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  • Buying products from multi-level marketing network

    My question is about direct selling or multi-level marketing business. I saw many fatwas on your website that say that it is haram. However, I have some specific questions. So please do not give any question link. In our country, there is a company that uses a direct selling policy. Their product is very useful. So I want to buy their product. 1).. More

  • Taking full housing allowance while owning part of house

    An organization provides/entitles rent for a house to its employees as a pay package. The organization pays rent to owner of the house in favor of its employee. If an employee and an Islamic bank are shareholders of a house in which he pays a monthly rent to the bank for its share in the house as well as purchases shares of the house on a monthly basis,.. More

  • Dividing wealth among heirs during lifetime

    Assalaamu alaykum Shaykh. My grandfather has distributed his properties to his descendants while he is still alive, and he is still alive at present, praise be to Allaah. Both my mom and my dad are still alive, I have only one sister from both my mom and my dad. However, my dad and mom have been separated since about four years (but they are not legally.. More

  • Money notes from usurious banks not unlawful

    Assalaamu alaykum. I live in Bangladesh. There are many Islamic Banks nowadays. Let us assume that all of them are Islamic. Nevertheless, they have to deal with the money notes of the Central Bank of Bangladesh which is a 100% interest-based bank. Some of my friends say that Islamic Banks cannot be halal because the money notes that they use come from.. More

  • Division of inheritance should not be delayed without reason

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am an Indian National, am 36 years old, and am a mother of two daughters (aged nine and six). My husband (41 years old) got into an accident and got a spine injury in June 2015. The doctors have given hope up for his recovery, and he cannot move at all because he is completely bedridden. My husband is the youngest in his house... More

  • Son's share of father's estate if he paid for sisters' marriage expenses

    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 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 3 (A wife) Number 1 - Information about the deceased’s debts: (Debts to.. More

  • Renting out auditorium for non-Muslim or mixed weddings

    Assalaamu alaykum. In my country, the weddings, both of Muslims and non-Muslims, usually take place in auditoriums. For Muslim weddings, music, mixing, photography, and videography are very common. And for non-Muslim weddings, religious rituals also take place inside the auditorium. My mother says that renting out an auditorium for weddings is a halal.. More

  • Brand name does not affect permissibility of using device

    Assalaamu alaykum. I bought a tea maker from a company called Satori, and I heard that this is a term from another religion, so is it okay to use it? .. More

  • Changing purpose of land endowed for building mosque

    Assalaamu alaykum. Our society purchased a piece of land to build a mosque and decided on another location. We are now stuck with the other piece of land and are paying taxes on it since there is no structure on it. We would like to build something on it in order to earn income for the mosque and also gain a tax exemption for the property. We are having.. More

  • Living in father's house bought with an interest-based loan

    Before asking my question, I just want to tell you that my family consists of five people. My father and mother (who obeys my father), my wife (who wishes to do what is right and, praise be to Allaah, has a higher level of faith), myself, and my son (who is 1.5 years old). We all live together in a rented house with all my earnings going to my father.. More

  • Working for 'print on demand' workshop

    Assalaamu alaykum. I would like to know if this business model is halal or not. I work for a print on demand garment workshop, and we work with users who can design their own design (a logo on a t-shirt for example) and then sell them to their customers. When they make a sale, we print the custom clothes and send it to their clients. In return, the.. More

  • Abiding by stipulations for OEM software use

    Assalaamu alaykum. There is a software called OEM (original equipment manufacturer) software, this is basically software that is cheaper than the retail edition of the software because it does not have packaging. It is software that is sold to computer builders and hardware manufacturers (OEMs) in large quantities, for the purpose of bundling with computer.. More

  • Married daughter gets full share of inheritance

    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 6 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 2 (A wife) Number 1 - The will which the deceased left behind and that is related.. More

  • Inheritance of deceased's provident fund and balance of pay

    One of my relatives, who was an employ of a semi-government firm, passed away before reaching retirement. His wife wants to know whether the undermentioned amount should be included in inheritance or not? Is it for the family or for all legal inheritors? a. At the time of death, the husband had some entitled leave left. The firm gave some amount.. More

  • Paying mortgage on foreclosed house

    I had a house with two mortgages that was foreclosed due to hardship. When the house was foreclosed, the first lender was paid in full. However, the second lender was never paid anything because the house was foreclosed during the 2009 housing crisis and was sold for less than the amount of the loan. I owe the second lender $50,000. What is my obligation.. More