Can you advise me about making a will? I am a new Muslim and at present am not married. None of my biological family are Muslim. How do the inheritance laws affect me? Can I leave money to my non-Muslim relatives, and who else should I leave to? I live in Scotland and cannot find a lawyer who understands Islamic law sufficiently to help.
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A Muslim died and his family is going to take the money from his life insurance. Is this money subject to inheritance rules; in other words is this treated as inheritance? .. More
I want to clear my doubt. I am helping students in University to make research subjects, which is the part of their study. They'll pay for it. Is it Haram? Is it a type of cheating?.. More
What is the Fatwa if I want to buy a house with interest? Can someone buy a house for me and I pay him monthly payment with no interest but with a little profit on what he paid for the house?
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I just opened a barber shop, and some of friends explained to me that providing a service like shaving beards is a sin (Haram). Please advise what should I do. The shop cost me allot of money but I am willing to do whatever to avoid sin... More
My question is regarding mobile telephone pre-paid cards. Such a card is marked SR100 and being sold in the market with different cash price from SR96 to SR100. I would like to know if it is permissible in Islam to sell this card at a cash price of SR100 and credit or installment price of SR102 or more. If anyone sells on credit at higher price that.. More
I work one of the United Nations Organizations in Somalia. I would like to ask you the following very important questions:I work as an accountant and I do all financial related tasks. Our headquarters is in Nairobi Kenya. This organization has a number of sub-offices in Somalia and implements number of projects in this country. When this UN organization.. More
I live in the USA. I want to go to a school to get a training to drive big trucks, so I can work as driver. All schools require the full payment for this training at the beginning, but if you can't pay the full price you can pay after you finish training but with a certain interest added to the payment. Is the interest added count as Riba? .. More
If somebody said in his Wasiyyah or will that 5% percent of his wealth be given to a Masjid, and this person left a business (a grocery store), how should one go about implementing his Wasiyyah? Should we consider the worth of the store after his death and take 5% of that amount or should we take 5% of the profit?.. More
I have opened a shop with a Christian partner 6 months ago. I learnt recently that this partner has taken the money he contributed from his dad - who own as a grocery store that sells groceries and alcohol. Is this (50-50) partnership Halal? What am I supposed to do now?.. More
I am a student in dentistry in Tunisia. I finished my studies and I need a lot of money now to open my own surgery. I was thinking of a bank loan, but I'm afraid it might be Riba and so it is Haram. I don't know what to do, I asked some people but they all gave me uncertain answers. I hope to find the right answer here. .. More
My friend cheated me of a huge sum of money by saying it is investment. Now he has disappeared. Will he be punished by Allah? Will I get back my money? Is there any prayers or Dua' which you can recommend for me to do to get my money?
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I m a young Muslim born in France and I'd like to know if I could work in the French police. Isn't it in contradiction with our religion? Please response with references to Qur'an and Sunnah... More
I lived in Holland. I work in a hotel in reception but in the hotel is a bar and restaurant where pork and wine is sold. Is my work in that hotel as receptionist Halal? I told the manager that I will leave the hotel because of wine and the pork. He told me that they have another hotel without a bar or wine and no restaurant, but I am afraid of the.. More