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  • Verbal gifting of property

    Assalaamu alaykum. My husband and I have been married for several years and do not have children yet. We have a joint account and property that is jointly registered in both our names. Despite my name being on the house deed and the accounts, I have not contributed much financially. However, my husband said that he gifts the house and money in the accounts.. More

  • Grandfather gifted farm to grandson and both died

    Assalaamu alaykum. My grandfather had six sons, one son died, and he left his wife with one son, who received a farm as a gift from my grandfather, but he also died leaving his wife and one son. So the grandson received a farm from his grandfather as a gift and then he died leaving one son only. The grandfather also died. The five sons divided the large.. More

  • Suspecting that gift was stolen

    Assalaamu alaykum, Scholars. I was looking to buy a bycicle to go to the masjid and seek knowledge, but I do not have that much money. Today, I entered a shop or a room that sells used bikes, and I asked about the prices. After a while, the seller spoke to me and told me that he is gifting me a bike as be thinks that I am a good person. I was amazed.. More

  • Spending donations in other than purpose they were collected for

    Assalaamu alaykom. A long time ago, I told some friends that I would be collecting some donations for a friend whose mother had cancer. However, the money was used for something else. Now I want to return the money to the original donors, but I do not know all of them and lost contact with some others, and to be honest, I find it extremely hard and.. More

  • Setting condition for doing favor

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. If someone asks me for a favor, can I put conditions before doing it? .. More

  • Refusing to accept gifts from subordinates at work

    Assalaamu alaykum. Praise be to Allah, the Most Beneficent and Most Merciful. Dear Shaikh, before joining a company, I did not know one of my friends, and he is from the same same department and is my senior. I always go to him for any issue, whether it be a wordly issue or related to the religion, so we have a good relation. Whenever I go on vacation,.. More

  • Giving property to children before death

    I have three children: one son and two daughters. I lost my wife a decade ago. I have my own house. I thought of writing a deed for these three children, but my son is generously giving his share to his sisters. Now I thought of writing a deed for the two daughters. My friends say that my son must give his permission in writing because it concerns an.. More

  • Repaying relative for what he reluctantly bought

    Assalaamu alaykum. When I was young, I insisted that one of my uncles buy me a toy. As this took place in public, he bought me the toy to avoid being embarrassed and against his will. On another occasion, he bought me a shirt during his wedding. He did not tell me that it was a gift, but he did not ask for its price either. Shall I return the price.. More

  • Spending money on other than it was donated for

    Hi. My family is poor, and they do not have a regularly income. They were in need of two beds and a little table. So they asked the government to give them some financial aid, and some people from the government visited the house to see the situation. They approved the aid and gave the family 500 dollars. They said that they could use 200x2 for two.. More

  • Parents entitled to take back gift given to their child

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am a married women. After 10 years of my marriage, my father gave me a property and said that he had given me my Haqq (right). All legal papers were done in my name, and I started to live in this property. After four years, I decided to rent the place for money, but my father and brother started a fight with me over this point... More

  • Giving someone Amazon Echo as gift

    Assalaamu alaykum. What is the ruling on presenting someone a speaker, like an Amazon echo, which will be used to listen to things, including music? It also has many features like games, reading books, a calendar, and so on. Will I earn sins if the person listens to music using this speaker? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Using government benefits to start business

    if I receive benefits from a country because of an illness, is it allowed for me to buy [for business purposes] products at the wholesale or retail price and sell it to make some money on the side [extra money]? .. More

  • Husband asking wife to give back land he gifted her

    Assalaamu alaykum. My father and mother have not been together since 2005 after my mother found (in 2005) that her husband had married another lady (in 1994) in a foreign country (Kuwait), where he is still staying for his job. Mother has the view that my father had not been just all these years, and she can never forgive him. Hence she cannot stay.. More

  • Gift of grandmother to grandchildren

    My grandmother gave her share of land to me and my brothers after she inherited that same share from my father even though she has two other sons and three daughters; this was done upon the request of her older son and with the approval of her other son, and there is no objection from her daughters; and she did that even though my older brother told.. More

  • Father selling his only house to buy three houses for three daughters

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have three daughters and no sons. I plan to buy three houses, one for each daughter, so that they already have a house when I die. The money to buy the three houses will come from the sale of my current house. I have no other significant assets. Is this permitted in Islam? Thank you. Wassalaamu alaykum. .. More