Riba

An individual offers his services to a conventional bank, such as fixing their cameras and equipments they work with or those that improve the confort of their customers. Or any service that benefits the bank. Is that halal or haram?

04 Jan

ANSWER: This is absolutely prohibited & one of the major sins in Islam and the income is haram as this is collaborating and assisting in evil and haram.

I’m a UK university student and as you may be aware university in the Uk is very expensive. The Country helps you by providing student finance which unfortunately contains riba. My plan was to find a part time job and try my hardest to pay my fee without getting the loan. However, I can’t find a Halal job I have to work in a supermarket with alcohol. My pay is not good for paying.

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs, Riba

28 Dec

ANSWER: Getting a degree is not a prerequisite for entering paradise! Avoiding haram is.

Shykh I told one of my friends that recording interest based transaction as a chartered accountant is haram providing reference u gave me..but he tells me that how accounts department can run without chartered accountant if recording interest based transaction haram because every thing is riba based..how can I give answer or understand him?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba

24 Dec

ANSWER: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) cursed the one who consumes riba and the one who pays it, the one who writes it down and the two who witness it, and he said: they are all the same. Narrated by Muslim (1598). You have done your job by […]

Sheikh, I distribute my interest money to the poor.I keep them separately. I want to give some interest money to a poor person who lives in a different city. Now can I transfer a certain amount of my halal money to that person from my bank account with an intention to give him from the interest money and take the same amount of interest money which I kept at home for personal use?

Riba

17 Nov

ANSWER: No problem in this as long as you give away the exact amount or more.

Sheikh,Here in India current banks are offered to businessmen and almost all accounts are with riba. There is a bank offering no interest account but its quite far from my home. I contacted banks but they won’t give me current acc. Can I make use of saving acc and donate interest?

Riba

13 Oct

ANSWER: No problem in this if you don’t have the option of current account and there is no Islamic bank in your city. And if you get any interest from it, it’s haram money and you must dispose this off to poor and needy Muslims in order to cleanse your wealth, without anticipating any reward […]

I have gained profit from FDR. I know that if I use the money it will be as I’ve consumed riba but can I use that money to help someone perform Umrah or for their treatment and also donate in madrasah ?

Riba

12 Oct

ANSWER: No, it’s not permissible to give this interest money to him to perform Umrah. Give it to real needy poor muslim who would use it to pay off their bills or buy medication or food with it.

Our taxes are deducted from source from our salary without my consent. I don’t opt for any investments in bank . However, I do have a salary account on which there is a quarterly interest based on the amount in my account.i talked woth some local miftis nd they said i can accept this interest as long as it is less than amount of tax deducted with niyyah that my interest is going out as tax paid

Riba

09 Oct

ANSWER: No. Using the Riba amount for your convenience is not permissible. Remove the amount and give it to the poor and needy.

Sheikh My father want me to take loan and repair house and he have some debt to pay so he force me to do or else he will not talk and he will not allow anyone in family to talk me and my wife .I tried a lot to understand but he don’t and he know about riba and punishment. What should I do Sheikh?

Fiqh of the family, Riba

17 Sep

ANSWER: It is not permissible to obey your father in this case, as Riba is a major sin and Allah curses those who deal in it. No problem if they all boycott you, you can go on being good towards them and they will eventually be back to normal. You must remain steadfast on Islam […]

Shaikh In a village there is no ATM facility,so people transfer money from mobile using apps to one person(agent) (he does this for earning) and in place of that agent give cash to that person,so this person(agent) take some money 10 or 20 for giving them cash without going far place to get it,they either take 10 or 20 extra or they give them 10 or 20 less! what is the ruling?

Halal/Haram Matters, Riba

28 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in this as he is taking service charges.

Honourable sheikh it is said that one who pays, receives and bear witness to payment of interest is equally sinful. My doubt is who all are included in the witness. If I’m an accountant of a company (not a bank) will I be sinful for preparing the accounts of my company.

Jobs, Riba

19 Aug

ANSWER: Yes, you will be sinful and it’s a major sin. https://islamqa.info/en/answers/112175/ruling-on-working-as-an-accountant-in-companies-institutions-and-factories

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