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  • Loan processing fees are not considered interest

    Hello I am a poor student. My college gives all student a 120$ loan. Yes, it is a very small sum of money, but my family are poor and that amount can help me . However, my problem is that this loan has an interest rate of 4%. I cannot eat haram money. With this loan, the student must repay it by installments after five years. In other words, after five.. More

  • Husband's permission is required when lending his money

    Aneighbour asked me for small loans 3 times and I was able to help her without informing my husband. She paid back. Her income is just enough to meet her ordinary needs without extravagance, but I find her often over-spending & not being thrifty. She has a lot of family and relatives who are welloff. But she claims that she is ashamed to ask them.. More

  • Property mortgage, as conventionally referred to in the west, involves Riba

    Alsalalam Aalaykom, My name is Karim, I used to live in the UK for the past 18 years and now I live in Qatar. My property in the UK that I used to live in has a conventional mortgage (Non Islamic) and is currently being rented out. I have now saved enough money while living in Qatar for the past 2 years that I can afford to pay off the remaining mortgage.. More

  • A debt is paid back by returning the borrowed object or its equivalent

    Question : As name of Gift, can pay amount of loan ? Zaid has given loan to a friend Asif. After few months, zaid wanted to have a new mobile but he can't because of financial issue. He told to Asif abt it and Asif not wanted to break his friend's heart. So Asif told to Zaid to present him a new mobile as Eid Gift. And zaid accepted it. But after sending.. More

  • Paying a debt that was written off as 'bad debt'

    I have incurred debt years back due to my husband being retrenched. The debt has been written off to bad debt. I have made my intention to save for hajj Inshallah, what would I do, seeing that the debt no longer exist on the companies books so I cannot pay it? Please advise what I can do. Shukran .. More

  • Debt on credit card must be paid, but not Riba

    Salam alaikum My husband and I are making preparation to migrate to my home country with our 5 young kids. However we have debts on our credit cards that we had accumulate from our jahiliyah time which we used for sometimes to buy groceries, gas n pay bills. 1)Do we have to pay this debts before hijrah? What if we have the money to pay off but we need.. More

  • Only the entitled authority has the right to cancel the debt

    I live in America. I am heavily in debt to some hospitals and universities. At times, I was able to pay some of these debts in their due time but I neglected paying them. I used to think that those people are disbelievers whom I should not pay anything. Now, Allaah The Almighty Provided me with abundant provision and I am able to clear these debts... More

  • Mother may lend money to one of her children apart from the others

    Assalam Alaykum. Thank you dearest brother(s) for your resent answer to my question (no. 2452977). I very much appreciate your reply, and thank you for praying for me, because I really need your prayers. May Allah reward you with the best. I understand that parents should treat their children equally, but in my situation although I am not homeless,.. More

  • Borrowing a man's money to distribute among the poor and repaying it from zakat money in his country

    I am currently abroad and a man asked me to give him some money in order to offer it in charity to poor people, and he told me that I can get this money back from zakat money when I return to my country. This is because they cannot get the zakat money from my country in order to give it to these poor people. What is the religious ruling on this issue?.. More

  • Borrowing money from mother whose money is ill-gotten

    Salam. Is it permissible to take a non-interest loan of £50000-£100000 from my mum when I have other siblings who haven’t asked for a loan? Can I give this back to her if she doesn’t want it back, as I see it as a loan & not wanting it as a gift? I’m unsure if she will help the others should they need help. One of them (my sister) is a pharmacist.. More

  • Licking clothes during fasting / Forgiving a debt in one's heart

    please I'll like to know if after drying soapy clothes and you mistakenly lick it does it invalidate fast.the clothes aren't soapy after drying though i.e there is no soapy taste or feel does forgiving a debt in your heart count i.e without telling the debtor directly. if it does, if the person gives the money back after that can it still be collected... More

  • He took the money as charity then the donator claimed it was a debt

    My father asked someone for financial assistance and that person gave the money to my father saying that it was provided by a humanitarian authority or Zakaah committee. One year later, this person asked my father to pay back the money he gave to him claiming that it was a debt that my father owes him. Please advise me regarding this matter. .. More

  • Payment of debt may be delayed if creditor does not claim it

    I am doing business of textile trading/indenting with a partner. Our style of work is like that we both partners work with different parties and each one complete his deal on both seller and buyer side. In some cases one partner deals on seller side and other on buyer side.We usually try not to interfere in others work. Sometimes we deal with parties.. More

  • You must pay your debt when you afford to pay it

    Salamaliekom, i live i USA. I was accused by government of doing something. So, the gov. Put me in a lot of trouble. This trouble made it so hard to find a job. I decided to go back home with my kids and wife. IS IT OK TO DO SO WHEN I OWE MONEY TO THE GOVERNMENT AND A BANK WITH HALAL MONEY. BUT IF I STAY TILL THE END OF 2013. I WILL HAVE TO BE IN DEALING.. More

  • A creditor accepting his debtor's invitation to dinner

    Alsalam alykum : I have A friend who borrowed money from me and she still owe me the money she did not returned back , even though it is due to return it back but she still claim that she can not afford to give me my money back. now she have a dinner at her house and she invited me and my family , is it ok if we go to her house or is it haram that.. More