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  • To what extent one is sinful for using pirated software

    Assalaamu alaikum. I know that using and downloading pirated softare is haram, but there is one question that concerns me. For example, I have a pirated version of Microsoft Windows on my PC, so I have the following question: do I incur sin every time I turn on my computer and if, for example, I use it five hours a day, am I sinning all this time? And.. More

  • Using copyrighted software for personal training

    Is it possible to get a direct answer, please, rather than examples of other answers? May Allaah reward you. I use some software at home that has gone beyond its trial period, therefore, as I am now infringing the copyright, I only use this software to study so that I can work better at my workplace, and I do not sell it. I use the same software.. More

  • Paying commission to get work orders

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have a business. When I go to companies to obtain orders, the concerned staff give us orders with the condition that we pay them a commission under the table in order to get the order. (If the company's original price for the item is 100, then the staff will get 10% extra as a commission and we sell it by keeping 20% for our company.. More

  • Doubting whether deceased's wife was Muslim at time of marriage

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 1 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 1 (A wife) Number 1 - Additional information: A man dies leaving a wife and a daughter... More

  • Taking commission from outsourced contractors

    My brother works for a company in a particular department. If a need for outsource work arises in his department, it is the duty of another department in the company to ensure that they get the right contractor to do this task. However, they ignore this task and make my brother's department search for such an outsourcer. My brother, being in a responsible.. More

  • Division of inheritance that includes gift

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 2 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 5 - Additional information: We are two brothers and five sisters. One brother and.. More

  • Receiving financial help from family

    For the past two years, my husband and I have become indebted; my family has bailed us out many times. Personally, I only ask Allaah, The Exalted, for money, but my husband has asked my brother two or three times without telling me. Recently, in an emergency, my brother again helped us, but my family had plenty of anger against my husband and me (though.. More

  • Mother excluded her from her will

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 1 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number5 - Additional information: My mother passed away in July 2015. She has five daughters.. More

  • Division of estate among wife, grandfather and grandson

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son of the son's son) Number 1 (A grandfather [father's side]) - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A wife) Number 1 (A full sister) Number 1 .. More

  • Returning value of goods in invalid sale

    Assalaamu alaykum. May Allaah be with you. I read in the book Risaalah of Al-Qayrawaani that anybody that conducted an invalid sale and then later the price of the goods changed has to pay the price that the goods had on the day on which he took possession of the goods and does not return the goods. Please explain this statement. May Allaah reward you. .. More

  • Ruling on the penalty clause in contracts

    Assalaamu alaykum. I went to college with a hospital sponsorship. I signed a contract that after finishing my studies I will work for them but, unfortunately, I did not work with them. They said that I have to pay all the expenses (tuition fees + other expenses). The tuition fee for sponsored students is QR 30,000, and the tuition fee for non-sponsored.. More

  • How to handle bequest in favor of heir

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A son) Number 4 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A daughter) Number 6 - The will which the deceased left behind and that is related to his inheritance.. More

  • Membership in email marketing and advertising sites

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaah wa barakaatuhu. There are sites that offer email marketing advertising and earnings. They are free to use and advertise and earn a commission. They also have memberships that are designed to give advertisers better advertising results, but they also give higher commission on sales (buyers that we bring to the site).. More

  • Selling buffalo pizzle for dog food

    Assalaamu alaykum. I sell buffalo pizzle for dog food. Is this haram or halal? Please give me a reply in the light of the Quran and the Sunnah. Regards. .. More

  • Job candidate giving up his right in return for compensation

    Assalaamu alaykum. I am in the 1:2 selection list (my ranking is 5 out of 20) of a government job in which the candidates are selected through a competitive exam conducted by the governement. There are 10 vacant posts in which 20 candidates are shortlisted through competitive exam and 10 candidates are finalized in the counselling conducted by the authority.. More