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  • Wants to buy a used car on loan with interest

    I am a revert sister. I am a single parent due to my ex-husband leaving me when I was 6 months pregnant. I work full-time to support me and my son. I originally came from Leicester. I moved to London when I got married. My mother died 27 years ago and my father is a Hindu and does not accept me as a Muslim. I do not have many contacts in London.. More

  • Check cashing transactions

    Check cashing business is a common business in USA which consists of several types of transactions. Two of them are as follows: - A customer comes with a check which the funds are available in the bank right away. The business then gives him the same amount in cash minus 2%. - A customer comes with a check but the funds won't be available until.. More

  • Inheritance of a childless man with other survivors

    I am a childless man. I understand that in case of my demise my wife gets fourth of my inheritance and the rest is divided among my brother's sons and my parents if they are alive. To what ratio is my parents and my brother entitled? My brother has separated from us, in a way disowned us and does not keep in touch. Is he and his sons still entitled.. More

  • Selling crosses to Christians in her jewellery store

    I own a jewelry store and I have Christian customers who ask for crosses. I stopped selling them years ago because I was told it was Haram. I am wondering if this is true, and if it is why I can't sell them. I don't make the jewelry. I buy and sell so they are not being made by me other people send it to me; from other countries. Please let.. More

  • Inheriting from the grandfather

    My brother and my sister died before my father. Could their children inherit from my father? .. More

  • Wants to sue the doctor for his son's disabilities

    I have a son who is 3 years old. When he was born the doctor made a medical mistake resulting in my son becoming disabled and cannot walk or talk. Is it Halal or Haram to sue this doctor in court and ask for compensation? I know that I probably will not get any thing in the end, but every time I look at my son I feel I want to hurt the man who did.. More

  • Buying a car through a non-Islamic bank

    My question is: I want to buy a car, but I want to pay for the car by monthly installments. The car is Volkswagen Golf. I hear from the Ulama that it is not Haram if you buy a car like that. The company works together with a bank, but it is not a normal bank; the name of the bank is: Volkswagen bank. They use this bank to make it possible for the.. More

  • His business partner took a loan with interest

    I am Moroccan and I started doing business with a Muslim from an African country. We decided to build a partnership in order to sell some products abroad. He asked me to send him my part of money and after selling products I'll receive 40% of the gain. After we finished the transaction I discovered that he took a credit from a bank with interest to.. More

  • Wants to buy out his business partner in Halal manner

    I have a partner who wants to sell his part in an ice cream factory to another party. At the moment I do not have money enough to buy his part. The question is: I want to borrow the money from an industrial bank in Syria but they will take some interest on this amount of money. Is it Halal? The second question is that if I wanted to give my partner.. More

  • Paying fines for overdue library books

    I have some library fines. According to the system the longer you keep the items beyond the due date, you get fined more and more. Is this interest and should I pay it?.. More

  • Paying debts is given priority over building a house

    Iowe more than £12000 in debt in UK. I am an Asian. They gave me all this money (credit cards, over-drafts) considering me a citizen of UK, but I am an Asian who came here as a student. Due to debts I could not study properly and I was repaying my debts from one year. I am unable to pay it off now; it may take more than 2 years. Even if I want to.. More

  • She contributed to buy a house for the whole family

    I am a femalewho, due to financial problems, started working at a very early age. Immediatelyfollowing my matriculation, I had to start working. Then I went to Saudi Arabia and worked there as well. My father from the money that I was giving them bought a house for the family in installmentsthat he paid regularly. I married and then I paid the balance.. More

  • Money sent to his father did not arrive before his death

    Please give me your advice. I sent money to my parentsfor support as my father was sick in the hospital. Before the money arrived to them, my father passed away and he left my mother a small amount of money, not too much but enough to live on. My sisters told me to give all the money I sent as a (sadaqah)for my father.I told them to take only.. More

  • Taking a loan with interest

    I bought a busfor work and it was financed by the seller (delayed payments). He charged me 9% which is too high, but I had to accept it because it is Halal.Now I have my house which I can use to borrow money from the bank and pay that bus owner in full and in this way I will save 4% of my interest which comes to $250 every month for the coming.. More

  • Inheritance distribution

    If a Muslim man died leaving a Christian wife and 2 Christian daughters and two Muslim sisters and a Muslim son of a dead brother, howshould his inheritance be divided?.. More