I am working in an institution which compulsorily saves a portion of my salary in a bank in return for interest. At the end of my service, I will receive such money in addition to the interest. The firm allows the employees to take a portion from the savings in the form of a loan with interest equal to that interest which they should get in addition.. More
I have a friend who was waiting to receive a bank money order from another country in order to send it with someone who would then travel to another country. However, the bank money order did not reach on time. Therefore, he asked me for a loan saying, “If I do not receive this amount of money today, I must travel or I will lose 700 dollars in.. More
Two people established a partnership with one party paying money and the other party with real estate property. Later, the owner of the real estate property asked his partner, who had contributed cash, to withdraw, under the pretext that he no longer needed his help in running the company. The company sold its products to an untrustworthy person who.. More
What is the Sharee'ah ruling on appointing someone as an agent to sell a piece of land in return for a charge; for example, I say to him: if you sell this piece of land for 20,000 dinars, you will take 1,000 dinars; and if you sell it for 21,000 dinars, you will take 1,500 dinars? .. More
I am a partner in a real estate property. A friend of mine wanted to buy an apartment that belongs to my partner. I agreed with my partner on a certain price for the apartment. Is it permissible for me to charge my friend a higher price and take the difference as a commission?.. More
I am an employee in a public department. I went through a divorce and had to stay with my family which resides in another city because I underwent many turbulent psychological and health conditions. All my salary was being paid to me for the seven months although I was absent. The head of the department is a friend of my family, which enabled me to.. More
Thirty years ago, my father guaranteed to settle a sum of three hundred pounds, a debt that his brother owed. My uncle died and my father could not pay. The creditor died and my father fears that he will die before he settles the debt, as the inheritors of the creditor cannot be traced. What is the religious point of view with regard to settling this.. More
I want to ask about the Gold Quest Company. This company deals in rare coins. A coin's value might be $800, and the company allows the customer two options, either to pay the value at one time or to pay in installments. It also allows him to market the coin. If he manages to bring ten customers, he receives a 5% commission, and every time he brings.. More
In the name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the Ever Merciful
I want to buy a car to use for work via the bank by installments and at a rate of interest. Is that forbidden? Should it be forbidden, what is the difference between it and the selling by the installments for a lawful rate of increase? What is the Sharee‘ah-sanctioned method of buying.. More
I work in a dispensary. In a section where I do not work, there is an ultrasound machine which, by the consensus of the doctors there, is not good and its images are not clear and it cannot in 90% of cases be used for diagnostic purposes. The X-ray photographs are not submitted to the clients as done in other hospitals and dispensaries, because it.. More
Is it permissible to sell real estate units by installments for a set rate of increase? That is, to sell a unit for one hundred thousand Egyptian pounds in cash, and charge 50% to get paid over five years, and 100% to get paid over ten years, and 200% to get paid over fifteen years. Is that lawful or not? Does the transaction involve Ribaa (interest.. More
Does a continuous charity extend for a certain period of time? For example, I donate sums of money for the heating and maintenance of the neighborhood mosque. Supposing that the mosque – Allaah forbid – was subjected to demolition or destruction by an earthquake, will the reward for the charity continue or stop?.. More
I deal in imported ready-made clothes, but without a commercial register (i.e., on the black market). When passing through customs, the agent asks for a bribe to release me without confiscating the goods. What should I do?.. More