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  • Copying Copyrighted Materials and Abiding by the Law

    Assalamu'alaykum. It is said that we must obey the law of the country if it doesn't go against the Sharia. Then am I sinning if I do something against the law but is lawful in Islamic perspective? Regarding this, we also know that some scholars think that having copied copyrighted material for personal use is allowed. But the fact is, almost every country.. More

  • Company’s Products used in Haram Ways

    AsSalamu alaykum shaikh. I want to ask you is my job halal. I work in stock of one company and my job is to check stock and order missing equipment while I do not sale it and don`t transfer it. Colleagues from sale department after sale goods to customer come in stock and take equipment they sold. They sometimes sale this equipment to companies that.. More

  • Fees Deducted When Using Other Banks’ ATMs

    Assalamu Alaykum. Plz ans me directly asap. I have an saving account in an Islamic bank. They gave me a visa debit card so that i may withdraw cash (of my savings) from their own ATM booths. But their booths are a few. But with this visa card i may also withdraw cash from the near ATM booths of other traditional banks, but in that case a fixed amount.. More

  • Money Earned From Selling Non-Hijabi Clothes to Non-Muslim Women

    I'm 20, still studying, my father sells non hijabi clothes to non muslim women who will certainly wear it in public. Are his money permissible for me? .. More

  • Changing Copyrighted Bookmark Designs and Reselling Them

    Assalamu alaikom, I bought some designs for uncolored bookmarks that I am free to print any number of copies of and use personally, as long as i dont resell those printed copies for profit. However, if i color and decorate those copies, meaning that i would change those designs with my own effort and ideas, can I sell them and charge money for the effort.. More

  • Ji’alah Contract

    salam. i want to advise a client on how to save money by paying less tax. can i take a percentage based fee based on agreement with him (i take 10%/20% of how much money i save him)? or must i confine myself to a fixed fee? i am very confused as in case of fixed fee, either i have the risk of charging him low in relation to the value i provide for him.. More

  • Father Bought a House with Riba-Based Loan

    Assalam u Alaikum wa Rahmatullah hi Wa Baraktuhu.My question is regarding riba and its further consequences. If ones father has purchased a house and taken a mortage for x amount of money for a 12 year period approximately and on that there is a 2.7 percent cost of borrowing or interest rate as is supposedly written on the monthly bank statement bills.. More

  • Salary of Hostess Is Forbidden

    What about ruling on income of an airhostess,Can it be acceptable in the path of ALLAH.I mean that Can she pay zakat or do udhiyyah or do umrah,hajj with such an income because her job violates principles of Islam and the Hadeeth in which the Prophet (blessings and peace of ALLAH be upon him) said: “O people, ALLAH is Good and He, therefore, accepts.. More

  • Used Copyrighted Materials and Stole Things in the Past

    Asalamu Aleikom! The category I am going to ask about has to do with Copyright. I have been using copyrighted content, pictures and material. Some for personal use and other in public such as profile pictures and copying texts etc and posting it. Some of it was hadiths and content from muslim apps and websites but some of it was non islamic . All of.. More

  • Sold a Car He Did Not Own

    Assalamu alaykum sheikh,I and my father went to a store to buy a vehicle. The store owner sold us a vehicle and took money from us and gave us a receipt and told us that he would deliver the vehicle to us within few days. After coming home(vehicle was not delivered to me yet but we had made the payment and taken a receipt from him) i realised that he.. More

  • Being Forced To Unjustly Take a Muslim’s Property

    Assalamu alaikum.If one fears great harm , can one wrong somebody? For example, if one works under a unjust ruler and he orders him to go take somones land unjustly otherwise he will impriosj him or kill him. So can one wrong others in this case?Or the basic principle is that if the harm caused to others is greater than the harm which may come to a.. More

  • Working in Investment Banking

    is working in investment banking is halal their work is related to merger and acquisition, manage client portfolio, act as a intermediate between compony and commercial bank (they advice bank to issue Loan to compony or not they also help compony in issue a share .. More

  • You Get Rid of the Surplus Amount of Profit Only

    Assalamu AlaykumI live in a western country whereby it is compulsory by law for working people to set aside a percentage of their earnings in a 'superannuation' fund, only accessible upon retirement. The companies managing these funds invest in different sectors, some halal and others not (eg tobacco)When I first started working, a small amount of money.. More

  • Giving Taxes in a Non-Muslim Country

    I am from India and willing to start a business, I want to know about the giving taxes in a non muslim country where the government also uses it to construct temples, wastes it on extravagance, corruption, idle leisure and other haraam things. Variety of Taxes are imposed such as goods and service tax(0-28% on invoice value), income tax up to 25% on.. More

  • Buying Cracked Courses With Copyrights

    Salam AlaykoumI want to ask you please what the ruling of Islam for someone who buy cracked courses online. These courses are so expensive sometimes and of course protected by copyrights by their owners.But there is a website who crack them and sell them. I know selling cracked or pirated courses including videos,PDFs,eBooks or whatever is Haram and.. More