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  • Promoting goods through photos of indecently-dressed women

    Assalamu aleykum! I'm working in e-shop. Can you explain me please, is it permissible to change a name of a good if its present name is "Paradise" while i am not a director of the shop but only a manager? And is it permissible to put a photo of half-naked women wearing bathrobes or other clothes to advertise woman goods (bathrobes, gowns, dresses etc.)?.. More

  • Middle-man raises price for inexperienced buyer

    Assalamualaykum wrbk Sheikh, thank you for your time in answering my question? My Question is as follows. I will tell you the situation followed by my question hopefully I can make myself understood. My friend Ahmed was looking for a house and his friend David decided to help him out. Now Ahmed does not know the house market very well and so David takes.. More

  • Buying gold or silver coins on the Internet

    I know a hadith says buying gold/silver must be on spot. But online is much cheaper for gold/silver coins and bars for investment. And someone said online is okay because the point of that hadith is to avoid interest, he said if the deal is finalized, then the deal is halal, sort of like amazon.com or other places where you finalize it. Also, one online.. More

  • Better to earn doubtful income than definitely Haraam one

    Wa 'alaykum salam, Most of my husbands income is haram and it is just enough to get by and support a member of our family, if he fell ill or for some reason he was unable to work for a week, we can pay rent but would struggle for food. The chance of getting halal job (with his experience and not being able to speak english) that will be enough for living.. More

  • Ruling on selling during Friday prayer

    What is the religious ruling on selling during the time of prayer? Is there a difference between selling during the Friday prayer and during other prayers? May Allaah The Almighty Reward you. .. More

  • Died leaving four sons, one daughter and eleven grandchildren

    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 4 (grandson (from the son)) Number 6 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A daughter) Number 1 (A granddaughter (from the son)) Number 5 -.. More

  • Permissibility of withdrawing money from a machine other than that of the bank that issued the card

    What is the ruling on withdrawing money using an ATM card from a machine not belonging to the bank that issued the card? .. More

  • Damaged property to be compensated

    If someone damaged something unintentionally and compensated its owner, will such a person or the owner be sinful? .. More

  • Selling free gifts – permissible or impermissible?

    In the Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Ever Merciful All perfect praise is due to Allaah, the Exalted, Whom I ask to Confer peace and blessings upon the Prophet. Some companies offer free gifts for the consumer, along with the product which the company wishes to market, and set a certain price for such an offer. Some vendors split this offer.. More

  • Conditions for selling a commodity demanded by a customer

    As-Salamu alaykum, I work in a project for purchasing clothes and selling them in cash or monthly installments. It is a small project with a small capital. Some customers contact me, asking for clothes with certain sizes, which I do not have; they want me to buy those for them, or they ask me to buy them a fridge although I deal in clothes. Is it permissible.. More

  • Ruling on cancelling part of the debt in return for immediate payment of another part

    In the Name of Allaah, The Most Merciful, The Ever Merciful. May Allaah Bless your efforts and Reward you. My question is: I am a merchant and have a store, and a client takes commodities from me on credit, and his debt has risen to 40,000 dollars. He repays in installments and takes goods on a weekly basis. One day, I needed 10,000 dollars and said.. More

  • Conditions of As-Salam sale

    Dear Shaykh, please explain the following: a condition of As-Salam (advance payment sale) is that it has a definite description. What does this mean? .. More

  • Ruling on renting an usurped estate

    A man took and rented an estate from the government after it had been usurped from another person. After working in it for long years, the real owner of the estate came and demanded from the tenant to leave it in return for a certain sum so that he would rent it from the government, thereby obtaining benefit, since the government rents it for a very.. More

  • Ruling on determining time for Mudhaarabah

    To what extent is the following partnership valid under Sharee‘ah? I have a factory of sawing stone and marble. A friend offered to invest a certain sum in it, in return for one-third (of the profits) for one year. The question is: what is the destiny of the invested sum of my friend after the year is over? .. More

  • Ruling on selling jewelry bequeathed to be worn not sold

    My grandmother died; and she has four daughters and four old-fashioned gold bracelets. She told her daughters to take those and put them on. But the daughters want to sell them and buy fashionable bracelets. Is selling them permissible?.. More