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  • Division of inheritance among a husband, a mother, and 8 full-siblings

    Assalaamu alaykum. Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A full brother) Number 2 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 7 (A husband) - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A mother [of the deceased]) (A full sister).. More

  • Charging pilgrims in return for providing services to them

    Is earning money by taking people on Hajj and charging them on package basis, providing all neccessary service, haram? .. More

  • Working in a company that partially deals in interest

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have send a question earlier about invoices, and you referred me to a similair question, and your answer to that question was that it is permissble for that person to use payment merchants that accept invoicesto be able to accept money online, even if it may result in interest (when setting up a company) because the transaction.. More

  • School forces parents to buy uniform from expensive store

    Is it permissible for an Islamic school to force the parents to buy school uniforms from one store despite the fact that uniforms with the same colors are available with a cheaper price in other stores? Is this not a kind of monopoly, which is banned by Islam? .. More

  • Working as ethical hacker for interest-based banks

    Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. Respected Shaykh, I wanted to clarify that my fiancé is a certified ethical hacker and that he works for Aujas Network (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aujas_Networks ,http://aujas.com/) as an associate consultant. His work is to overcome security issues for big companies or banks through ethical hacking... More

  • Mother wants to take her children's share in their father's inheritance

    Assalaamu alaykum. My question is the following: my sister purchased a house with my dad a few years ago. My dad passed away two years ago. The house has just been sold now. My sister has taken her half share of the money as it was purchased jointly with my dad. The other half belonged to my dad, who is no more. Should she distribute our dad's share.. More

  • Gambling or buying lottery tickets to repay debts is impermissible

    Assalaamu alaykum!I hear that if someone life is in danger and they find nothing halal to save their life, they are allowed to eat a little haram to save their life. I am in much difficulty; I am indebted, am 50 years of age, and do not know how much longer I will live. I do not want to die without paying my debt. I try to offer my prayers regularly,.. More

  • There is no Riba between a person and himself

    Assalaamu alaykum. I live in Canada and would like to buy a house according to the sharia. I own an corporation, I am the only employee in my company. I would like to borrow money from my business account in order to buy a house. The law in Canada mandates that I must repay the loan to my company in five years, but with interest, is this loan halal?.. More

  • Violating optical insurance terms

    Assalaamu alaykum.1- My company gives me optical insurance of QAR 3,000/- annually. Can I use this for another person if the optical shop agree, or could I buy something for myself and then give that to another person? 2- Optical insurance covers only lenses and frames, not sunglasses. There is one optical shop that gives sunglasses on the insurance.. More

  • Buying shares and selling them on same day

    I trade in the stock market. I follow the sharia rules in choosing companies while buying stocks. I have read on your website or somewhere else that buying and selling in the same day (intraday trading) is similar to gambling and is thus prohibited as there is a common fact that one cannot sell what he does not possess. The exchange delivers the stocks.. More

  • Division of inheritance between deceased's father and son

    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 (A father) .. More

  • Division of estate among a wife, father, mother and three daughters

    Assalaamu alaykum; Please calculate the inheritance according to the following information: - Does the deceased have male relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A father) (A full brother) Number 1 (A nephew from a full brother) Number 2 - Does the deceased have female relatives who are entitled to inherit: (A mother [of the deceased]) (A daughter).. More

  • Fee of intermediary as a percentage of the sale price

    There are two brothers who sold land, and there was an intermediate who took 28% of the money. It was not his daily job, and after the sale went through, the second brother discovered that his nephew was the buyer. The first brother knew that but did not say anything to his brother. The intermediate was the brother of the buyer. My question is: is it.. More

  • Unmarried children not entitled to extra share of inheritance for marriage expenses

    Assalaamu alaykum. My Question is the following: Mr. A had 3 sons and a daughter. Mr. A bore the expenses of marriage for his two elder sons before his death. After A's death, his two elder sons claimed that since the father had borne the expenses during his lifetime, it was a gift and the younger brother and sister have no right to claim any expenses.. More

  • Division of inheritance among a wife, a grandmother, and a son

    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 wife) Number 1 (A grandmother [from the mother]) .. More