QUESTION: Can I sell old money for higher value for e.g can I sell a rare £1 coin for £10 if these coins are old so they are no longer used for transactions rather they are bought to be kept in a collection. However these coins could also be traded for coins that can be used for transactions.

Halal/Haram Matters
16 Jul

ANSWER: If these are not in circulation anymore, and they are not gold or silver, these are not currency anymore. 

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QUESTION: If I work as a baker can I also make cakes for babyshowers and birthdays?

Halal/Haram Matters, Jobs
13 Jul

ANSWER: Baking cakes for birthdays and baby showers and other Haram events is not permissible.

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QUESTION: There are some software generated game in Facebook which said the the the name of future partner of my life will start with ‘S’ and ‘M’.At that time I didn’t have the knowledge about the hard punishment fortune telling and I believed it.I only knew that prayer wouldn’t be accepted.Have I done kufr?It will be kufr if I marry someone whose name starts with one of these letter.Do I have to repent?

Halal/Haram Matters
11 Jul

ANSWER: It is not kufr as long as you had repented and believe that all what they had predicted is a lie and kufr. 

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QUESTION: Is it permissible for us to suck blood from the place we got a cut or when our gums bleed because many people say this will stop the blood flowing but drinking blood is haram in Islam..

Halal/Haram Matters
08 Jul

ANSWER: You can suck it but you must not swallow it! 

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QUESTION: Someone is changing clothes near open cupboard where there is quran and books that have Allah name. is this sinful?

Halal/Haram Matters, Quran
07 Jul

ANSWER: This is not sinful. 

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QUESTION: (I have searched everywhere, I don’t think this question has been asked), Amazon’s policy allows buyers to return items for a refund, even if there are no defects, solely based on a change of mind or personal preference (for example, not liking the item despite it working perfectly). Is this policy islamically valid? And will the refund I receive be halal for me?

Halal/Haram Matters
06 Jul

ANSWER: If they give such an option, this is permissible though it is not ethical for a Muslim to return it and make people lose money for no valid reason. He wouldn’t want people to do this to him. 

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QUESTION: Sheikh, Can I celebrate my wife birthday? If i don’t. She will beat me below the belt.

Halal/Haram Matters
05 Jul

ANSWER: If you celebrate it because you are afraid of her, you do not have a belt to begin with nor a spine! 

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to use a animal shaped keyring with only eyes and lips in it? Or a brooch with the head and face of an animal not the body?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
03 Jul

ANSWER: This is not permissible.

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QUESTION: Is saying good luck, fingers crossed shirk? Please clarify as some say that luck was something connected with Roman GOD. We say in the context that “I wish you well” and for fingers crossed -> “I hope nothing bad happens”

Halal/Haram Matters
25 Jun

ANSWER: It is not permissible to say finger crossed! 

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QUESTION: Sheikh, I am from Pakistan and here we have a custom in marriages that on barat when groom Comes to sit with his wife, bride’s sisters blocks his way and demand for money and he sit after paying, is it permissible to do so?

Halal/Haram Matters, Sports, Entertainment and Music
25 Jun

ANSWER: Of course not! This is totally prohibited as it comes under free mixing. 

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