I am an employee in a public department. I went through a divorce and had to stay with my family which resides in another city because I underwent many turbulent psychological and health conditions. All my salary was being paid to me for the seven months although I was absent. The head of the department is a friend of my family, which enabled me to.. More
Thirty years ago, my father guaranteed to settle a sum of three hundred pounds, a debt that his brother owed. My uncle died and my father could not pay. The creditor died and my father fears that he will die before he settles the debt, as the inheritors of the creditor cannot be traced. What is the religious point of view with regard to settling this.. More
I want to ask about the Gold Quest Company. This company deals in rare coins. A coin's value might be $800, and the company allows the customer two options, either to pay the value at one time or to pay in installments. It also allows him to market the coin. If he manages to bring ten customers, he receives a 5% commission, and every time he brings.. More
In the name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the Ever Merciful
I want to buy a car to use for work via the bank by installments and at a rate of interest. Is that forbidden? Should it be forbidden, what is the difference between it and the selling by the installments for a lawful rate of increase? What is the Sharee‘ah-sanctioned method of buying.. More
I work in a dispensary. In a section where I do not work, there is an ultrasound machine which, by the consensus of the doctors there, is not good and its images are not clear and it cannot in 90% of cases be used for diagnostic purposes. The X-ray photographs are not submitted to the clients as done in other hospitals and dispensaries, because it.. More
Is it permissible to sell real estate units by installments for a set rate of increase? That is, to sell a unit for one hundred thousand Egyptian pounds in cash, and charge 50% to get paid over five years, and 100% to get paid over ten years, and 200% to get paid over fifteen years. Is that lawful or not? Does the transaction involve Ribaa (interest.. More
Does a continuous charity extend for a certain period of time? For example, I donate sums of money for the heating and maintenance of the neighborhood mosque. Supposing that the mosque – Allaah forbid – was subjected to demolition or destruction by an earthquake, will the reward for the charity continue or stop?.. More
I deal in imported ready-made clothes, but without a commercial register (i.e., on the black market). When passing through customs, the agent asks for a bribe to release me without confiscating the goods. What should I do?.. More
1- I am a wholesaler and sometimes buy goods on credit without receiving an invoice with the prices (because they are more or less known). Then I sell the goods to a vendor at a specific price while being unaware of the exact capital value of the goods. Is that sale permissible?
2- I sell goods to certain vendors on credit and they usually take the.. More
I have a dispute with my older brother. The cause of it is that we traveled to a foreign country to earn some money and help our family, but my brother did not pay heed to the limits of Sharee‘ah, and thus he got money from people and did not pay them back. I settled many debts for him whenever I heard someone demanding money from him so that Allaah.. More
As-Salaamu ‘Alaykum,
1 - I have a construction company and I want to engage in the tenders launched by the government. The government will give me bonds that will be payable by installments when the execution period is over. The duration of the bonds will be 10 years, and the profit will certainly increase for the extended duration of debt.
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What is the ruling on having a partnership with a person to establish a service shop? He will contribute the capital and I will run the store with my experience, and I will not pay any funds. Will I share in the profits and loss as well, noting that I do not possess any funds in the case of loss? Is it permissible to immediately withdraw my profit,.. More
In the name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the Ever Merciful
As-Salaamu ‘Alaykum
Is it permissible to buy or sell a dog? Is the revenue gotten from that dog lawful or forbidden? What is the ruling on buying a dog for guarding or hunting purposes?.. More
I have an amount of money which I want to invest in business through selling cars by installments. Therefore, I went to the owner of a car showroom and informed him of my desire to give him the money so that he could buy cars for me and sell them to trustworthy people and get the price by installments, on the condition that I will provide him every.. More