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  • Bought shares of a company which deals with Riba

    I have invested 1 lakhs riyal in one of the company in stock market in GCC. After I invested in that company, company borrowed money from interest based banks and other vendors based on interest. Now most of the companies income is coming from bank interest. Now I sold those shares with great amount of losses. Now I need to give this money (the.. More

  • Mother wants to give her inheritance from her husband to her daughters only

    Do granddaughters have any right to assets/property owned by paternal grandfather? My husband's father passed away a few years back. He has left behind 3 sons, 2 daughters and a wife alongwith 4 grandsons - (from sons), 2 grand daughters (from son), 3 grandsons (from daughters), 3 granddaughters (from daughters). broadly, how should his house worth.. More

  • Their neighbour sends them gifts but they doubt that his income is lawful

    Salam alaikum our neighbour gives us a lot of ths foodstuffs & other ths..but we're sure that he, as a policeman, gets money and other foodstuffs from people. we don't know wether he gets them as gift or bribe. we accept his wife's presents but we dnt eat anyth?is this correct?is it allowed to give that as alms to people instead of throwing it away?.. More

  • The profit one gets from selling an item he sold with interest

    Assalamu Alaikom Warahmatullahi Wabarakatoh. The question is regarding usury and its "kaffarah." Given the following scenario please advise on whether this is forbidden or not and if it is forbidden how can one repent. A man deceides to buy land and build a house upon it and then sell the house as an investment. He then invests 100K from his own money.. More

  • Working in a usurious bank just to gain experience

    Is it permissible to work in an interest based bank just for experience purposes, not with an object to earn money and spend the salaries received from the bank on the poor and in fare? Now a days it is very difficult to get a job without any experience. So, if a person can get a job in a bank without experience, why should he not join that bank?.. More

  • The endowment can not be taken back once it is in effect

    Assalamu alaikum.We formed a public charitable trust in March 2006.I am the Executive and there are two other trustees.So in all 3 of us are in the Trust.I resigned about few days back because I was being forced to take all responsibilities and also non availability of time.Now for the purpose of running the Trust we had an office.All the workings.. More

  • An employee has to fulfil the conditions of his work

    I work in bread factory to help salesman .My duty is to go to factory load breads,cakes,biscuits in a bus of only one salesman and then to go with him in market to sale those products . Salesman, with whom i am appointed by factory, is my Uncle . I just go to factory and load products in a bus and then i come back home . My uncle has allowed me to do.. More

  • Paying taxes from bank interests

    salam alaykom,my Q is about the taxes on the bank interests,in the US the governement imposes like 25% minimum (sometimes 27%)on your whole money including the bank interests. u know that we r forced to take the minimum of interests here that we later give away. So let's say i have in the bank 1000$ and the interests are 10$ on september 30.Later on,.. More

  • Bought a house through questionable Muraabahah contract

    Us-salaam-wa-alaikum WRT, I’ve taken Home Building Loan from Faisal Bank for 20 years on Morabaha agreement. First my property is in my name and original papers are mortgaged in the bank secondly the rate of profit charged by the bank is linked with floating KIBOR (Karachi Inter Bank Operation Rate) + 2% fixed which is changing every year. After studying.. More

  • Intends to leave his company after finishing the training period

    assalamualikum, igot your Fatwa No. : 92423 , but some problem is again arising that , i am in qater past six months but i was in training that period, so left the job very difficult,beacause they are paying my salary with they have no use,after training i want work for them one and half years , so this perod is critical , satan is coming differnt.. More

  • Their father built on the land which belongs to their second elder brother

    Salam o Alaikum Dear sir i want to varify one thing about my elder brother decision abt our father properties... there is one land when purchased it was just 6 shops and my second elder brother claims that he paid full amount my mother and my step brother also support his claim.... later one my father by cheating change the power of atoney from his.. More

  • End of service compensation

    Salam Malaycum, An employee is fired from is work and receives a compensation (legally stated, the employee pays forced by the law), or when he/she negociates the liquidation of the labor relation and receives a compensation. Are those compensations haram? Thanks in advance. Saalm Malaycum .. More

  • Maintaining the records of interest based dealings as an accountant

    I would like to ask about the hadith that says that ALLAH damed the person who eats the riba ,and the witness of it and the one who writes it ,and they are equal in sin. I Have a Ba degree in accounting and i used to work as an Auditor , but some body told me that woking in auditing and witnessing the ripa( interest loans,,,,) will be like the one who.. More

  • Mother Wants to Gift House to Her Daughter Only

    Man has died leaving wife ,two sons and one daughter and has left a house in wife's name, nothing of the money left was ever shared by sons .Married daughter is living with the mother in father's house .Can the mother gift that house in her life to daughter saying that sons should give up their share as according to her daughter is more needy .. More

  • Drawing lots to select a winner from many who deserve the prize

    The Madrassah in our locality often organises competions. Sometimes there are many winners. Because of the great number of winners all of them are not given a gift but a draw is done to select one or two or three winners and they are awarded a prize/gift. Is it permissible to perform the draw according ti Islam? .. More