and selling, recently a customer made some huge order and the terms agreed was one month payments with post dated cheques. We took the goods from another company and we also inform them that we will be giving their money after one month from the time we took the goods. Our customer has distributed.. More

  • Tax free government bonds

    Bangladesh is a poor muslim country.For this, govt has made a provision of a bond for foreign job holders to invest their money where the bond holders will be excused of annual tax. at the end of apecific year, govt eill give good amount of benefit at a specific rate.Now,if you ask that wheather govt invest this money for business or not and from their.. More

  • Selling tickets of airline companies that serve intoxicants

    Al sallamu Al laikoum Is it permissible to sell air flights tickets of air lines which serves Alcohol beverages on board on demand? And what if we recommended that they do not serve any Muslim a haram product even if they have requested so? Jazzakoum Allahu khair .. More

  • Took a car loan with zero interest for 36 months

    Bismillaah Alhamdulillaah , Assalaatu Wassalaamu ‘Ala Rasoolillah Wa ‘Ala Aalihi Wa Sahbihee Wa Sallaam. Assalamu ‘Alaikum Wa Rahmatullaah. Dear Brothers May Allaah bless us to refrain from committing sins and May Allaah forgive our sins. I’m in big confusion that, I took a car loan from one of usuary bank (non Islamic bank). The thing is, their.. More

  • Eligible inheritors after death

    Al Salam Alikom. I have a husband, one daughter only, mother, father, three brothers, and three sisters. I own a house and a pice of land. If I die, who is going to inheret me from these people and what is the percentage of each. Thank you in advance and gazakom Allah Khaira... More

  • Using money printed by a company whose dealings are prohibited

    in future Malaysia's currency will be minted by a company called Focus Equity Sdn Bhd which is controlled and financed in part by the Berjaya Group and its largest shareholder, Vincent Tan Chee Yioun. The Berjaya Group and Vincent Tan Chee Yioun's main source of cashflow is their Sports Toto betting or gaming operation.Betting or gaming is clearly an.. More