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  • Benefiting from money given by the employer for accommodation

    I have not Arabic in this computer. A company sent me anjob offer including housing 20000SR and furniture of 10000SRand 6000SR for eachchild (3 kids) and I resigned from my job to save some money by using a percentage of this cash money and after 8 days arrival they sent me a contact to sign and I found that it is allowance not cash money and.. More

  • Investing in a company which has some usurious transactions

    I participated in the IPO for "Dlalah" in Doha Qatar, I recently sold my stock, and collected the check for the earnings (I have yet to cash the check). I have been told that participating in this company is Haraam, because 4 of the major local banks that deal with interest have ownership stakes in it (each bank has 3 percent of the shares)... More

  • Using interest money to pay off loan interests

    I have an educational loan which I pay 4% interest on. I cannot pay the whole amount right now in one shot. I am planning to pay it off in one year Inshaa Allaah. I am gaining interest of 3% on my bank's savings account (the amount of my savings currently cannot repay the educational loan debt). Can I use the interest I gain from savings account.. More

  • Dispute over an inherited property

    Hamiduddin Shaykh started business with 2 sons and it was decided in writing that Hamiduddin’s share - 50% and 2 sons will get 25% each. All the accounts and expenses were kept by brother Hamiduddin and both sons’ had no objection. From at least 20-years of business earning they earned their house hold, arranged money for the marriages.. More

  • Inheritance of a deceased who left a will and non-Muslim children

    I am requesting an urgent response from you with regards to this matter. My uncle passed away a few days ago, May Allaah have mercy on him. He was married three times (divorcing in between). The first marriage was to a Canadian and he had a girl then a boy from her. I am unsure as to their religion. The second marriage was to another.. More

  • Her friend asks her to return her presents back to her

    I am a new converted Muslimah, Al-Hamdulillaah and since I am one of the very only ones in my town, a sister in Islam, who Subhanallah has been converted for 17 years adviced me following: Because she seemed to have trouble with her 3rd Muslim husband, she suddenly wrote me a letter saying: please, return all the Islamic papers and Quran and.. More

  • Not paid the minimum wage by his employer

    Please answer me for these two matters. 1) I work in a shop 80 hours a week but the owner never pay me the money as per the minimum wage in this country at least and I never get day off or any other benefits. So is it allowed to take the money from the shop as per the minimum wage at least? At the same time he has more benefit from me that a.. More

  • Distributing father's pension among his inheritors

    assalamou alaikoum,my father has died ,i have two half sister's widowed ,we received some money ralated to his death ,my mother is in life and i have 5 brothers and 1 sister ,and the two half sisters do we ahev to give them a part for the pension or not ,be aware that they will have a pension later from their ex husbands.thanks in advance assalamou.. More

  • His company offered him to buy a car by taking loan from banks

    my husband is working in an international company in Egypt. i don't have a car and I am using the company car.he has been promoted last month and they offer to him to buy a car by taking loan from any bank and they will give me the amount of the car loan with my salary divided on 5 years as i take the money from them and give it to the bank. If.. More

  • Wants to sell her deceased husband's house against his written will

    My mother-in-law remarried after her husband died. In his Will and Testimony states that my husband inherits the house. But now that she has remarried, she wants to sell the house. By Islamic Law as far as I'm concerned, she is not allowed to sleep in the house with her new husband and as it states in the Will. But she is still living there and.. More

  • Partners differing about dividing the shares of the company

    Please send me your e-mail address. I hope you will find a way to please help a Muslim Lebanese family like ours who has fallen down ever since the war started in Beirut Lebanon. I am a retired mechanical engineer over 77 years-old who lately was stricken by a malignant sickness and must at any cost find a solution to keep my family going.. More

  • Buying partner's share if its value has increased

    I bought a house with another brother we share it I have 75% and the other brother owns 25% of the house, after a year the brother wants to buy another 25% so we become equal share 50-50% of the house. The house value has increased. How much the brother has to pay me? Is it 25% of the current value or 25% of my share of the house? Could you please.. More

  • Bought a copied copyright book knowing it was wrong

    I am waiting for your reply but as you have not yet responded and I need to know the reply soon, I am asking you this question again. I bought a book which was copied and sold without the knowledge of it's author as it was cheaper than the original text. If I knew it was wrong at the time of buying but still bought it to save money and now after.. More

  • Publishing pornographic books

    A friend of mine is interested in starting a publishing business. However, the books that will be published contain bad language and explicit sex acts. Is it Haraam for a Muslim to be a part of this type of business, giving the type of material that will be published? .. More

  • Having partnership to a lawful business with someone who has forbidden activities

    My husband has a restaurant supply so everything it is Halaal okay. Now his friend has restaurants but he has drink (wine) and pork in his work but he want to open a Halaal meat grocery store and he wants my husband partner with what do you thing is it Halaal or Haraam to go with in the same business because all his money Haraam. Please answer me.. More