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Accepting gifts from non-Muslim institutions
Assalaam alaikum. I am a student who took a few accounting classes at a local university. A few months after having completed the courses, I received a check in the mail for a sum of money. It was from a charity affiliated with the school, and the letter said that it was a reward that is given to various accounting students to encourage the study of.. More
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Ruling on accepting a gift while expecting it or hoping for it
Thank you for answering this question; however, it seems that you did not answer the other part that I asked about. Here is the link: https://www.islamweb.net/en/fatwa/2621384
I asked about the case in which a person is expecting or hoping for a gift to be given to him by someone without asking that person; is it haram to accept that gift? The holy.. More
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Injustice in gifting to one's children
My father orallygifted the property to my mother in front of witnesses. After my mother's demise, my father is trying to gift the property to my step-brother and register it under his name. Is what my father is doing correct according to the sharia? My father has purchased many properties on my step-brother's name, and he is still a minor. So is that.. More
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Receiving financial help from family
For the past two years, my husband and I have become indebted; my family has bailed us out many times. Personally, I only ask Allaah, The Exalted, for money, but my husband has asked my brother two or three times without telling me. Recently, in an emergency, my brother again helped us, but my family had plenty of anger against my husband and me (though.. More
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Setting condition that loan be spent in particular way
A friend of mine made the intention to study Islam in another country and stay there forever. I gave him money but said that it was for his books and that he should not do anything else with it. He agreed. Some things went wrong and he came back after a few days. He used part of the money to get home. He is now again working in the country that I live.. More
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Mother may give money to son she lives with apart from her other children
What is the ruling when a mother lives with one son and gives that son the benefits that she receives from the government apart from the son whom she does not live with. The son whom she lives with provides all the care for her and pays for everything. Is she required to both give them the same? The wife of the other son thinks that she should be giving.. More
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Refusing donations due to fear of humiliation
A man does not want to receive donations from people because, he says, it causes humiliation. A sick man is currently living with his son in a room shared/owned by a non-Muslim (its his house). He wants to get a house and job but he thinks that he should do it himself, which will take much longer, even though his situation is not improving. Should he.. More
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Giving gifts to sons and denying daughters
My wife's father is around 80 years old, he has two daughters and three sons. He is still alive and all his children are married. Around thirty years ago, he purchased three land plots on his sons' names (and gave them the possession). He purchased these lands when all the children were still unmarried, and at that time, all of them were still in school... More
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Dividing one's property among his wives and children in his life
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 7 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 1 (A wife) Number 2 - Additional information: The person is alive, but due to his.. More
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Grandfather giving gift to teenage grandson apart from his other descendants
My Grandfather gifted a property to me when I was 14 years old, and my father was also alive. It is my house and my father was willing to sell the house but my grandfather gifted it to me. Now my grandfather and father are not alive. I want to know whether according to Islamic law my grandfather could gift his property to me and whether I could receive.. More
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Parents must observe justice in their bequests to their children
Dear brother, assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. My parents have me and another daughter and son, so one son and two daughters. My father, while alive, gave my mother half of his wealth, that is, half of the house and cash, which all sums up to about £400k. A few days ago, he showed me his will for the inheritance, and it was divided.. More
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Reserving the right to use a donated property until death
A Father has no son but only two daughters. He wants to settle his property in favour of his two daughters by a settlement deed by reserving his right to enjoy the income of the property to be settled till his life time as the said property is the only source of income for him. A grant creating a limited interest merely to the use of the property and.. More
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Accepting money as a wedding gift
It is one of our customs to have a henna party for the bride, and she receives presents in the form of money. What is the ruling on accepting this money?
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On a woman giving a gift to a non-Mahram man
Assalam Alaikum. I have a question regarding a gift i want to give to my sisters husband.My sister is much more older then me. So when i was young he used to be kind to me and my little brothers, he used to take us to places and so on.So i was wondering if it is permissible for me in islam to give him a gift since he is not a mahram for me. And i am.. More
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Gifts concluded and possessed before the final illness are not part of the inheritance
Assalaamu ‘Alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information -Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A grandson (from the son)) Number 1 -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit : (A daughter) Number 2 (A granddaughter (from the son)) Number 2 - Additional information.. More
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