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  • Franchise system of business

    What is Islam's point of view of the "Franchise System" as a type of business ownership?.. More

  • Disposing of someone's lost item I found

    I found a gold ring in my pool. More than a month has passed since I announced finding it. What should I do now?.. More

  • Leasing a Car

    Is it Halal or Haram to take car or other utilities of home through leasing or Mudaraba? In this process a Leasing company provides a car to someone taking some amount from that person and paying remaining amount on his behalf to completely pay the price of vehicle (car). They person has to pay the amount to the company in installments, usually up to.. More

  • Islamic Government Taking Someone's Land for a Mosque

    Can an Islamic government forcibly take possession of a plot from a person without any compensation to relocate a mosque? .. More

  • Family Dealings With Usury Banks

    My father has two sons and I am the younger one. My father shares a business with his partner who has one son. Our family are not practicing Muslims. As a matter of fact, my father and his partner have accounts in non-Islamic bank that deals with usury with its consumers. I asked my father to shift his account to an Islamic bank and once he talked to.. More

  • Participating in Internet business

    Is it Halal to work or to participate in this company, www.biznas.com? What about the money gained from it; to take part you have to buy a card of 100 dollar?.. More

  • Aiding in tobacco business

    My father in law wants me to be his partner in a store that sells cigarettes and other tobacco products, or at least to give him money to help him open such a store even if I don't become a partner. What's the view of Islam about owning a tobacco store or helping someone open one?.. More

  • Delivering news papers with ads for Haram things

    I live in the USA. Is it Halal to work for a newspaper as a route delivery newspaper courier, even though the newspaper would have ads for Haram things like wines, pork... etc. Please respond to my question as soon as you can. May Allah reward with the best reward... More

  • Accounting as a profession

    I am studying to be an accountant. A brother just told me I should stay away from it because it will put me in contact with interest, which is Haram. I don't think this will be much of an issue, since I've done a bit of accounting work in the past, and not once have I had to deal with interest, only taxes and payroll, etc. Do you think accounting (in.. More

  • Distribution of One's Property

    A Muslim has only a daughter, wife and mother. After his death or before how he distributes his property, or even in his life? .. More

  • Interest from Certificate of Investment

    Is the interest taken from certificate of investment Halal or Haram? .. More

  • Doubtful Will of Muslim Husband in European Country

    A woman got married to a man who is older than her by 20 years. He did not inform her about infertility problems he had before marriage. She assisted him in buying a home in a European country, where they live. She recently found a will he wrote before admission to hospital for prostate operation. He is giving land he owns to his sister, pension payments.. More

  • Avoiding Taxes and Hiding Profits from Non-Muslim Government

    How can we make business in a non-Muslim country if after paying to all taxes for this country we lose all business (for ex. somebody is trying to sell Halal-meat, but if he pays all taxes he will lose his business, and weak Muslims will still buy Haram-meat? Can Muslims make their business not official (under law) or to hide profits from the government? .. More

  • Working for a tobacco company temporarily

    I will leave my country to join my wife in another country. After a wait of 4 months. During this time I received a very good job offer from a tobacco company. If I take the job, I will work for 4 months then I will move to join my wife. I also received another offer from an Arabic industrial company, but I don't want to join them and leave them after.. More

  • Receiving money from companies for prescribing their devices

    I am a doctor. Part of my job is to prescribe medical devices to patients. The companies that sell these devices offer me some money to prescribe their own products. Is this money Halal, considering that I do not prescribe except the devices that benefit the patients and the companies do not increase the price of the device beyond its regular one?.. More