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  • Refusing donations due to fear of humiliation

    A man does not want to receive donations from people because, he says, it causes humiliation. A sick man is currently living with his son in a room shared/owned by a non-Muslim (its his house). He wants to get a house and job but he thinks that he should do it himself, which will take much longer, even though his situation is not improving. Should he.. More

  • Giving tips to workers and gifts to public servants or scholars

    Assalaamu alaykum. Is it haram to give tips to workers? Is it haram to give gifts to public servants? Is it haram to give gifts to Muslim scholars? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Dividing inheritance among wife, full-brother and full-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 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 1 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A wife) Number 1 (A full sister) Number 1 - Additional.. More

  • Ruling on 'zero percent financing' car purchases

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh. These days, in the UAE, car manufacturers are teaming up with a few banks to bring so called '0 percent' financing. In traditional financing, like murahaba, for example, the car manufacturer gives a discount to the buyer from the original 80,000 to 70,000, which is a 10,000 discount, and the Islamic.. More

  • Dealing with interest with intention to repent later

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. What is the case of someone who plans to deal with interest (this has not yet happened, but it has happened in the extended family multiple times) for the sake of going to university in the hope of graduating after four years and then consider to repent for having dealt with interest? When asked how.. More

  • Giving gifts to sons and denying daughters

    My wife's father is around 80 years old, he has two daughters and three sons. He is still alive and all his children are married. Around thirty years ago, he purchased three land plots on his sons' names (and gave them the possession). He purchased these lands when all the children were still unmarried, and at that time, all of them were still in school... More

  • Working at Catholic school

    Asalaamu alaykum. I was offered a job as a kitching assistant, but it is at a Catholic primary school where they might tell me to serve things like pork or clean dishes. The uniform is a long shirt and trousers, but they allow to cover the head. Is this a permissible job? May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Division of inheritance among a husband, two brothers and five sisters

    Assalaamu alaykumPlease calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full brother) Number 2 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 2 (A full paternal uncle) Number 1 (A father's half brother [from the father's father]) Number 1 (A cousin from a full paternal.. More

  • A legitimate form of trade

    Nasir runs a financial company and gives money to people for their business from the company in the following form: A man has a shop of cloth in the market, the forementioned company sends its field officer to the shopkeeper and asks him from where he purchased the cloth? For example, he replies that he purchases it from DD cloth merchant. Then the.. More

  • Secret assessment of employees' performance in a traffic company

    Assalaamu alaykum. There is a traffic company that is offering a job that is a part of an improvement project. They are offering extra jobs as a "mystery passenger" where your job is to check up on the quality of the staff and the enviroment of the company by asking questions to the staff and do observations. What I have understood is that your are.. More

  • Avoiding paying taxes on bank deposits

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have some money which I kept in a Islamic Bank. The Bank gives me profits. Here, I do not find any service from the government, but the government taxes it. Am I bound to pay it? Of course, if I do not want to pay it, then I am to submit a statement concealing my income or showing the income on someone - who is actually not owner.. More

  • Repayment of loan with smaller sum but with interest

    A few years ago, I took a loan that says that you do not have to pay anything back when your income stays under a certain amount. I knew that it could stay under that amount, so I took the loan. Now, many years later, I am considering working for a few years but with the only reason to give away all the money. Is this allowed or forbidden taking into.. More

  • Man's children from one wife are not heirs to his other 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 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 1 - Additional information: My mother expired a few days ago and she owned property.. More

  • Division of inheritance among a wife, two daughters and two nephews

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

  • Working in store that sells Israeli products

    I asked you the following question, but you referred me to other fatwas that I did not understand. I also have OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). Please answer me with yes or no. May Allaah reward you. my Question is: Assalamu alaykum. I work in a store that sells beds, home stuff, and furniture as a stocker and sales associate. The store does.. More