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  • Selling feed to pig farmers

    Is selling feed to pig farmers allowed? I am a first time tapioca farmer from malaysia. Initially I had no plans (niat) to sell to pig farmers. Since pig farmers pay more than the local middlemen if sold direct, I am toying with the idea but afraid of the hukm. Pig farmers buy tapioca in large quantities to feed their pigs. Pork is either exported or.. More

  • Unjust gift and inheritance

    This question is related to property inheritence according to sharia. case is like this-My father is only son of his parents and having two siters, one older and one younger.My grand mother was having one piece of land inherited by his father and during her life time she verbally gifted it to my father and died. My father is having control over it though.. More

  • Buying an item through a third party to reduce its price

    sallamon allaikom we want buy a land but its owner want excessive money whereas he sell the other land like it by less money. we have friend that is family with owner land ,we want give him money to him to buy a land for us but a owner know that our friend (his family) want transaction a land for us.it is against religious law or no? thanks sallamon.. More

  • The revenue is based on liability

    what is the position of a person who is given with a money to hold it for somebody for a while, then he started bussiness with the money without the ouner's concent. is the profit belong to him or to the ouwner.. More

  • Writing down the loan is desirable

    1) i want to know that when we borrow or lend some amount of money as a personal loan among friend or relatives(not like a buisness deal) , is it necessary/must to write adeal or make witnesses.Because it is considered as not trusting a friend or relative. 2) is it mentioned in some Hadith that those who do not write or make witnesse to their deals,.. More

  • The government gave him usurious bank deposit as compensation

    i met road accident before ten years and i claimed on govt. i won the case and now gov. has puted Rs.90,000 as fixed diposit in one bank for which i am getting interest of Rs. 1700/- every quarterly and principle amount of Rs. 90,000 will be received after next seven years. Where can I utilize the principle amount as well as the interest amount received.. More

  • An agent selling goods at a higher price than its maximum price

    As-salam Alaykum, I work as a salesman in a furniture producing company in my country. My question goes thus: If am given a price range(minimum and maximum prices) of goods in my custody by my boss and as a good marketer I was fortunate to sell even above the maximum price given to me without the knowledge of my boss. If at the end of the day, I took.. More

  • Doctors taking promotional gifts from pharmaceutical companies

    Greetings of Sala'am, I am in pharmaceutical industry and I would like to inquire the Shariah acceptability of the traditional practices of Medical sales representatives-- giving gifts, promotional materials such as plane tickets and trip abroad, aircon, laptops etc. to Doctors just to prescribe the products they are promoting. Can you please cite qur'anic.. More

  • Inheritance of a wife who remarried after her husband’s death

    Assalamu alaikum, my question relates to inheritance from my father - my father passed away 20 years ago - my mother has now remarried after 20 years, is she still entitled to inherit from my fathers property which has not yet been divided? We are three sisters and do not have any brothers. at the moment my mother has given everything that was my.. More

  • Studying scholarships in non-Muslim countries

    are study scholaships , where food, lodgings ,etc is free , in a non-islamic country , considered to halal ?.. More

  • An inheritor dies before the distribution of the inheritance

    My parents have left me inheritance, which hasn’t been distributed amongst my brothers and sisters yet. And if i happen to die before the inheritance has been paid out, then will my kids get the inheritance? .. More

  • Borrowed a laptop owned by a person who works in a bank

    assalam-o-alaikum warahmatullah hi wabarakatuhu.....my question is that i borrowed a laptop from my aunt for 112 year...the problem is my aunts husband works in a bank and that laptop was given to him by his friends who know him through bank...is it haraam aur halaal to borrow the laptop...jazakallhukhairan...assalam-o-alaikum warahmatullah hi wabarakatuhu... More

  • Wants to write a will making the share of his daughter like the share of his son

    Al Salam Alikam, We live in USA. My husband has no family here, but has 2 brothers and 4 sisters living back home (Iraq). My family is here. We have 2 kids together (Boy and Girl). My questions are (1) can we write in our will that our Kids will inheritance from us equally? (2) Can my husband request in his will that I and our kids will be the only.. More

  • Spending donations against the will of their donators

    I'm working in a Muslim Students Organization. We receive donations (Kafalah)from Arab countries to sponsor Da'ees (Islamic Preachers) to work full-time or part-time. We live in a developing country as a minority community & we have to depend on such sponsorship to carryout Da'wah activities. But sometimes it so happens that such donations specifically.. More

  • This contract is void and unlawful

    Let me give you an example. Suppose I have a house that I paid for in cash. I am 100% owner and the house is worth $500000.00. I need some money to pay my son's tuition in college for example. I will approach a company and they will give me $100000.00 and they will sign an agreement with me to be a partner in my house. The partnership terms are as follows... More