Assalamo Alaikom Wa Rahmat Allaah I sometimes use Paypal to receive money from other people as paypal offers fast mean of transfering money, but the unclear issue for me is that it states conditions for charge of their service which make me in dilemma whether it is halal or ribaa for example: If you receive £1 to £10 will incur say £ 0.5 charge.. More
Asalaamu Caleykum W.W Im currently a Canadian Student in Ottawa Canada. I have a conterversial question regarding if it ok to take part of Lifeguarding. I will be finishing my National Lifeguard Service by the end of this summer INSHALLAHand I was wondering if I can work as a lifeguard in the summer to pay off my tuition. My intention is to save people.. More
As salaamalaykum, In the netherlands, the government gives back the interests that was paid on mortgatge. in such a case is it permissible to take mortgage and buy a house? I don't want to take loan and buy house because of riba and also because I hate loans. I am then always afraid of dying without paying the loan. My husband and my family are always.. More
We are seven brothers and sisters (4 sisters and 3 brothers). A family feud between brothers and sisters is going on about the distribution of assets. Please guide us in this regard and we will appreciate a Fatwa for the problem. Our father died in 1982. After that, all the matters were handled by our Mother and the eldest brother. At the time of.. More
The company I work for offers an interest free housing loan. However, upon resignation the company reserves the right to charge interest on the balance amount. So far no one who has resigned has been charged interest. If I have the means to clear the loan whenever I resign, does the provision to charge interest make the loan unlawful?.. More
Selamu Aleikum Dear Brother. I am writing this e-mail, hoping that you will answer my concern regarding an issue that has taken away my peace of mind. I recently bought a car, I mean financed thru a bank that is intrest based bank. At a time, I didnt have enough money to buy this car, and i was in need of a car so that I can go work, support my family,.. More
Assalamu alaikum.I have a building in the centre of town surrounded by shopping complexes,behind and sides are residential areas.A well established superspeciality hospital has asked me whether they can give for the purpose of rent for nursing/pharmacy students(female)as hostel.They will provide complete security.Since they will be exclusively unmarried.. More
Assalamulaikum.My question is on heritance. A mother whose husband had passed away had four children.The eldest is a son and the rest are three daughters.The eldest son pass away first.Much later the mother passed away.How is the property of the mother divided among the three daughters?Thank you... More
My wife father died and after 10 years her mother want to sell home of about 60 lacs and to buy another home of 50 Lacs. Daughter is married. Is her mother can sell home without her permission? Is she entitled to to receive any money from 10 lacs saving according to Sharia and how much? Wasalam Mohsin.. More
Why is it that when a man dies leaving only daughters they are entitled to only 2/3 share of his estate and the remainder to his relatives whereas if he has sons they are entitled to the entire estate ?.. More
Assalamu Olaikum. I need urgently reply to my following questions : 1. During Zuhar & Asar prayer in a Jama'ah, do the Muqtadir (the followers) needs to recite any Surah with Imam,what is the ruling ? 2. In my work place, there is a rule, that excecutives have to carry out survey every month, if they do not do this, their salary will be cut... More
In India, I took a life insurance policy. I need to pay the money for 20 years. Each year, I have to pay 50k rupees. At the end of each five year, they will give me 2 lakhs rupees and at the end of 20 years, in addition they will give some bonus profit based on the profit they got after investing in stock market. But I can't able to know in which companies.. More
Assalamu Alaikum, I am owing a Credit Card for several years. Up to now I am controlling myself to avoid any interest payment. Alhamdulillah. Now the bank is paying a bonus of 1 rupee for every purchase of 100 rupees to encourage the customers to purchase more. Is this a RIBA ? .. More
1) What does Islam has about a church group sponsoring the building of a house for a Muslim in the U.S? 2) What is the Islamic teaching on buying houses through Mortgage in places where you can not get other options? 3) Are there any Muslim Institutions in America that can sell house to muslims in the U.S. without Riba? Thank you... More