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  • Lying about production date of bread and bakery

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaah my brothers in Islam. I am a trader selling flour products like bread, cakes, and so on in our city (Nigeria), such products can last for about 3 to 7 days irrespective of their ingredients and expenses. Thus, anyone who wishes to buy wants to buy the fresh ones (baked that same day); they ask us wether it is fresh.. More

  • Mother may give money to son she lives with apart from her other children

    What is the ruling when a mother lives with one son and gives that son the benefits that she receives from the government apart from the son whom she does not live with. The son whom she lives with provides all the care for her and pays for everything. Is she required to both give them the same? The wife of the other son thinks that she should be giving.. More

  • Deceased made will that his sons and daughters receive equal shares of inheritance

    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 (A grandson [from the son]) Number 4 (A son of the son's son) Number 2 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 3 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to.. More

  • Buying compulsory car insurance by monthly installments

    Assalaamu alaykum. In Britain, it is compulsory to buy car insurance in order to legally drive. There are two options for payment: For example: 1. £1000 for one annual payment 2. £110 per month if a person wishes to pay in installments. This adds up to £1320. In the sharia, is the second option considered interest? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Inheritance among four wives, seven sons and four 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 7 (A full brother) Number 3 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 4 (A wife) Number 4 (A full sister) Number 1 .. More

  • Buying or keeping yearbook

    Is buying or owning a yearbook allowed? .. More

  • Using private car as taxi

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. I will go straight to the point. At present, I am working abroad, and I recently bought a car and now want to earn extra so that is why I try to work as a private taxi with low charges compared to a real taxi. I try to serve people. My question is: is this income halal? If not, I have already earned.. More

  • Refusing donations due to fear of humiliation

    A man does not want to receive donations from people because, he says, it causes humiliation. A sick man is currently living with his son in a room shared/owned by a non-Muslim (its his house). He wants to get a house and job but he thinks that he should do it himself, which will take much longer, even though his situation is not improving. Should he.. More

  • Giving tips to workers and gifts to public servants or scholars

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it haram to give tips to workers? Is it haram to give gifts to public servants? Is it haram to give gifts to Muslim scholars? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Dividing inheritance among wife, full-brother and 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 full brother) Number 1 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 1 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A wife) Number 1 (A full sister) Number 1 - Additional.. More

  • Ruling on 'zero percent financing' car purchases

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. These days, in the UAE, car manufacturers are teaming up with a few banks to bring so called '0 percent' financing. In traditional financing, like murahaba, for example, the car manufacturer gives a discount to the buyer from the original 80,000 to 70,000, which is a 10,000 discount, and the Islamic.. More

  • Dealing with interest with intention to repent later

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. What is the case of someone who plans to deal with interest (this has not yet happened, but it has happened in the extended family multiple times) for the sake of going to university in the hope of graduating after four years and then consider to repent for having dealt with interest? When asked how.. More

  • Giving gifts to sons and denying daughters

    My wife's father is around 80 years old, he has two daughters and three sons. He is still alive and all his children are married. Around thirty years ago, he purchased three land plots on his sons' names (and gave them the possession). He purchased these lands when all the children were still unmarried, and at that time, all of them were still in school... More

  • Working at Catholic school

    Asalaamu alaykum. I was offered a job as a kitching assistant, but it is at a Catholic primary school where they might tell me to serve things like pork or clean dishes. The uniform is a long shirt and trousers, but they allow to cover the head. Is this a permissible job? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Division of inheritance among a husband, two brothers and five sisters

    Assalaamu alaykumPlease calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full brother) Number 2 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 2 (A full paternal uncle) Number 1 (A father's half brother [from the father's father]) Number 1 (A cousin from a full paternal.. More