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  • Bequest that children from second wife only inherit father's estate

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 3 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 3 (A wife) Number 1 - The will which the deceased left behind and that is.. More

  • Selling banknote with special numbers for more than its value

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it permissible to sell a new £5 note for more than its value. It is one that has special numbers. .. More

  • Prize won by having account in interest-based bank

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question about a motorbike that I got from my father. My father opened an account in some conventional bank (which is interest-based), an he got a prize because of that, a motorbike; this was in 2008. Now, prior to 2016, I never realized that using anything from an interest-based bank is haram, and my father did not seem.. More

  • Division of inheritance among husband and son

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 1 (A husband) - Additional information: This is a second marriage. The husband is a Brit who converted to Islam for the purpose of marriage only. .. More

  • Exchanging currency in one country and receiving it in another

    Assalaamu alaykum Shaykh. I am Sri Lankan, I would like to know the Islamic ruling on black market money exchange and whether it is permissible. For example, my country allows US$ 5,000 to be taken by a person going out of the country without declaring it. If one takes more, then the exceeding amount requires the approval of the concerned autority... More

  • Purchasing separate warranty for commodity

    Suppose you bought a printer and it came with a manufacturer's warranty of two years. In addition, the store you bought the printer from offered to sell you printer coverage for two or more years where they would replace your printer with a new one if anything happened to it. What would be the Fiqhi ruling with regards to purchasing this additional.. More

  • Violating traffic law without getting fined

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please answer immediately. My father just broke a traffic law. Since it was dawn, no police officer saw it and fined us. Does this fine become a debt? If we broke a law, is it obligatory to admit it and pay the fines to the authorities? Thank you. .. More

  • Shopkeeper acting without shop owner's permission

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu, Shaykh. I bought an unstitched dress pack from a shop at night, but I did not like to have it after having bought it. I went to the shop in the afternoon and told the shopkeeper to change it, mentioning the reason to them, and the shopkeeper said, “We do not exchange, but you can do it.” I was with.. More

  • Dividing inheritance among husband and paternal cousin

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A cousin from a half paternal uncle) Number 1 (A husband) - Information about the deceased’s debts: (Debts to people) - Additional information: She has three nieces (her sister's.. More

  • Using smartphone bought from black market

    Assalaamu alaykum. I want to ask about buying something from black market given that there is a difference of opinion among the scholars; some said that it is haram, and some said that it is halal. I have two smartphones, one is a gift from my father which he claimed from a black market; the second one is one which I bought from a cellphone store that.. More

  • Ordering from website that displays cross

    If there is a cross displayed on a website, can I order things from this site for it to be delivered to my house? If I order something from this site, do I have to worry that they might send a Christmas gift in the package that will be delivered to my house? Also, if the package is delivered to my house, do I have to worry that there might be something.. More

  • Refusing to take compensation for damaged belongings

    Assalaamu alaykum. Suppose that I have damaged my friend's property. I intend to compensate the damage with money, but my friend refused it and told me that it is okay. Do I have to do anything? Thank you, may Allaah bless you. .. More

  • Benefitting from discarded receipts to collect store points

    Assalaamu alaykum. My friend is not religous. He and I have a joint account with a store where we earn points for shopping there, these points then turn into money, and we can buy things using vouchers in the store. The problem I have is that my friend sometimes picks up the dropped receipts of people, and the owner of the receipt is unknown, so it.. More

  • Ruling on selling sportswear to women

    What is the Sharee’ah ruling on selling sportswear to women? .. More

  • Herding goats in return for portion of their offspring

    Assalaamu alaykum, dear Shaykh. I would like to know if the following joint business transaction is permissible or not: I have three goats, and my neighbor said that he wanted to take care of them because he needs more income to feed his family. He promised that if one of them gives birth to two goat children (an even number), then one would be mine.. More