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  • Professional football player as a career

    Is money from playing football Haraam for example you are a Muslim man and become a professional football player the money you receive is it Haraam or not?.. More

  • Asked to alter bills in his company

    I work in a private company and am very disturbed. When billing the principals, I'm ordered to add amounts which have no reality and most of the times, the company bribes personals order get away from fines/duties. Yet, we bill the principals in full and sometimes more. I have been thinking of resigning from this job sake Allaah, if I do so I.. More

  • Bought a copied copyright book for study purpose

    This is in reference to Fatwa 90287. If a copyrighted book was copied and bought for study purpose and not for further sale and the buyer was aware of the Islamic prohibition of purchasing such books without the permission of the concerned person at the time of buying. Does he have to throw it now when he has become more particular about the Sharee'ah?.. More

  • Insurance provided free of charge by the employer

    May Almighty Allaah bless you all for the kind of work you have been doing. I have one question, if you could please clarify this to me. The question is: What if a company provides a life insurance policy for all of its employees. The staff does not have to pay any premium; everything is done by the company. This policy covers life insurance.. More

  • Working in a company owned by a usurious bank

    My question is about my husband's job. He is an accountant and works for an auto-leasing company here in UK. I always had doubts whether this job is Halaal or not especially as the company is owned by a leading bank. My husband is a very good Muslim, Al-Hamdulillaah. He has a beard and prays Fajr, Maghrib and Ishaa in the mosque (as he is at work.. More

  • Working in a place where one's religion is in danger

    Please can you tell me what I should do when I work with Kuffaar and the Fitnah is great, women, music and I fear my Deen, my manager dislikes Islam and me at that matter, should I stay or leave, my uncles own the business and I want to help them, my wife also lives abroad and so I wont have any money to send to her. Please advise me sincerely... More

  • Investing in a company which has some usurious transactions

    I participated in the IPO for "Dlalah" in Doha Qatar, I recently sold my stock, and collected the check for the earnings (I have yet to cash the check). I have been told that participating in this company is Haraam, because 4 of the major local banks that deal with interest have ownership stakes in it (each bank has 3 percent of the shares)... More

  • Bought a copied copyright book knowing it was wrong

    I am waiting for your reply but as you have not yet responded and I need to know the reply soon, I am asking you this question again. I bought a book which was copied and sold without the knowledge of it's author as it was cheaper than the original text. If I knew it was wrong at the time of buying but still bought it to save money and now after.. More

  • Publishing pornographic books

    A friend of mine is interested in starting a publishing business. However, the books that will be published contain bad language and explicit sex acts. Is it Haraam for a Muslim to be a part of this type of business, giving the type of material that will be published? .. More

  • Works in a supermarket which sells products that contain pork

    I live in America as an immigrant. I work in a supermarket belongs to Muslim Arabic people. In this supermarket I have two functions. First, I sell some types of food contain pork as part of their ingredients. Second, I carry the empty boxes of these foods out side. My question: Is my work in this supermarket prohibited or not? What about the money.. More

  • Disability insurance

    I am a dentist and my job offered me (disability insurance), which is provided by the job and I contribute some portion to it. Disability insurance is an insurance that pay me a percentage of my salary, in case I became disabled. Is Disability insurance allowed or not? .. More

  • Left his forbidden job as chef and has not found another job yet

    Please I'm Muslim living in Island. I left my job 2 years ago as qualified chef because times I have to touch pork, some time I have to work in restaurant sells alcohol, until now. I do not find Halaal job, I did applied to many jobs all of them they said sorry to me. We are low in the world in not easy to find Halaal job special in Europe even.. More

  • Wants to dispose of ill-gotten money and property

    I have money and other properties, part of which was derived from interest based transaction, like having a loan from the government, which is Haraam in Islam? What should I do with this property? Shall I distract it, burn or throw it away? What will I do with this property?.. More

  • Provident fund for army officers in Bangladesh

    I am an Army Officer in Bangladesh Army. As a rule we cannot do any kind of business except stock exchange. In service, some money are cut off as obligatory (provident fund) which will be given at the end of the service with good interest rate calculated. Again we are given a facility to increase the obligatory cut off money (provident fund).. More

  • He was gifted money by a stripper and wants to repent

    I am an American Muslim. I have committed tons of sins while in college. And later on in life I have been trying to repent. I am satisfied spiritually now; I hope God is pleased with my pure intentions to change as well. That said, I have something hovering over my head. When I was younger I needed money and a girl I dated then gave me as a.. More