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  • Working on a questionable project

    I work in a project where our company give mobile services to customers. Roaming customers who spend more duration in using mobile will be given some tickets. The more the customer spends time while making calls he will get more tickets. After a scheduled date a draw will be done and the person who is selected in the draw will receive a big prize.(say.. More

  • Purchase agreement based upon interest

    If I purchase an item, on interest-free for three years but have to pay interest after that and know that I can pay it off in less than a year. Is such transaction permissible?.. More

  • Selling timeshares

    I would like to know if selling timeshare is Halaal or Haraam here's how we sell it. Our company invites people to see our presentation and we give them discounted tickets to the theme parks as incentives to come and see our presentation. We show them the model of the condo and the property then we show them the price. We tell them that.. More

  • Forex transactions for Muslims

    My question is about on Online Forex Trading. My question is as follow with a little introduction on Forex. "Forex, or Foreign Exchange, is the simultaneous exchange of one country’s currency for that of another. We provide foreign exchange for the purpose of investor speculation. The investor wishes to purchase or sell one currency for another.. More

  • Purchasing with interest free time limit

    My question is concerns some shop here in Australia. Sometimes here in Australia shops offer to buy a product with for example 3 years interest free. After the 3 years and if the customer did not pay the full price an interest will apply for the remaining of the prise. Is that Ribaa? .. More

  • Buying on the Easy Home Policy in Pakistan

    I know that banking business is un-Islamic due to Ribaa. However, recently there is a new bank in our country called Al-Meezan Bank. They claim it to be on Islamic lines. They have an Easy Home Policy. In this policy, if you buy a property of let's say of Rs.10,00,000 and they contribute approx. Rs.8,00,000. They become your partner in that house... More

  • Halal banking in UK

    I have two questions: One, does 'Halal Banking' exist in the United Kingdom that is within the Shariah?.. More

  • Raises funds and gives chances for raffle drawing

    I am a Muslim convert from Christianity. I joined a charitable non-religious organization that needs funding for the needy especially for sick children, street children and homeless people. Now we have a project in which whoever makes donations, gifts or offerings will have a chance to win a prize in a raffle draw. Tickets are given free as long.. More

  • A resident physician made a mistake in treating a patient

    I am a junior doctor doing my residency in cardiology. I attended a patient of heart attack. He had a similar history of chest pain as few days are. There is an injection that we give a patient within 12 hours of his chest pain. A colleague convinced me that it was an old pain and that an injection was not to be given. I agreed with him because.. More

  • Home purchasing in the US

    I am considering to purchase a house in the US. Since it is impossible for me to have $250,000 in cash to buy the house, I only have three options, listed below, that require your guidance. Option-1: I can take a conventional "home mortgage" bank loan to buy the house. The problem is, it involves interest "Riba" to be paid for the life of the.. More

  • Depositing money to use interest for a good cause

    Is it permissible with intention to keep deposit money in bank, the interest money be paid to near relatives who are poor like uncles, aunts. (The intention is to get interest money that will help poor relatives). Is it permissible, please clarify. .. More

  • A broker guarantees profits

    The forex market is equated to gambling (people might win or lose money) but I have found a broker who is guaranteeing profits. If he goes into loss, he will simply return my money. The profits that I get are calculated on the amount of investments I make, not the profits that he makes. Is it Halal? .. More

  • Works for restaurant and concerned about products sold there

    I am an American Egyptian who studies in Egypt and works during the summer in America to earn my own money and make a living. An Egyptian businessman in New York City offered me a job in his restaurant which sells pizza which has chicken, beef and turkey toppings. He doesn't know how these animals are slaughtered. I wrote to the company that sells.. More

  • Selling credit cards

    My son is an employed to canvass and sell credit cards. Is this Haram? Will it be OK for him to continue the job if he tells the Muslim customers that after a fixed period of time the credit will be subject to an additional charge of interest?.. More

  • Salary paid from sale of alcohol, wants picture of Pharaoh's body

    I am young Muslim from Ilorin Kwara State/ Nigeria. 1. Can I accept money given to me by someone selling Alcohol as monthly salary? Forteaching his childrenArabic/Islamic Studies. 2. You please send me the picture of Pharaoh's dead body if you have any way of doing so... More