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  • Violating work contract by taking another job

    Dear Shaykh. I got a new job with a company. Previously, I was working in a wholesale shop. After having joined this company, I still work part timeat that shop. However, in my employment contract with this company, it is stated that I am not allowed to do any part-time job, any business, or any other thing which provides any financial gain. I promised.. More

  • Getting rid of insurance company shares

    Assalaamu alaykum. When I first came to the States, I did not know about insurance that it was haram. In any case, I quit it, but while I had it, the company became public and gave me some shares, which I still have. Can I sell them and use the money to make Hajj with it? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Auditing usurious bank accounts in company records

    What is the ruling on working in auditing offices, knowing that the job of the auditor is to check the company's accounts and budgets, which may contain records of bank accounts or interest, but that he is not the one who wrote these accounts or dealt with them at all; rather, he is only reviewing or checking them? All of that is for the purpose of.. More

  • Opening account without interest in interest-based bank out of necessity

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a question which I am very concerned about. In order to study at an Austrian university, I am requiered to open a bank account and deposit a large amount of money in order to get a visa, and my student dormitory also wants me to open a bank account so that they can take the monthly rent from my account. Is this considered a.. More

  • Harming a person unjustly to get one's right from another person

    I have my own businessThere is someone who is dealing with us constantlyWe are implementing services for his clientsOften, he pays after workBut now there is a lot of money worth of payment for more than 1 yearso, he owe us since long time.We do not believe that he will pay in terms of coming out with an excuse every time he does not have the money.. More

  • Father dividing estate during lifetime and children keeping silent

    A father had a son and four daughters as inheritors. During his lifetime, he proposed that the share of his property be distributed as per a particular manner. He specified the portion of property that his son should take and what each daughter should take after passing away. All the children knew about it during his lifetime. The distribution is not.. More

  • Division of inheritance among wife and two daughters

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: -Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 2 (A wife) Number 1 .. More

  • Taking bank loan to build mosque

    Assalaamu alaykum. My wife wants to mortgage her ornaments with a bank and use that money to build a mosque. Is it okay to go ahead with this or not? Please confirm. .. More

  • Division of inheritance among husband, five sons, and daughter

    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 5 (A grandson [from the son]) Number 9 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 6 (A husband) - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter).. More

  • Division of inheritance among one brother and one sister

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full brother) Number 1 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full sister) Number 1 .. More

  • No heir entitled to dispose of estate independently

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please advise. My father passed on and left his property. My dad requested that my mom stays in the house until her death and that we give my brother and sisters a 2-year period in which they must find a place and then the house be sold and divided according to Sharia law. However it is going to cost us, the heirs, R43,000.00 to transfer.. More

  • Preparing shipping documents for alcohol shipment

    Assalaamu alaykum. I work in a Clearance company. They also clear Alcohol; I would like to know whether preparing the documentation for such shipments is haram. Please give me an answer that is supported with the Quran and hadiths. .. More

  • Gift in return of favor is not bribe

    I am a manager at an Engineering Firm. Some of the employees that work for me are friends of mine outside of work. One of them asked me for advice on how to get a raise through my supervisor. I told him of a way that other employees have used in the past and that worked. As a joke, I told him that if it works I want my Halwa (sweets - its an Egyptian.. More

  • Downloading pirated software for others

    Assalaamu alaykum. I know that using pirated software is haram, but I want to ask about the following; if I, for example, install a pirated Microsoft OS on somebody's computer and take money for that, is that money halal for me? And will I collect sins every time he uses the Microsoft OS because it was pirated and I was the reason that he is using it?.. More

  • Loan must be repaid to creditor unless he authorizes someone else

    My husband took one lakhs as a loan from my sister before her marriage with my husband's brother. During my sister's marriage, my father-in-law asked a loan of one lakh, and my brother gave that money. After a few months, some quarrels occured, and I asked my husband to give one lakh to my brother and end this matter. My husband sent one lakh and we.. More