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  • Working in luxury yacht factory

    My husband is working in a luxury yacht factory. Is his income Halal, knowing that people buy those yacht for leisure purposes, i.e. going for picnic or holidays?.. More

  • Ruling on sharecropping

    I want to know the permissibility of Sharecropping and Giving Farms (agricultural lands) on the basis of fixed rent or for some yield produced. I read some Ahadith of Saheeh Bukhari in which it was stated that sharecropping and giving farms on rent was permitted initially and later forbidden. Even Ibn Umar (Radiya Allahu Anhu) gave up renting.. More

  • Renting a shop to an auto insurance company

    Can we give a shop for rent for motor insurance (not life insurance) company? .. More

  • Getting rid of a house taken by usury

    I bought a house with money that I borrow from a bank so I heard many time that it was forbidden well I chose this way because I couldn’t have the possibility to rent been apartment I wanted to marry en mine parent’s house was too little for me en mine wife. I want to know if it's Haram of Halal, is it Riba? .. More

  • Working where alcohol is sold or where pigs are slaughtered

    I have two questions. 1) Is it allowed to work in food storage shop where they sell alcoholic drink and other allowed food to eat? 2) Is it allowed to work in slaughtering factory where they slaughter many different animals like pig, sheep, goat etc. as the cleaner of machine or as slaughterer of those animals?.. More

  • Male Muslim in obstetrics and gynecology

    Is the male Muslim allowed to be in obstetrics and gynecology, since there are no enough female doctors in my home country where female Muslims are examined by unqualified non-Muslim males?.. More

  • Seeking position with Islamic bank

    I am seeking a good and Halal internship for my MBA Finance Program outside of usury companies, I have heard about Qatari Islamic Banks whose transactions respect the prescriptions of Shariah. In this regard, I would like to know if any of scholars committed in your website can make me Tazkiyah for one the Qatari Islamic Bank. If you can do that.. More

  • Investing in stocks and shares

    My question is about investing money in Stocks and Shares. Some brothers use a sophisticated computer software to analyze the movements in the Stock Exchange. Based on this, they then buy or sell stocks and shares in order to make profit on their investment. My question is whether this is considered Halal or Haram and if there is any evidence.. More

  • Dealings with non-Muslims

    To what extent can Muslims engage in business with non-Muslims? Is it possible to engage in business with the non-believers when it involves the Masjid donations, or non-Muslims advertising in Islamic literature?.. More

  • Benefiting from Haram money

    A sister in Islam, phoned me. I do not know her personally. Her question is this: Three days ago her husband died of serious health problems, liver disease and drug addictions. She has a two-year old daughter from him, and his work was selling hash and other drugs. All the money he has left for her and the child is Haram money. What is she to.. More

  • Buying and selling insurance and life endowment policies

    Is buying and selling insurance allowed in Islam? Is a life endowment policy allowed in Islam? Please explain... More

  • Installment sales

    I had been a government servant in my country and at that time there was an allotment of housing facilities for a certain class of employee and I satisfied all the requirements. However, the condition for getting the apartment was that: 1) If I pay one installment the price of the apartment would be 160,0000. If I pay installments over 10 years.. More

  • Dissolving a partnership

    Two people are partners in business and one partner decides to pull out of the business even at the loss of his investment and the other partners makes a promise that, Insha Allah one day he'll return the other's investment to him (the person concerned verified he was not looking for his money back; he just wants to cancel the partnership). Is such.. More

  • Wants to return Haram money

    Five years ago I worked in the United States of America (USA) and one day my ex-employer decided to lay me off (fire me). I thought it's completely unfair to fire me with no notice and without clear reason. I felt so hopeless and frustrated. So I managed to transfer $5,000 from the company’s account to my account under the feeling that this.. More

  • Wants to repay loan attached to Riba

    I am in debt for about 4000 lbs and I always feel very bad and guilty about it. I tried in many ways to get a loan or help free of Riba from our brothers, but they all said, "Sorry!" So I am working hard to repay this loan as soon as possible. Also, I do not want to stay in Dhar al-Kufr (land of disbelief) for long. What do you advice me to do?.. More