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  • Selling medical supplies to doctors who treat opposite sex

    I trade in medical and dental products like examination gloves. I sell these products to all doctors. Some of these doctors are women who treat men, and some are men who treat women. Am I sinful because I sell these things to them even though they may use them in a haram way? Please note that I live in a non-Muslim country. .. More

  • Interest given by commercial banks is forbidden riba

    This particular query is only regarding the extra money termed as interest given by banks on a savings account. I have heard people say that interest paid on a savings account is also haram. Interest given on loan is haram, but how can interest given by banks on savings be termed as haram? Here, the depositor gives money to banks, banks use that money.. More

  • Benefitting of health insurance provided by employer

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am working in Saudi Arabia, our company has given us a health insurance card, MEDGULF (The Mediterranian & Gulf Co-operative Insurance and Reinsurance Co.). Our company pays the insurance fees on behalf of us without deducting any money from our salary. When we show this in the hospital, we onlyhave to pay 20% of the amount,.. More

  • Adding commission of salesperson to bill of purchase

    I work as a purchase manager in a company. While joining the company, the management informed me of the salary package in the interviewand told me that I may get a commission from the suppliers and can take it. While I purchase a product for 100 USD, for example, they bill it for 110 USD, and the suppliers then send the commission to my account. Is.. More

  • Post-mortem work benefits part of estate

    Assalaamu alaykum dear Brothers and Scholars. My question is the following: my governemental organization compels their employees to select only their wife as next of kin if they are married; however, they can select their parents as next of kin if they are not. So in case one of their employees passes away, the next of kin gets a financial advantage.. More

  • Died leaving 3 daughters and a half-sister from the mother

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 3 - Additional information: The deceased has a half-sister from the mother and aunties and uncles from the mother. All her paternal relatives are non-Muslims. .. More

  • Job that involves maintenance for usurious banks

    Assalaamu alaykum. I was wondering whether my job is haram. I work at a call center that does maintenance requests (for goverment building, banks, and so on). My question specificially is that I have to track email maintenance service requests for a bank as well. I do not want to disappoint Allaah, The Exalted. I love this job because I am able to do.. More

  • Wife is not Islamically obliged to pay the debts of her husband

    Assalaamu alaykum. A men proposed to me and wants to marry me. We live in europe; he has a debt and is paying that off. He has an agreement with the government of our city that he pays a certain amount per month for three years and then what is left of the debt is going te be cleared and he wil be debt free. I work for this government and want to stay.. More

  • No harm in changing rupees to dollars for saving

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have some savings in PKR and want to convert it into USD, also for saving. Please guide me and let me know whether it is halal or haram. What is the sharia ruling on this act? .. More

  • Gradual prohibition of riba (usury) in Madeenah

    When the verses forbidding interest were revealed, how did the Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam,implement the order in the financial system of the State of Medina? What sources are available for reference in this important matter? .. More

  • Buying gold or silver coins on internet

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have understood from a previous fatwa on the website that buying gold or silver coins has to be done hand to hand, but I need further clarification on the alternative of having a safe with the seller if the transaction is done online. In my country, there are no coin shops, and buying and selling coins is done online. I am really.. More

  • Working in financial networks like Bloomberg and Telerate

    Assalaamu alaykum. I woud like to check whether it is permissible for muslims to work at Reuters, Bloomberg, Dow Jones, Telerate, ... of which the main business consists of providing systems and information for stock trading. .. More

  • Money obtained from selling store that sells pork and alcohol

    Assalaamu alaykom wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. My father, who is a Muslim, used to own 50% of a store that sold pork and alcohol, and his partner was also Muslim. He sold the business a while back but kept the property. His partner used to pay my father monthly rent. Now the property is up for sale and my dad is going to sell it. I now live with.. More

  • Lease ending with ownership

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. Dear brothers and sisters in Islam, I live in the UK and work as a chauffeur. The time has come when I need to upgrade my car to a newer one, but unfortunately I do not have enough cash for that, and I do not want to get a loan as I believe that it is haram. One of the companies I work for suggested.. More

  • Dividing inheritance among wife, 3 daughters and 9 siblings

    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 7 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 5 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 3 (A wife) Number 1 (A full sister).. More