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Developing software that might be used in selling unlawful food items
I work for a software company as a senior software engineer. My company, let us call it Company X develops a software for Company Y, which is another software company located in US. The service which we provide eventually generates some report using millions of pieces of data to aid big organizations to take their business decisions. Company Y sells.. More
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Taking courses whose material may be violating copyrights
Assalaamu alaykum. Shaikh, online course materials (books, graph, articles etc) may contain contents that are taken from their main content without consent of its original owner/maker/writer. Or the course (whether language learning, other type of courses) may be developed in such a manner that copyright may be violated. It is tough to investigate all.. More
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Causing ink mark in someone's clothes unintentionally
Assalaamu alaykum. I was sitting behind someone in a conference once,and he put his arm behind himself and his thawb touched my pen. I moved my pen away immediately, but I saw a small ink mark on his clothes, but I did not tell him because we were in the middle of the lesson and I wanted to tell him afterwards. However, I was not able to get the chance.. More
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Receiving little extra change from cashier
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Shaykhs, here in Saudi Arabia, the currency is of certain numbers, but when I buy something, the remaining at times is either not given to me by the cashier or they give extra as the currency is of 0.25, 0.50, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 riyals, as far as I know. What I mean is, if I purchased, for example,.. More
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Working in data-entry in Riba-based bank
Assalaamu alaykum. I am unemployed and have found a job in the data center of a bank that deals with interest, but the job is to enter cheque-related data in their computer system. These cheques are for business transactions or the employee payrolls of others companies. My question is whether I can take this job or not. God bless you.
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Forgetting exact amount of debt
Assalaamu alaykum. What is the ruling if someone borrows money from another person and after a while does not remember how much money he has borrowed exactlyand even the person who lent the money do not remember? For example, let us say that I borrowed an amount of money from my brother, and we are almost sure that it was 500, and then after a while.. More
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Working in organization that buys hotels abroad
Is a job with a local government organisation that involves buying hotels in foreign countries haram? The hotels serve alcohol, which is why I am asking. Thank you.
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Father giving child share of inheritance when still alive
Assalaamu alaykum. We need your guidance for the distribution of inherited wealth. We are three brothers and one sister. Our father purchased a plot in 1986 and constructed a house with our mother’s name on that plot. We have been living in this house along with our families ever since its construction. After our sister’s marriage, our father gave.. More
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Studying interest loans as part of Math course
Hello. I am a student in college, in the Health Information Technology program, which requires me to take Maths with the Business App course. This course covers multiple concepts of basic math computations as well as teaching students about simple and compound interest. My question is: is it permissible to study interest (loans) because part program.. More
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Dividing wealth among children during parents' lifetime
I have three sons and four daughters. My wife asks me to distribute my wealth among the children during my lifetime. My question is whether this is permissible or not. Secondly, I live in Qatar, and my elder son, who is married, lost his job. So I paid his house rent for three years, amounting to QR.190,000/-, and I also gave him enough money to start.. More
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Working in company that manufactures brewery equipment
I work for a company that manufactures equipment that is widely used in the brewery industry. Is it permissible to sell to these industries and visit the plants for surveys? May Allah reward you.
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Using online communication software that might be state-banned
Assalaamu alaykum. Regarding phone call facility through the internet in KSA, the government recently removed the restriction for the IMO, Skype calls etc. For the other type of calls, like through bestvoiz.com, they did not do so. For the bestvoiz call, we need to recharge and the cost of the call will be less than 10 halala per minute. Can we utilize.. More
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Conditions of hiring in Shariah
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Please, can you state all the conditions and pillars of hiring, e.g. barber, taxi, etc.? I am not asking renting but about hiring. I do not have a Fiqh book to refer to.
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Buying an item by random selection from a box of items
Asalaamu alaykum. My question is about a purchase scheme. In this scheme, a buyer is shown 10 game cd's in a box/bag. The person pays a fixed price, say 10 dollars, and then the seller randomly selects a gaming cd and the buyer takes it, no matter what it is. Is this allowed? Please note that the buyer may like all the cd's in the bag.
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Buying land and selling it before paying its price in full
Assalaamu alaykum. I have entered into an agreement with a person to buy a piece of land from him and have paid an amount in advance. The remaining amount will be paid on a certain date and then the land will be registered in my name. Now another person has approached me to sell the land to him for a greater price so that on the day of registration,.. More
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