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  • His grandmother gives him and his mother all his grandfather's pension

    Assalamoalikum . I am from india and my maternal grandmother gets pension from Inadian government as her husband was a teacher and he is dead now.My mother gives her pension to me for my studies-books and fees for coaching.Is it legal to take it and spend on me as i came to know that government here collects tax from beverages department which sells.. More

  • Using copyrighted material for personal use

    I asked this question before but you referred me to other fatwas.... (I am a medical student. I need some video lectures in my studies to make the course easy to understand. But these lectures are too costly and I can't afford them. I have downloaded the videos from a torrent site. Can i use these videos?...Also, if there are softwares installed on.. More

  • Ruling on the increase on a retirement pension

    Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters, As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you) In the name of Allah, I praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. I bear witness that there.. More

  • Working for a company that leases property to a usurious bank

    Assalamu`Alaykum Warahmatulahi Wabarakatuhu I have an opportunity to work as an accountant in a company .The Company is a Travel agent and have Real estate properties that are Let out.The company does not borrow any loan to run their business or deal in Riba, but one of the building properties of the company is let out to a Riba based bank.As an accountant.. More

  • Earnings from an unlawful business after repentance

    Assalamu Aleikum I have a question regarding a business that I was running which I quit after someone pointed out that might not be permissible and because me having doubts of it being haram I stopped everything, and refunded all orders I could refund made the last couple of days. I finished the orders that I couldn't refund. After that I closed down.. More

  • Printing copyrighted books to teach Islamic knowledge

    aswb, my question today is someone wants to open up Islamic school in Africa if they to follow the government curriculum they need to teach history which covers up topics of evolution that men was a monkey and all that kind of false things is it permissible to take it in the curriculum but not have belief in it. second question is I know making copies.. More

  • Employment promoting stem cell products

    Assalamualaikum My name is Sarah n i work in a call centre. Ive just joined a new procees which promotes lifecell products. lifecelll is an international bank which stores stem cell from naval cords of new born babies. these cells are then used to treat lethal diseases like cancer, blood cancer, parkinson s disease which were untill now considered to.. More

  • Repairing vehicles whose plates carry the sign of the cross

    As-Salamu Alaikum brother, Dear Shaykh, I am currently in my 20s, and I recently paid for a program that deals with trucks and construction equipment as a technician, or repair man. My problem is, I have been very confused and worried about a particular issue concerning this work, and I would like some advice please. In Ontario, the license plates have.. More

  • 'Jail-breaking' iPhone or Windows system

    Is jailbreaking an iphone or jailbreaking Windows permissible?.. More

  • Earning money from Paid-To-Click (PTC) advertisements

    Esselamu aleikum, Recently I send question here and I get this answer : https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/2511569 But that answer is about HYIP programs/sites which offer money only for investing money, sometimes they offer paid to click or surf ads but that is just to cover the real truth and they are haram. My question is about PTC(Paid To Click).. More

  • Violating licensing conditions of software programs

    Assalamu alaikum. Is the money obtained from developing/making software using haram tools(e.g. pirated software, illegal internet connection, illegal electricity connection, computer bought using ill gotten money, and so on) haram? If a vendor of a software I bought stated in the license that I can't make more than one copy of the software for backup.. More

  • Working in a field that involves committing prohibitions except in case of necessity

    Shaykh I'm from Kashmir. As you know it's a disputed land having very few opportunities of jobs with which a person can run a family because here we don't have industries etc. Everything is messed up here. We have jobs here but they provide peanuts which is not sufficient to suffice your cellphone bill let alone run a family. Our youth move on to gulf.. More

  • Ruling on online Forex margin trading

    Assalaamu 'alaykum Is online forex margin trading halal or haram? My question might be cleared by the following example: I trade currency via an online trading platform. If I want to buy 100,000 USD (1 lot), I only need 1,000 dollars as margin to make the trade. It is called 'leverage'. I will get profits or losses regarding to my transaction; if I.. More

  • Ruling on working as a paramedic in non-Muslim countries and practicing freestyle wrestling

    Are males allowed to be a paramedic in Canada? Is it allowed for us to join professional wrestling like the WWE if we don't show our awrah and not wear tight clothing .. More

  • Driving a taxi marked with advertisements

    my question is,i am cab driver i drive a lease cab from company,and the owner decided to install to the can that i am driving som kind of advertising at the upper side of the cab.so can i continue working on that cab? .. More