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  • Keeping a credit card to maintain a good credit score

    Assalaamu alaikum. I have a follow up question related to a question that I have asked on your website a while ago (question 230872). This question relates to the justification of leaving a credit card open while tearing the card to completely eliminate the possibility of using it. The justification was to avoid a drop in credit score and potentially.. More

  • Working on building a mosque for a deviant sect

    I am a Muslim architect and have been asked to work on a mosque for the Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat. Their main purpose is to preach according to the Quran, the sharia and the Fatimi philosophy. As a Sunni, is it acceptable to work on this building project. .. More

  • Working for a non-Muslim humanitarian NGO

    Assalamu alaikum. What's the rulling on working for a Christian NGO in the humaniterian field? The NGO does not promote or express Christian beliefs at all. It's name is not a christian slogan. It does not even say that their motives are their beliefs. The work that the asker does is translation. The asker has given the Qur'an and other Islamic dawah.. More

  • Comparison between working in trade and working as an employee

    In my community, some people said that if a person works for some one (paid by institution or boss for his services), then that means that he sold his luck to that institution or his boss. They further explain: What Allah had decreed for him is now given to his boss, and now his boss will determine how much he gives him. Please guide me regarding this.. More

  • Ruling on using the Paypal system

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have seen a question on Islamweb about paypal and their user agreement: fatwa No : 210412. You said that it constitutes interest, so is paypal haram? And if I use paypal to pay, considering that my money is on the debit card and not in paypal, is it haram then also? And given that I intend to work with websites and that they would.. More

  • Website prints books on demand and shares profits with the author

    asalam is print on demand business online halal or haram ? I mean print on demand works like that for example I am going to write a book online (I would be the author of the book ) to sell it online I mean I would write in pdf or whatever way is , I mean I would write it in a digital way not in papers (I mean online). So if someone want to buy my book.. More

  • Fear of being accused of theft does not justify not returning what was taken by mistake to its owner

    Once I was buying some goods and I did not notice that an item had fallen into my baby’s carriage except after paying the bill and leaving the shop. I feared that if I went back to return it or pay its price, they would not believe me and accuse me of theft. That item was a packet of cheese that costs one Euro. I did not want to eat it lest I should.. More

  • Questions relevant to stock companies that do not adhere to Sharee'ah

    Some acquaintances of mine wished to invest in the stock market, so they bought stock exchange shares through a large company in the field of bill brokerage. However, some days ago they started to think about the validity of their act under Sharee'ah. They were not aware of the fact that such a company deals in securities of all companies, whether their.. More

  • Deduction from wage proportionate to breach of contract

    Is it permissible to deduct part of the maid’s salary (2,000 riyals) if she refuses to complete the two-year period of work that is stated in the contract which was concluded at the maid suppliers’ office? I paid 5,000 riyals in return for two years of work and she worked for one year only. Should I take half of her salary? .. More

  • Ruling on buying imitation perfumes of designer brands

    Assalamulaikum. What is the ruling buying perfumes (spray and attars)That are made as alternative to the famous designer perfumes. Does this take the right of the original designer away as they at the ones who invented the fragrance and the companies that make the cheaper alternatives only copy the orig inal designers to create a similar fragrance... More

  • Evidence on the validity of imposing financial penalties in Islam

    What are the financial penalties in the Islamic Sharee'ah? .. More

  • Designing IT program associated with health insurance clients

    Assalamu aleykomI work in the IT field as a programmer and i found a mission but i am wondering if it halal or haram.My client wants a telephone system that gathers information about clients and transmits them to businesses which can fulfill their requests (They sell back, knee braces). The clients need to be insured by Medicare (US health security.. More

  • Ruling on taking pension from an interest bank

    My father in law was an officer of a interest based bank in Bangladesh. He retired 5 years earlier. He has been taking pension from this bank after retirement. Is it allowed to take pension from such a bank? .. More

  • Learning from a website that publishes pirated videos

    asalamI am student at university ,I am studying a foreign language and there is a website that enables me to learn this foreign language that I am studying ,and in that website there are some videos downloaded from youtube ,and in the terms and conditions of youtube they don't allow you to download videos from youtube . SO is learning from this website.. More

  • Widow loses right to deceased husband's pension if she remarries

    Assalam o alaikum dear scholars. If a widow marries to a person and gets separation before commencement (humbistry) however she lived few days with his husband. In this case she will be still widow or not. Can she get benefit from his deceased husband's organization by declaring herself as a widow. Jazakallah .. More