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  • Wants to sue the doctor for his son's disabilities

    I have a son who is 3 years old. When he was born the doctor made a medical mistake resulting in my son becoming disabled and cannot walk or talk. Is it Halal or Haram to sue this doctor in court and ask for compensation? I know that I probably will not get any thing in the end, but every time I look at my son I feel I want to hurt the man who did.. More

  • Buying a car through a non-Islamic bank

    My question is: I want to buy a car, but I want to pay for the car by monthly installments. The car is Volkswagen Golf. I hear from the Ulama that it is not Haram if you buy a car like that. The company works together with a bank, but it is not a normal bank; the name of the bank is: Volkswagen bank. They use this bank to make it possible for the.. More

  • His business partner took a loan with interest

    I am Moroccan and I started doing business with a Muslim from an African country. We decided to build a partnership in order to sell some products abroad. He asked me to send him my part of money and after selling products I'll receive 40% of the gain. After we finished the transaction I discovered that he took a credit from a bank with interest to.. More

  • Wants to buy out his business partner in Halal manner

    I have a partner who wants to sell his part in an ice cream factory to another party. At the moment I do not have money enough to buy his part. The question is: I want to borrow the money from an industrial bank in Syria but they will take some interest on this amount of money. Is it Halal? The second question is that if I wanted to give my partner.. More

  • Paying fines for overdue library books

    I have some library fines. According to the system the longer you keep the items beyond the due date, you get fined more and more. Is this interest and should I pay it?.. More

  • Paying debts is given priority over building a house

    Iowe more than £12000 in debt in UK. I am an Asian. They gave me all this money (credit cards, over-drafts) considering me a citizen of UK, but I am an Asian who came here as a student. Due to debts I could not study properly and I was repaying my debts from one year. I am unable to pay it off now; it may take more than 2 years. Even if I want to.. More

  • She contributed to buy a house for the whole family

    I am a femalewho, due to financial problems, started working at a very early age. Immediatelyfollowing my matriculation, I had to start working. Then I went to Saudi Arabia and worked there as well. My father from the money that I was giving them bought a house for the family in installmentsthat he paid regularly. I married and then I paid the balance.. More

  • Money sent to his father did not arrive before his death

    Please give me your advice. I sent money to my parentsfor support as my father was sick in the hospital. Before the money arrived to them, my father passed away and he left my mother a small amount of money, not too much but enough to live on. My sisters told me to give all the money I sent as a (sadaqah)for my father.I told them to take only.. More

  • Taking a loan with interest

    I bought a busfor work and it was financed by the seller (delayed payments). He charged me 9% which is too high, but I had to accept it because it is Halal.Now I have my house which I can use to borrow money from the bank and pay that bus owner in full and in this way I will save 4% of my interest which comes to $250 every month for the coming.. More

  • Inheritance distribution

    If a Muslim man died leaving a Christian wife and 2 Christian daughters and two Muslim sisters and a Muslim son of a dead brother, howshould his inheritance be divided?.. More

  • Bank operates Islamic and non-Islamic way

    There is Bank X belonging to the government that operates conventional and Shariah (Islamic law) separately but the owner of the bank is same (government). The question is it Halal to work and to deposit in that bank that operate Shariah?.. More

  • Inheritance of a childless deceased man

    A deceased man left one wife with no children. He has no father, no mother, no brother, and no sister. His deceased full brother left one male and 6 females. Do the females inherit from their full uncle and by what ratio... More

  • Declared bankruptcy

    I have filed a chapter 7 bankruptcy a few years ago. Although I went to court and got a release from the legal point I want to know what is the ruling on this issue in Islam... More

  • Palestinians are selling their land possibly to a Jew

    I am a Palestinian who lives in the US. My family back in Palestine is selling a piece of land for over 20 million dollars, and my share from that will be almost $600,000 US dollars, and there are some rumors that the buyer might be Jewish but through a Saudi man. This is only a rumor; I am not sure, but the buyer is Saudi. My question is my share.. More

  • Sharing company secrets for monetary gain

    I’m currently working with a Japanese company in Malaysia. My company involves in selling steel products. Steel products are imported from Japan. My clients include many major oil companies. I work as a marketing executive and receive monthly salary. My duty is to find market for our products. In the course of fulfilling my job, I meet many people.. More