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A living person should not preoccupy himself with the division of his estate
Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A father) - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A mother [of the deceased]) (A full sister) Number 2 - Additional information: Assalaamu alaykum. This is for.. More
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Dividing one's property while in sound health is giving a gift, not division of inheritance
Praise be to Allaah, may Allaah bless the brothers behind this noble site, as you are an authentic source for us to gain sharia knowledge. My question is the following: my cousin owned property worth millions (75% inherited from his father and 25% self-earned). He only has four daughters (all of them married with children), he also has seven brothers.. More
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Division of estate among a wife and one paternal half-brother
Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A half brother [from his father]) Number 1 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A wife) Number 1 - Information about the deceased’s debts: (Did not perform.. More
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Permissibility of using the receipt to return a purchased item
Assalaamu alaykum. Are receipts allowed in Islam? I am asking because I heard that in Islam, if the buyer and seller depart, the buyer cannot give the item back. So does this mean that receipts are not allowed, for example, if you did not want the item after using it, can you return it?
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Helping his father in business does not entitle son to a greater share in inheritance
Inheritance in the sharia: I am the eldest son of my father and started to help him in the business (factory) at the age of 14 and did hard work to make the business grow. I have 4 younger bothers and 7 younger sisters. All of them are married now. I am the only one who was involved in my father's business. My younger brothers started their own business,.. More
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Money earned by a judge who works in a non-sharee'ah court
I am sending this question again because I didn't get the response. Assalaamu alaykum. I live in a Muslim country, and in our justice system the sharia is only applied when it comes to inheritance, but if someone,for example drinks publicly and disturbs people while drunk or does other unlawful things,then he would be put in prison according to the.. More
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Parents must observe justice in their bequests to their children
Dear brother, assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. My parents have me and another daughter and son, so one son and two daughters. My father, while alive, gave my mother half of his wealth, that is, half of the house and cash, which all sums up to about £400k. A few days ago, he showed me his will for the inheritance, and it was divided.. More
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Keeping a credit card to maintain a good credit score
Assalaamu alaikum. I have a follow up question related to a question that I have asked on your website a while ago (question 230872). This question relates to the justification of leaving a credit card open while tearing the card to completely eliminate the possibility of using it. The justification was to avoid a drop in credit score and potentially.. More
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Working on building a mosque for a deviant sect
I am a Muslim architect and have been asked to work on a mosque for the Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat. Their main purpose is to preach according to the Quran, the sharia and the Fatimi philosophy. As a Sunni, is it acceptable to work on this building project.
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Selling ornaments that have Quran or Allaah's names on them
Assalaamu alaykum. There is a muslim online shop that sell islamic things. Some of the things that they sell, both for men and women, are necklaces, bracelets with Allaah's name or Ayat Al-Kursi and necklaces with a small bottle of Zamzam water and Ayat Al-Kursi written on the bottle. Is it haram to sell this? And is it haram to wear it? Some people.. More
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Division of inheritance among one daughter and one full sister
Assalaamu Alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A cousin from a full paternal uncle) Number 1 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A daughter) Number 1 (A full sister) Number 1 - The will which the deceased.. More
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Working for a non-Muslim humanitarian NGO
Assalamu alaikum. What's the rulling on working for a Christian NGO in the humaniterian field? The NGO does not promote or express Christian beliefs at all. It's name is not a christian slogan. It does not even say that their motives are their beliefs. The work that the asker does is translation. The asker has given the Qur'an and other Islamic dawah.. More
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Comparison between working in trade and working as an employee
In my community, some people said that if a person works for some one (paid by institution or boss for his services), then that means that he sold his luck to that institution or his boss. They further explain: What Allah had decreed for him is now given to his boss, and now his boss will determine how much he gives him. Please guide me regarding this.. More
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Division of inheritance among a wife, a mother, a daughter and 2 full-sisters
Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full paternal uncle) Number 2 (A cousin from a full paternal uncle) Number 4 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A mother [of the deceased]) (A daughter).. More
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The need to open an interest-based bank account in a non-Muslim country
Assalaamu alaykum dear brother/sister. I face the following dilemma: I live in a non-Muslim country. I am starting my own company and am in need of a business bank-account for money transactions. However, banks pay out interest money on these accounts. I want to stay away from this. They do however have the option to automatically donate the money to.. More
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