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What is the ruling on fixed profit in business ? is that comes under riba ?

Manners

11 Feb

Yes, it does. But if the percentage is fixed and the loss is also there, this is permissible.

Buying a house through a rent-to-own scheme

Manners

11 Feb

I am in the UK and it is impossible to buy a house unless you have a very large sum of money. However now there are halal’ mortgages being offered to muslims and i would like to know if these are permissible. The way it works is that a muslim bank buys 80% of the […]

My question is in India we are living with non Muslim friend or neighbored They are greeting in eid time eid mubakar so for us it’s permissible we have greeting on there Festival if not then they are thinking we are not good neighbored or friends

Manners

11 Feb

It is not permissible to greet them for their festivals as these are false festivals. Ours are correct and true.

What is the ruling on selling water? Now a days Water Plant is the most easy and most earning business,so is it permissible to do water plant business.

Jobs

11 Feb

This is permissible.

Shaykh, i am an engineer working in chennai,india..is it permissible for muslims to work in fridays?

Jobs

11 Feb

No problem as long as they pray Jum’ah on time.

In zulhajj can we give sacrifice in the name of prophet muhammad pbuh and can we give sacrifice in the name of relatives who have passed away.

Slaughtering

11 Feb

ANSWER: As for giving it on behalf of the prophet this is not part of the Sunnah. As for your deceased relatives, you can include all of them in your own sacrifice.

What is limit of hijab for a girl if she works ? is she allowed to work with males even if her family can survive without her pay ?

Jobs

11 Feb

It is not permissible for her to work in mixed environment .

I know using debit cards in kaffir countries may be sin because it helps them in their evil in the banks. But if someone you know already has a debit card, is it a sin to use their card to buy something?

Islamic economy

10 Feb

It is permissible to use a debit card as it does not involve any Riba.

Can we pray for the deceased in our salah?

Prayer

10 Feb

Yes,if they were muslims.

My friend who works for ‘Microsoft’ urges us to reconsider using Google products like Android, Google Apps, Gmail and others as Google seems a company that has not removed videos insulting our Prophet salla Allahu alahi wa sallam, from Youtube Do we have to do such thing like throwing our gadgets away which are using Android google Operating system or boycott buying their products. What about he working & promoting Microsoft which is an income generator to US economy which wages war against Islam. Please advise.

Manners

10 Feb

………………………………………………………………. It may not be feasible nor logical to ask people to throw their belongings away. The Prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam used to use the products of the Romans and the Persians and the Jews. Therefore, it is permissible to use their products when needed.

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