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  • Bank Profit or Riba

    I have deposited some money in one of Syria's banks and as I heard that the bank is lending money to people as a business wise. The bank is paying its customers some profit by using the customers' money. I asked some people; who told me that the profit is (Haram) because it is (Riba). Please give me the right answer because I do not want any (Riba).. More

  • Working for a Bank Dealing with Riba

    I'm currently working with a company in the United States that deals with banks and Riba. I'm working as a Programmer Analyst. My main duties is to input information such as payments salaries wages and sometimes I deal with calculating the Payments which involves interest and send it to the bank and receive information from the Bank. Is this Job Haram?.. More

  • Insuring Property in Riot Areas

    Here in our country properties of Muslims are burnt and looted very openly during communal riots thus causing heavy financial loss. In the direct effect of this Muslims find in very hard to provide for their families. In Islam am I allowed to insure my properties knowing that Riba is Haram? If allowed under special conditions what should be those conditions? .. More

  • Working with an Airline That Serves Alcohol

    Is it permissible to work with an airline that serves alcohol as part of its in flight service, even though I am not directly involved? .. More

  • Buying Houses in UK with Mortgage

    A lot of my friends bought houses with mortgage in UK, and they said it is Halal. Is that correct? .. More

  • Bank accounts with interest

    What is the Shari'a rule about using bank accounts with interest for a Muslim living in the West? Can I take the interest and give it to Islamic causes or should I leave it in the bank?.. More

  • Working where alcohol is sold

    Can I work in a restaurant that sells alcohol but I don't touch it, I am still looking for another job but it takes time... More

  • Leaving inheritance to girl who committed an illegal act

    In relation to my previous Question No.: 18481 (a girl of 19 years old who married against her parents will was a crook) is it possible to leave to her a share of inheritance but appoint a guardian, like an uncle, to supervise her spending?.. More

  • Inheritance of a grandmother

    I would request for guidance about a problem of inheritance. My grandmother expired leaving some property with me. She had no male issue as an heir. She has only four daughters and a stepbrother. Her real brothers died during her lifetime. How shall we divide her property? Kindly guide us in this matter. May Allah reward you with best of His blessings.. More

  • Investments in the Stock Market

    I had invested money in stock market, through my bank, after checking my shares with the bank, I found shares used in Haram activities. What shall I do? It's an important amount, and if I have to give up this money, how will I do it, to whom will I give it? .. More

  • Earnings and Support from Father's Forbidden Business

    I know a guy whose father is working and earning forbidden money by selling satellites which broadcast illegal things like forbidden shows, etc. The father has made a lot of money from this business. His son does not like this and tried to make his dad change the business in order to earn lawful money but the father does not care. The son is working.. More

  • Copyrights for Islamic materials

    I bought a multimedia computer program called "Qur'an, Ver. 6.3.1". It is made by www.sakhr.com. I thought that I would make a copy of this program on another CD so that I can give it to a brother as a gift so that he can learn to read Qur'an. However, the brother told me that it could be copyrighted and that it would be wrong to make a copy of it.My.. More

  • Education financed from sale of house bought on interest

    I am a student doing masters in a university in USA. I am from a Muslim country in Asia. Its my second semester here. In first semester of studies I got financial support from my parents. Now I am supporting my finances on my own. In my first semester my parents paid for my expenses from the money they got from selling a house which they had built taking.. More

  • Islamic banking

    My question is regarding the Islamic bank. How do the employees in an Islamic bank get their monthly salary and from where? How does an Islamic bank function? If you have some book or site regarding this information in detail, please forward it to me... More

  • Getting rid of interest on investments

    Several years ago I invested in a company where they deal with interest. Unfortunately, some of the profits that I got were also as result of their investment with interest. I tried to find out the exact amount I got so that I remove them from my original investment, but it seems very, very difficult. What should I do? I have repented to Allah to forgive.. More