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  • Paying a bribe to release one’s goods

    I deal in imported ready-made clothes, but without a commercial register (i.e., on the black market). When passing through customs, the agent asks for a bribe to release me without confiscating the goods. What should I do?.. More

  • Slight ignorance regarding the price does not invalidate the sale

    1- I am a wholesaler and sometimes buy goods on credit without receiving an invoice with the prices (because they are more or less known). Then I sell the goods to a vendor at a specific price while being unaware of the exact capital value of the goods. Is that sale permissible? 2- I sell goods to certain vendors on credit and they usually take the.. More

  • Settling others’ debts is not obligatory

    I have a dispute with my older brother. The cause of it is that we traveled to a foreign country to earn some money and help our family, but my brother did not pay heed to the limits of Sharee‘ah, and thus he got money from people and did not pay them back. I settled many debts for him whenever I heard someone demanding money from him so that Allaah.. More

  • Salam sale contract: definition, conditions and rulings

    What is definition of the Salam sale contract, its conditions, and rulings?.. More

  • It is not permissible to execute a project by means of bonds

    As-Salaamu ‘Alaykum, 1 - I have a construction company and I want to engage in the tenders launched by the government. The government will give me bonds that will be payable by installments when the execution period is over. The duration of the bonds will be 10 years, and the profit will certainly increase for the extended duration of debt. 2.. More

  • Conditions of the validity of Mudhaarabah

    What is the ruling on having a partnership with a person to establish a service shop? He will contribute the capital and I will run the store with my experience, and I will not pay any funds. Will I share in the profits and loss as well, noting that I do not possess any funds in the case of loss? Is it permissible to immediately withdraw my profit,.. More

  • Ruling on selling a dog and its revenue

    In the name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the Ever Merciful As-Salaamu ‘Alaykum Is it permissible to buy or sell a dog? Is the revenue gotten from that dog lawful or forbidden? What is the ruling on buying a dog for guarding or hunting purposes?.. More

  • This form of sale is forbidden

    I have an amount of money which I want to invest in business through selling cars by installments. Therefore, I went to the owner of a car showroom and informed him of my desire to give him the money so that he could buy cars for me and sell them to trustworthy people and get the price by installments, on the condition that I will provide him every.. More

  • Who is entitled to the profits that are accrued from stolen and usurped money?

    I stole an amount of money from a certain person on different occasions and shared it with other people in a business, which grew and developed. After ten years, the stolen money multiplied and I forgot the amount of the original stolen sum. During the ten years I spent in that business, I could not return the original sum to its rightful owner because.. More

  • The ruling on trading in items that bear images

    Please clarify the Sharee‘ah ruling on buying and selling gold pieces that have images on them. .. More

  • Making up false sales to get money from the bank

    A man purchased the house of his father via an Islamic bank so that his father would receive the price in cash. He agreed with his father on that. However, the bank refuses to give cash to his father. What is the ruling on this? Is this Ribaa (interest or usury)?.. More

  • Guardianship over a mentally deranged person and benefiting from his property

    I have a brother who is mentally deranged and the government grants him a monthly allowance. As my father is dead, can my mother spend this money, noting that he stays in a psychiatric hospital and she needs the money? The government also gives her an allowance for being a widow. We have heard that she is not allowed to take anything from his money.. More

  • He found some abandoned stationary items in a room

    Assalaamualaykum wa rahmatuLLAAHI wa barakaatuH. I have found some abandoned stationary items in a room. The owner, non-muslim, left them and may not take them. I doubt if i could use them. It would have been purchased with the money of Usuary (riba). What is the ruling on using such items? .. More

  • Executing a will in light of the balance of probabilities

    Lady “a” entrusted lady “b” with some money and asked her not to give the money to her daughter, i.e. the daughter of lady “a”. Then lady “a” died leaving behind her only daughter as her inheritor. What should lady “b” do? Is she required to implement the will of lady “a” or should she give the money to the inheriting daughter?.. More

  • Getting money from a competition for entering a country

    Someone participated in a competition that was conducted by a country for obtaining a visa, but his name did not appear on the list of those who won. After a while, the organizers of the competition sent an amount of money, contributed by a group of banks, to be transferred to his account. Is it permissible for him to take the money and utilize it?.. More