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  • Working in a company which pays employees' salaries from forbidden money

    I'm a sister who works fulltime at financial institution where the money they pay us comes from interest. However, I study part-time and I do not take loans with interest and would like to stay in the company to work part-time for them so I can finish my university. I also have another option of looking for a job in a company where the money the company.. More

  • Working as a loss assessor for insurance companies

    to be a automobile surveyor cum loss assesor for any of the insurance company. is it allowed in shariyat? a surveyor is an external professional not on the payroll of insurance company. he can work for several companies and he gets his fixed fees for the survey of the motor vehicle for which he is appointed as the surveyor by that specific company.he.. More

  • Inheritance of grandchildren whose father died before their grandfather

    Assalamu alaikkum,Sirs, we intend to buy some property from a Muslim family and I have question with reference to Muslim Inheritance laws and practices. Primarily the property in question was owned by the present owners´ancestor,let us say `A´.After the death of `A´,it passed on to his son `B´. `B´had three sons,`C´,`D´, `E´ and one daughter.. More

  • Increasing the installments of a house in return for delay in payments

    Assalam Alikom, I have asked about how a contract should be set up if someone wants to buy a house in the West from a financial institution. You said if the bank bought the house first, then sold it back to me with a mark-up it is halal. My question is: do the installements have to be equal throughout the length of the sales contract? You see, financial.. More

  • Depositing money in a usurious bank just for safety

    salam, i have a doubt about bank deposit,i deposited my money for a time deposit then my intention is not because of interest just for my safety of my money,is it haram and what about the interst i can give to the needy people,so that i will be from the sin of interest,what if i put my money in a normal bank account,is permissible?pls i need an.. More

  • Working in a company without taking part in its unlawful activities

    I'm offered a job in an internationl company in egypt that makes machines for industries, one of their fields is supplying machines that make beer & alcoholics. If I worked in this company but I put a condition not to be involved in the beer field, is it the job halal or not ?.. More

  • Buying through a credit financing company

    Aslamu Alykum wa rahmato allah,my family owns a furniture store in america and recently we made a contract with a credit company that will allow our customers to buy from us and not pay anything for the first 3 months; after that they would recieve bills in the mail and they would begin making payments which offcourse has an interest rate which gets.. More

  • Investing in mutual equity funds

    Can i invest in a mutual equity fund where 95% is invested in lawfull sectors and 5% in banking sectors. Kindly respond based on Islamic rulings with Quran and Hadith.. More

  • Maximum profit margin permitted in trade

    As-Salamu `alaykum... I have a question about selling products...Is there a rule which indicates how much profit you can make on your products from an Islamic view...?.. More

  • Rules of making currencies

    dear scholars, assalam o elaikum, please tell islamic rules for making currency, both paper and metallic. whether govt has monopoly for making currency or people can do this also like other islamic actions.------jazak Allah. .. More

  • Selling products on which there are indecent pictures of women

    Assalaamu'alaikum, I would like to open a shop selling health and beauty products. Unfortunately most of these products have pictures of women in very revealing clothes posing in very provcative manner. The posters to advertise them are more terrible. So I can sell products that have pictures of women not covering their awrah? I can put these products.. More

  • Inheritance of 3 daughters, one brother and one sister

    Mother died leaving 3 daughters who are adults and are married, one brother and one sister, Father died 40 years ago. Please explain who has share in property of mother and how much? .. More

  • Works in a company whose money is dealt with on the western economic basis

    I am working with international service company in oil business. Is my salary Haraam? Is my stock options and bonus Haraam? I am sure that the company money is dealt with on the western economic basis. Should I leave the company as every thing is Haraam? Should I stop dealing with buying any more stocks and trade in them? I do no buy any Haraam companies.. More

  • Doing a lot of work outside his job description

    Please I work with a company a Network Administrator, according to my offer letter I will serve 1 year probation. But not long before I was employed all staffs in the I.T Dept. resigned. Now I am doing a lot of work outside my job description although I was not given job description because the kind of work in the company is big that they can't create.. More

  • Forensic archaeologist as a career

    I work as a forensic archaeologist, this means that I work with the authorities to try and determine the identity of people who've died whenever DNA identification is not possible. I participate in performing autopsies and in skeletalizing human remains. I also work with archaeological remains and in the dis-internment and re-internment of individuals.. More