My father has a business in AUSTRALIA, pays alot of tax, and he pays his duty as a Muslim too. Last year his accountant adviced him to buy a car so he can reclaim some of his taxes which he did. He leased a car and paid installments every month for 3 years. After the three years he returned the car and leaseed new car again. My question: is leasing.. More
Last week I was very delighted I got a job (walhamdullilah) in an Internet service provider company in the Kingdom. What really bothered me was that I subscribe the users, some I know or tell me they want to subscribe to chat and look at sex pictures. Is the salary which I receive Haram or Halal?
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I'm married to a newly converted Muslim. Sometimes we received food gifts from her relatives that is not Halal for us to eat. Is it permissible for us to give such food to other non-Muslims? Or is it better for us to just throw them away? What is Islamic ruling concerning this matter? Thank you.
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Is trading in the stock market haram? If it is haram, what can I do with the shares I have right now and its value is less than the price I paid? How I can invest my money in a country like Canada and our countries have almost the same structure?.. More
I bought a house here in Norway and I had no other choice, in other word I was 'muthtar and I took a loan from a bank and, of course, I should pay interest. I have a large family with 5 children and it is almost impossible to rent a house here for such large families. What does Islam say in such circumstances?.. More
"My father who was living in Jordan borrowed ( 15,000) from his brother in America in1987. At that time the 15,000 equaled JD4,500 Jordanian Dinars, and my father exchanged the dollars into Jordanian Dinar and used them. Now, 10 years later, he is able to return the money to his brother, but 15,000 equals about 10,000 Jordanian Dinars and not 4500... More
I am trying to research on Islamic Finance and how it works (or how it "should" work) in today's world of dominating western finance and Riba'. SPECIFIC TOPICS include: How a merger transaction between two companies would be implemented under Islamic Law? Also how would it differ between two Islamic countries ( it shouldn't, since there's only.. More
What's the Islamic ruling regarding a person who wants to buy a car with monthly installments? There is no other alternative and the payments are subject to interest rates.
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