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  • Any game that involves gambling is prohibited

    This is a follow up question 2501661: Can the prizes won through above means in soccer competitions be similar to those that are won through gambling and betting. As sports involve hard work and performance and are not 'a game of chance', but on the other hand gambling is!...Arethe prizes won through both means similar?...Please clarify this too, as.. More

  • He received 200 riyals in change for 500 riyals and left remaining 300 riyals as a debt

    There is a suituation where I need change of 500 riyal, but I get only 200 riyal from my freind and we agree that he gives me the remaining 300 riyal the next day. Is this transaction fine or have we fallen into Riba-an-Naseeah (Riba in Delay) Please can you give some more examples of Riba-an-Naseeah to understand the concept completely. and Also different.. More

  • Receiving a salary for administering a mosque

    Our Mosque receives income from rental shops and residents which belongs to the Mosque. We have employed staffs for maintenance, cleaning, security, office administration and Secretary (as Manager) who receives salary. The Secretary cum Manager is also a Trustee of the Mosque, so that he can feed, cloth and educate the children and to take care of the.. More

  • Dividing estate among a wife, a daughter and 4 full brothers

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full brother) Number 4 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 4 (A cousin from a full paternal uncle) Number 4 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A daughter).. More

  • Dividing inheritance among father, mother, 1 son and 3 daughters

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 1 (A father) (A full brother) Number 1 (A full paternal uncle) Number 1 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A mother) (A daughter) Number.. More

  • Division of inheritance among 2 sons and 3 daughters

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 2 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A daughter) Number 2 - The will which the deceased left behind and that is related to his inheritance.. More

  • Conditions for dealing in stock market

    Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu Recently, i have taken interest investing in the stock market. My activities range from long term investments, to short term day-trading (buy/sell same day) and my decisions are purely based on technical analysis using graphs to calculate share price movement and an in depth research into the company business.. More

  • Died leaving behind a son and two grand-daughters for the son

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 1 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A granddaughter (from the son)) Number 2 .. More

  • Dividing inheritance among a mother and two sons

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 2 (A full brother) Number 1 (A half brother (from his father)) Number 1 (A half brother (from his mother)) Number 3 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 1 (A nephew from a half.. More

  • Ruling on optional unemployment insurance

    Asalam alaikum, Jazakumallah kher for all your efforts. I have a question regarding income insurance. I live and work in Sweden where one is insured incase of of unemplyment or injury/sickness that does not allow you to work. One will be paid maximum 1600 dollars/ month, which is not much, house rent is about 1000 dollars. There is also an option where.. More

  • Debts to be settled before dividing the deceased's estate and other relevant issues

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A mother) (A daughter) Number 4 (A wife) Number 1 (A full sister) Number 2 - Information about the deceased’s debts : (Debts to people) - Additional information : Most of assets were.. More

  • Inheritance of parents, a wife and 4 daughters

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A father) (A full brother) Number 3 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 11 (A full paternal uncle) Number 1 (A cousin from a full paternal uncle) Number 2 -Does the deceased have female.. More

  • An heir is entitled to due share even if he dies before division of estate

    Kindly advise on the following situation: 1. My grandfather died in 1979, leaving the following heirs: 1 wife, 2 sons, and 5 daughters. 2. The above heirs did not distribute the estate according to sharee'ah (as I was not born at the time, I am not sure why they did not distribute it--it may have been by agreement that they will all not yet take their.. More

  • An employee is responsible for any loss he deliberately causes his employer

    my question is that i work in a store and sometimes and a few times i have done things which may be seen as dishonest i.e once a customer item was not scanning so i put it in his bag for free as the customer was getting frustrated because the amount of time it was taking, also on one occasion i was asked to count newspapers that are leftover at the.. More

  • Ruling on selling a piece of land that contains graves

    as salamu alaykom respect shiekh .. i am asking you a question on behalf of another sister ,, should would like to know .. A sister bought grave plots before she became muslim. Now a family member wants to buy the graves from her. Is it permissible to sell it, especially since it's in a non muslim cemetary, and if so, should she sell it for what she.. More