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  • Fixing damages to property responsibility of owner

    Assalaamu alaykum. I need a quick fatwa, please. Basically, my cousin and I partnered up in a joint venture in Syria before the war. We purchased the machinery and the whole setup 50/50 and decided to install everything in a warehouse that he already owned. We had not agreed for him to add rental fees. After a year, however, I realised that he had added.. More

  • Student's failure affecting wages of private tutor

    Assalaamu alaykum. I used to teach a boy formal subjects like Physics, Maths, and such. He did very bad in his exams mainly owing to not having studied on his own. He would take my classes but did not do the memorizing and such out of laziness. I explained all the concepts of the syllabus that required understandingto him and urged him to memorize his.. More

  • Giving someone Amazon Echo as gift

    Assalaamu alaykum. What is the ruling on presenting someone a speaker, like an Amazon echo, which will be used to listen to things, including music? It also has many features like games, reading books, a calendar, and so on. Will I earn sins if the person listens to music using this speaker? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Partnership with someone who deals with interest

    We are 12 friends who purchased a piece of land, and we all contributed an equal amount of money. We have a plan to develop the land for joint housing, Allaah willing, as the land is about 2880 square feet. There is a chance that some of my friends may use a fund from an interest-based loan, but I and my other friends will use our own savings fund,.. More

  • Bankruptcy of business partner

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a quick question that I was hoping to get a ruling on. My father had his own car dealership and, unfortunately, it recently went bankrupt. He had a business partner who would give my father money to purchase cars for him and export them to him. Since he is a car dealer, after he files for them, the taxes paid on the cars are.. More

  • Transferring lease-to-own contract from lessee to another person

    Assalaamu alaykum. How are you doing? I would like to ask you a basic question about a tricky situation. There is a car that I like which is under lease. The actual value of the car is QAR 110,000 on outright purchase, but a friend of mine bought it through installments over three years, wherein he will end up paying 130,000. Now, due to some difficulty,.. More

  • Using government benefits to start business

    if I receive benefits from a country because of an illness, is it allowed for me to buy [for business purposes] products at the wholesale or retail price and sell it to make some money on the side [extra money]? .. More

  • Trading in hair products

    Assalaamu alaykum. I would like to know whether it is halal to have a hair product business, like selling hair dyes and scissors for hair cutting. Thank you, and regards. .. More

  • Division of estate if deceased left house and business to wife

    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 grandson [from the son]) Number 1 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 3 (A granddaughter [from the son]) Number.. More

  • Working as accountant in French Council of State

    Assalaamu alaykum. I work as a civil servant for the french Council of State. I am an accountant responsible for the salaries of employees working in administrative courts. These employees do not judge, but they participate in the functioning of the administrative justice. This justice in France is not based on the Islamic law, so I think that my job.. More

  • Bequesting entire estate to one heir

    I was born and raised in a Western society. I am married, and we have one son who is living with us with his family. My husband has one boy and one girl from a previous marriage. My husband and I bought a house together many years ago. I am receiving a government pension that I put in a join account on my name, my husband's name, and our son's name... More

  • Division of estate among husband, son, daughter and grandmother from the mother

    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 full brother) Number 1, (A half-brother [from his mother]) Number 1, (A nephew from a full brother) Number 1, (A full paternal uncle) Number 1, (A father's half-brother.. More

  • A waiter favoring rich with special treatment to get gratuity

    Assalaamu alaykum. In our country, during the wedding feast, when a waiter sees a rich man, they take extra care of him (i.e. give him hot water, soap, towel after eating, etc.) so that he would give him some money (gratuity). Is that considered a bribe? And if that person gives him some money, will he be sinful? .. More

  • Work assignments that contain religious violations

    Hi, I am a Muslim graphic designer. I am employed in a movie production company, where I signed a one-year contract. Initially, I thought that it was all about making cellular online banner ads because the interviewer said that I was being hired for that. After going to work, however, I discovered that they make us do ads for female pictures, movies,.. More

  • Employee entitled to salary even when not assigned any work

    Dear Mufti, I had a contractual job, which was to promote women who had left their jobs to start their career. I worked for four months, but during that time my daughter got sick and my boss allowed me to go home whenever I want. I also did not get much work, and I was free most of time the last two monthssince I told my boss that my husband had moved.. More