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  • Declaring value of goods for purpose of customs and taxes

    Is it allowable to declare the value of goods as less than actual value for the purpose of custom duty and income taxes?.. More

  • Working for companies that deal with Riba

    I should stress that Insha Allah, I will avoid work for banks because it's Haram. But as you know many companies in Canada and throughout the world have loans with banks and even when you are charged to assess the viability of a project you use interest rate as a discount rate. I think that my future job will consist maybe of studying possibilities.. More

  • Taking Customers to Bars Is Unlawful

    I am a taxi driver and I get some customers going to bars and most of them if is not all will drink do I have to pick them up or is it Haram? .. More

  • Working as a Tourist guide

    My job is tour guide is the commission that I get when I take the tourists to the shops Halal?.. More

  • Difference between investing in insurance companies and depositing at home

    I have read one of your selected Fatwa and to tell the truth I thought that I need more specification about it. Which about Life Insurance. You explain that because its a kind of risk and also you say because if one brother pays 10 years and the other one pays 20 years but they still get the same amount at the end. However, I am looking into it as a.. More

  • Take the interest but do not profit from it

    I would like to enquire concerning Riba (interest). Which is the best option No.1) to take it from bank and give it away to Muslim charity without expecting reward, so it least its being benefit to Muslim's instead of Kuffar using it against Muslims. Or No.2) not to take it at all by telling the bank not to credit my account with interest... More

  • Medical Insurance in Islam

    My employer sets a side a specific amount of money for each employee to purchase their own selves a medical insurance which will suite their need. I understand medical insurance is not Islamically legal. My question is: will I be able to make a fake invoice that shows I have medical insurance to get my share from the company? Please note the following:.. More

  • Pay the debt to its creditor

    Long time ago I was student in the USA and at that time I had credit card that I used and when I left the state I had not pay the money that on my credit card account. Recently, I tried to contact the credit card company to pay off the money that was in my account but they told me that they have sold my debit to another company that will collect the.. More

  • Can a Muslim man model?

    Can a Muslim man model or not? I say no because after all he's a man, and modeling is more of a female job. But I can't give any proof because I lack knowledge. Can you help me please?.. More

  • Doubtful employment

    Please I would like to ask you about my work. I work in a public establishment. All my work is ok but sometimes my boss tells me to do some work that I don't know if its Halal or Haram, like receiving a committee from the world bank that comes to see land in order to make a project on it. Or, for example, to try to help a company that is going bankrupt.. More

  • Downloading copies of personal software

    Is it proper to download copies of software for personal use from sites, which provide keys without purchasing from software owners? Please respond in light of Qur'an and Ahadith... More

  • Studying and Working in Accounting, Finance ...

    In fact I'm a 24 years old Muslim born in Guinea and now living and studying in New York, U.S. My question is that concerning the Islamic verdict on studying certain western subjects such as: accounting, finance,.. etc; and later on working in those fields. .. More

  • Working in cinemas and film production

    I work in an Egyptian cinema production and distribution company, is my money Haram?.. More

  • Building a church or helping in doing so

    Is it permissible for a Muslim to build a church?.. More

  • Working as director of a company that took loans with Riba

    My father is the director of a company that took Riba loans from banks. My father didn't take the loans but now he is obliged to pay interests to banks knowing that the loans have been already spent in investments. Is his work Haram knowing that apart from this problem all his work is technical? In case the work is Haram, what should his children and.. More