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  • Division of inheritance among a full sister and five nephews

    Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A nephew from a full brother) Number 5 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A full sister) Number 1 .. 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

  • Children are Muslims if only one parent is Muslim

    I have two non-muslim children (from a previous marriage to a non-muslim woman) and one muslim daughter from a second marriage to a muslim woman. I live in the US, and I need to prepare a will, in the event of my death. Can my will include leaving anything (property or cash) in to my two non-muslim children? .. More

  • Currency trade is valid with physical or constructive receipt at time of contract

    Salaam, I have to post my question again as I was referred to some previous fatwa’s that dont actually answer my particular question. I would really appreciate if I could get an answer that looks at the particular detail in my question as it is not the same as the other Fatwa questions, here is the question again below, Jazak-Allah Khair. As-salaam-alaikum,.. 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

  • Criteria for 'lease ending with ownership' transaction

    with reference to question 2513547, i want to elaborate contract for hiring of car from bank. (1) bank purchased a car and registered on the name of bank. tracker was installed by bank and takaful is paid by bank also i.e all asset related expenses are paid by bank as car is property of bank. (b) however freight and federal excise duty were paid by.. 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

  • Impermissible to dispose of one's property with the intention of depriving heirs of inheritance

    My father-in-law (my wife`s father ) had only one brother who died leaving a wife, three sons and two daughters of his own. He (my father-in-law) has a wife and two daughters of his own. He is still alive. But he has divided his land property among his wife and daughters. He reasons that (1) his brother died, so his nephews and nieces (his deceased.. More

  • The deceased was liable for both debts and Hajj

    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 grandson (from the son)) Number 1 (A father) (A full brother) Number 1 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A mother) She was bearing.. More

  • Imposing fines for late installment payments is Riba

    I am going to buy a car and the process is as follows : The customer chooses a car from the showroom, then the invoice for the car is issued in the name of the bank, and the car is purchased in the bank's name, then it is re-sold (by the bank) to the customer with a profit margin. The bank buys the car before it re-sells it to the customer with an increase.. More

  • Trustee not liable for loss or damage if not at fault

    A person given responsibility to collect money from an office/bank is robbed at the point of collection, the owner of the money is now at a loss. Can the owner ask for compensation from the collector, is the collector liable for negligence by default, due to the responsibility given to him or should the owner accept the loss with no questions asked. .. More

  • Died leaving a wife, 2 daughters, one full sister and one paternal cousin

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

  • Division of inheritance among husband, parents 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 father) (A full brother) Number 1 (A husband) -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A mother) (A full sister) Number 4 - Information about.. 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