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  • Ruling on renting a business name

    I would like to ask from you that, I helped on of my friend. He was interested to start a small scale business. The help which I did was that I sponsor him and to round small business under my name but all the legal expenses will be done by my friend as we agreed. As we agreed in written (same as I hire my license for my business to him) we also.. More

  • Works in a supermarket which sells products that contain pork

    I live in America as an immigrant. I work in a supermarket belongs to Muslim Arabic people. In this supermarket I have two functions. First, I sell some types of food contain pork as part of their ingredients. Second, I carry the empty boxes of these foods out side. My question: Is my work in this supermarket prohibited or not? What about the money.. More

  • Disability insurance

    I am a dentist and my job offered me (disability insurance), which is provided by the job and I contribute some portion to it. Disability insurance is an insurance that pay me a percentage of my salary, in case I became disabled. Is Disability insurance allowed or not? .. More

  • Left his forbidden job as chef and has not found another job yet

    Please I'm Muslim living in Island. I left my job 2 years ago as qualified chef because times I have to touch pork, some time I have to work in restaurant sells alcohol, until now. I do not find Halaal job, I did applied to many jobs all of them they said sorry to me. We are low in the world in not easy to find Halaal job special in Europe even.. More

  • Excess in cash with a cashier in a restaurant

    I have a friend and she working as a cashier in a food chain, then sometimes, she gaining from the food chain a little amount like there is excess in her remittance. Is it Haraam that she taking that excess but she is telling her giving the right amount and right profit? I need an answer because I don't want she will gain which is not allowed.. More

  • A man died leaving a wife, two daughters, one brother and two sisters

    I would like to know the inheritance in the case when father died leaving behind only wife and 2 daughters, but he has 1 brother and 2 sisters as well. How will the property be divided after the debts are given considering that he left 40,000 value of property? How much will each one get, and who all will inherit him and how much specific.. More

  • Inheritance of a childless widow

    I've a friend whom husband died by an accident and has no children. Before he was buried, his family withdrew all his account from the bank by telling them that he had no wife and children and they want to sell his house without giving her anything. Also they're asking her to send them all his belongings e.g. clothes, shoes, watches, etc. Does.. More

  • Wants to dispose of ill-gotten money and property

    I have money and other properties, part of which was derived from interest based transaction, like having a loan from the government, which is Haraam in Islam? What should I do with this property? Shall I distract it, burn or throw it away? What will I do with this property?.. More

  • Provident fund for army officers in Bangladesh

    I am an Army Officer in Bangladesh Army. As a rule we cannot do any kind of business except stock exchange. In service, some money are cut off as obligatory (provident fund) which will be given at the end of the service with good interest rate calculated. Again we are given a facility to increase the obligatory cut off money (provident fund).. More

  • Inheritance from a childless non-Muslim widow

    Inheritance-issue a non-Muslim wife: 1) Purchased property in her name during her marriage. 2)She died childless and intestate. 3) Her husband's died long before. 4) She continued with her maiden name, religion, rites and rituals which are non-Muslim. Kindly explain in the light of the Islamic law who should inherit her property? i).. More

  • Inheritance of a tenancy right of a flat

    I have a question regarding Islamic Inheritance Law for property distribution. My name is Saleem Shaykh and I stay in Mumbai, India. A person named, G had a tenancy right in a 2-room tenement. He lived there along with his family which comprised his wife H, daughter Z, 4 sons D, H, S, and A, and daughter-in-law N (wife of D). Son H was.. More

  • Renting contract which ends by owning the house

    I live in Canada, and there is a Muslim Housing program that is available to help Muslims purchase homes or businesses. The way this works is based on partnership, where I put 30% of the price of the house I choose, then the corporation puts the remaining 70%. The corporation "rents" its share over a period of time at a yearly rate of 7% of the.. More

  • Gifts given to the employee by customers

    I am aware that while an employee is working for his employer all gifts given to him by customers of his employer are not to be collected and if collected they are for the employer. But sometimes when we go to site to do some jobs for our company, customers offer us food, drinks accommodation or transport and other things that are not monetary... More

  • He was gifted money by a stripper and wants to repent

    I am an American Muslim. I have committed tons of sins while in college. And later on in life I have been trying to repent. I am satisfied spiritually now; I hope God is pleased with my pure intentions to change as well. That said, I have something hovering over my head. When I was younger I needed money and a girl I dated then gave me as a.. More

  • Taking an interest based loan to pay one's debts

    I purchased my new appt/home since 4 years on monthly installment payments to landlord and when ever I couldn't pay the monthly payment I use to loan from friends and family. Today after 4 years I am done with all the house payment but two obstacles I have now to pay loans I took from family and friends and I have soon register this house.. More