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Ruling on “Business” and other scams

Riba

01 Mar

A few months ago there appeared a company called “Business” which does a kind of marketing. Its idea may be summed up as follows: a person buys the company’s products – which consists of programs (software), a web site and e-mail – for 99 dollars, and after buying he is given the opportunity to market […]

I would like to purchase a bus for the purpose of using it for business. Is it allowed to approach a leasing finance company to purchase on my behalf and I pay them an agreed monthly payment for an agreed period of time?

Riba

01 Mar

If the company buys it on your behalf and puts its interest on it, this is not permissible.

My husband is going to rent an apartment however in the lease there is usually a riba clause. This is a standard lease in the city. The clause usually states that riba would be charged if payment is delayed beyond a certain date every month. ..

Riba

01 Mar

…Alhumdulillah my husband pays the rent on time but can we sign this lease? Is it sinful to do so? Please note its the standard lease paper that is used by almost every person who is renting out an apartment. …………………………………………………………………. This is not permissible to sign it as it is acknowledging the validity of […]

My husband and myself recently met with a car accident whereby a person hit the back of our car without any fault of ours. I have suffered moderate injuries and have been diagnosed with whiplash whilst my husband has suffered minor injuries…

Other

01 Mar

…The other driver’s insurance company have offered to fix the car and compensate us for our injuries. We are trying our best not to exaggerate our injuries and are not going to ask for more than the first offer they give us. Is this permissible? ………………………………………………………………………………………. This is permissible.

Is it permissible to study Chartered Accountancy (CA) and become a professional accountant? Not to mention, the job of a CA is basically to audit the accounts of different organizations.

Riba

01 Mar

Is auditing halal? As being a CA i have to go through checking the accounts of some organizations who may have done some transactions based on interest. The transaction will not be recorded by me. I will be checking whether the transactions have been recorded perfectly or not. Will it be halal? …………………………………………………………………………………… You may […]

There are two banks in our country both are interest based. Bank (A) has a policy to give riba for saving or current account in which interest is a must, and we dont know in which way they invest our money. …

Riba

01 Mar

…Bank (B) is 0% interest for saving and current account and they invest our money in agriculture. Which is best in islamic prospective, bank A or B? ………………………………………………………………………………………. Bank B.

A local Masjid is organising a Fundraising Dinner. They have invited 250 guests (mostly business people) and hope to raise money to clear the Masjid debt. The event is free, the guests are not paying anything for the food, hall,etc.

Inheritance

01 Mar

…The committee is using the money donated to the Masjid to fund this event around £6,000. My question – Is this OK to use money given to the Masjid to fund these types of event? One brother said that the committee should not use money donated for the Masjid as the people have given whatever […]

I have my gold jewellery in locker in my country which I got as Mahr and gift from my parents. I live abroad now. It is not safe to take it with me here. I locked it in a locker in an interest-based bank. There is no Islamic bank in my country….

Inheritance

01 Mar

…So I pay $45 rent for the locker annually. And I have fixed deposit around $275 in an account to open a locker for the jewellery. The bank transfers the deposit’s interest as the rent for the locker. Is it allowed in Islam? or what can in do? ………………………………………………………………………………………………. This is not allowed as this […]

Working as a Maths teacher may make one encounter problems dealing with haram issues, such calculating interest amount/interest rates etc.? What should a Muslim teacher do in such a case?

Inheritance

01 Mar

He should advice his student that this is riba.

Do you have to go wash your private parts every time you want to make ablution?

Innovations

01 Mar

No, this is an innovation.

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