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  • Selling goods using Network Marketing Scheme

    Dear Sir, I have recently joined an American company called "Forever Living Products" in Morocco, which sells its products using Network Marketing Scheme. This scheme is legal and is NOT pyramidal as described in the link: http://www.network-marketing-business-school.com/pyramid-scheme.html To join the network, I spent about 730 US Dollar by buying.. More

  • You only have to pay the original debt

    My family first bought our home from a company which was considered halal by the local masjid to buy from, because they didn't charge an interest rate and they didn't deal with banks. After some years the company was sold to Country Wide, and they started charging us interest, and after that, Country Wide was bought by Bank of America. So basically.. More

  • A sales manger taking commission from both buyer and seller

    salam I m working as sales manager in a company. for my private acccont i m working as agent for other companies with different product as our company has . I m selling a goods to a company in Afrika and taking 5% commission from the buyer and 3% commission for the supplier. I m working just as an agent taking commission for business. of course the.. More

  • Thinks to take bribe to pay his debts

    Confidential Im wokring for a company and involves in purchasing I hv a big debt on my head and im having family burden increasing i got an offer of profit sharing from one of vendors to help them getting order by sharing the other quotes. Is it Haraam.. Im in high pressure to pay the debt and i hv no savings for my childs and family .Can i do this.. More

  • Charging the tenant extra money if he delays paying the rent

    Peace be with you. Our building owner warn us that if we pay the rent late (for 10-15 days probably) he would charge 500 more money. Unfortunately we payed after the period was elapsed and he urged us to pay 500 more or leave the house. What is the ruling of this matter, it seems like he is charging riba i.e. usury from us as charged with credit cards.. More

  • A debtor traveling to another country without the permission of the creditor

    i have a few question Question A-i am leaving australia soon and am moving to egypt for good but i have some debt that i have to pay small amount .am i able to leave and pay the debt while i am in egypt question b- i had enetred into a contract with the home phone and internet company and the contract was in my name and my mother made me cancel it.. More

  • Wants to open a business dealing with accident claims

    Assalamualaykum, 1. I am wanting to open a business which will deal with accident claims. So a client will report an accident with us and they will pay us a fee for the service. The service includes a minimum/maximum payout for the person involved in the accident and what we will do is to get in touch with a solictor who will deal in arranging out.. More

  • Said to his cousin 'If you beat me I will give you 5 dollars'

    salam alaykum i have a question regarding gambling. me and my cousin enjoy playing video games and one time he said that if i beat him- he would give me 5 dollars. i ended up beating him and he gave it to me willinglly. is this haram?? i am asking because he had no sadness in givin it to me and it is a low amount. we are just trying to have more fun.. More

  • She fears her ex-husband will harm her children after her death

    As salamu aleikum, I am divorced (in fact, it was khul'a for good reasons) and my two daughters (still under 10 yrs old) live with me, while my son (12 yrs old) lives with his father. I haven't seen him for several years. The father of the children has given us lots of problems since the divorce (because I used to have a good job and spend on him.. More

  • Paying entry fees to participate in a sports tournament

    Respected Sir, As Salam o Alaikum !!! I, along with my team mates, recently invited one of our friends to join us in a sports tournament (cricket to be specific), to which he replied that he cannot participate as the Event Management is asking for (approx.) SAR 300.00 as 'entry fee' and all they are giving to the winners, runners-up are trophies.. More

  • Benefitting from a car bought with a usurious loan

    Salaam, I live in a shiah country, and according to our fiqh, bank interest can be free from Riba if some criteria are met. I personally do not agree with this rules, and I think the interest might be Riba. However, my father and mother do not consider it Riba (with their own reasoning, like many other people). The father of family has bought a car.. More

  • Inheritance of wife, mother, one son and one daughter

    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 1 (grandson (from the son)) Number 1 (A full brother) Number 2 (A cousin from a full paternal uncle) Number 10 ۞-Does the deceased have female relatives who are.. More

  • Inheritance of wife, a full-brother and a 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 ۞-Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A wife) Number 1 (A full sister) Number 1.. More

  • Considering Riba as giving fees for using other people’s money

    AsalamoAlikum One of my friends asked me a question. He said that what is the difference between giving rent(fixed) on a property(e.g. Home) which is halal and giving a charge on using the money. In other words he was trying to justify giving interest on loans acquired from others. He meant that just like you pay rent to use someone's home(asset).. More

  • Living in a building which includes a supermarket that sells pork

    Sir, As-salaam-o-laikum, I am working and living in Dubai. Last year I moved to a flat in a new building. From 1st of Ramadan, this year a new supermarket was opened in our building, to my horror I found that the supermarket was selling pork. Is it ok for me to continue living in the same building or to move out at the earliest. Please advise. With.. More