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Giving false information to receive welfare
I am young and have finished high school. However, my grades were poor, so I took a pause of one year to improve my grades and start university next year. So I am unemployed, and I may also seek social welfare in my country because I do not have a job. While seeking social welfare, I fullfilled every criteria for it, but I did make a misstake twice... More
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Abiding by terms and conditions of university
Assalaamu alaykum. My university requires me to perform one year of practical training in any organization. I started it in a company. Due to the bad environment there, I made a contract with the owner that allowed me to work in my dad's company, and I have to pay him a monthly sum in return for being outsourced. Afterwards, I convinced my dad to relieve.. More
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Presenting fake certificate impermissible under all circumstances
My father works in a haram bussinness, his bussinnes has been doing bad for the last two years and he barely provides for the family. Our other source of income is my sister. I am a high school graduate and I want to study medicine. In order to get into med school, I have to do a two-year pre-med course. My question is, since my sister is the one who.. More
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Receiving help during driving test
I have a question. Background information: In a driving test (in my country), the student's driving teacher sits next to him in the car, and the tester sits behind the student (on the right side). Following case: Let us assume that before a test, the teacher says to the student that he will help him during the test through secret hand signs in the case.. More
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Deceiving government to get cheap housing
Assalaamu alaykum. I live in London, UK with my husband and my two kids. We rent a flat there, the rent is very expensive, and the property is very small. In order to get a council house, we either need to wait for ages or be homeless. The agency which we rent from has offered to evict us, but we would pay the court fees. The eviction would take place.. More
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Lying about identity to market product online
What is the ruling on affiliate marketing on the Internet? Sometimes, people use a fake ID to market their product. For example, I do not live in Qatar, but I create a Facebook account and put my country name as Qatar in order to target Qatari people to buy my product online. Is this kind of marketing halal or haram?
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Lying to parents about how suitor met their daughter
Assalaamu alaykum. I met a girl through a website dedicated to teaching English. I am a fluent English speaker, and she needed help. After speaking a few times, it became apparent that there is a mutual attraction, and we decided to end communication unless I can speak with her family. I am new in Egypt, she is 17 years younger than me, and I am still.. More
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Lying to parent about exact amount of tuition
Assalaamu alaykum. Please, what is the ruling on one who collected an amount for tuition from his father that was higher than the actual fee. For example, the tuition costs $1,000, but he needed more than that, and knowing that it would be tough for him to get more than that, he told his father that it costs $1,150. Is this permissible? Wassalaam.
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Presenting false information to receive government aid
Assalaamu alaykum. I wanted to ask if food stamps and the WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program forWomen, Infants, and Children) are haram or not? These consist of financial assistance with food. When we show them a proof of income while applying for this assistance, we show them a lower income than I make because I cannot afford much. Is this.. More
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Hacking computer game to win vouchers
There is a food company that offers free vouchers of sandwiches if you are among the top scorers. The game can be hacked, and the hacker can change its source code and thus make it into the top scorer list. If the hacker wins by changing the game mechanics, will these sandwiches be halal for him or not? Please note that no rules and regulations have.. More
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Lying in job interview
Assalaam aleykum. I am able to meet the minimum requirements of my job, but I am not able to excel in it because of a few deficiencies in me. I worry because I have hidden or lied about some of these deficiencies during the interview. Does this make the earnings of my job haram?
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Forging papers to work as a taxi driver
Assalaamu alaykum. I am indebted, and I have a daughter to provide for and my family and so on. I cannot find a halal job. I can find jobs where I do not pay taxes, like in a pizzabar and so on, but I think thateven that is considered haram, is it not? My only way to get out of this problem is to cheat on my papers for getting a taxi card so that I.. More
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Lies and breaks promises
Assalaamu alaykum. I am contacting you in order to seek advice and help from you, Allaah willing. It is related to lies and breaking promises. I was born Muslim, but I was not always practicing until one year ago. When light entered my heart, I had a profound turnaround in life but three or four months after, I wrecked all that. I made a promise to.. More
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Ruling on whether liar is obliged to confess lies
I submitted a question earlier, but I typed the wrong email. Here is my question, Do you have to confess if you lied or is merely repenting good enough?
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Lying about age to secure job to repay debts
Assalaamu alaykum. There is this job online where you get paid money to test websites, but you have to be 18 years old to be able to test them, and I am only 16. If I lie about my age and start doing these tests, does that make the money that I would earn haram? The reason I want to do this job is because my family owes a 30,000 dollor debt and I was.. More
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