QUESTION: Can we give interest money as charity in the mosque?

Halal/Haram Matters, Rulings on mosques
12 Jan

ANSWER: No problem

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QUESTION: Is it permissible in Islam to take photographs and compile them into a personal album for memories (family, travels)without any intention of showing them publicly or using them for haram purposes?

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
10 Jan

ANSWER: No problem if it only has men, young children and not of women or deceased people.

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QUESTION: I work in a fast food restaurant. so we have an option that if we want to buy something from restaurant, we get 50% employee discount, but sheikh when I get something from the store so my manager refuses to take money, so are these items halal for me to consume? please note that she is just a manager who works like us there& isn’t the owner of that restaurant.

Halal/Haram Matters
09 Jan

ANSWER: If she is authorized by the owner to give such items for free, this is permissible. Otherwise, you must not accept it.

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QUESTION: I booked cab for Rs 540 we were five people 3 gave the fare when those 3 asked me how much I rounded off and said 550 so they divided and gave the fare now I’m tensed as I told them Rs 10 extra is this something wrong and what to do now?

Halal/Haram Matters
14 Dec

ANSWER: You have sinned by asking and taking what is not yours.  You need to contact them and tell them and give them the balance unless they forgive you. 

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QUESTION: If a wife gets divorced in a foreign country, and there are no mahrams nearby, and those in faraway land do not want to spend the huge amounts of $$ to travel, then what should she do?

Halal/Haram Matters, Mahram
13 Dec

ANSWER: She can travel back home without her male mahram due to necessity as Allah had told in the Quran a person can eat pork in dire situations where it’s a matter of life & death. There’s always an exception to the rule due to DIRE necessity.

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QUESTION: is it permissible to make a photo black and white

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
10 Dec

ANSWER: No problem, as long as the photo itself is halal (no women, no showing awrah, no deceased person etc)

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QUESTION: Sheikh since its not permissible to use cartoon based clothes now what should i do with my kids clothes blankets which have cartoons on it they are alot

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making, Pedagogy education and upbringing
09 Dec

ANSWER: You can apply fabric paint on the facial features or sew on the facial features so that they are not visible.

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QUESTION: Is it permissible to wear eye glasses from brands which have logos of animate objects on the glasses. Example Versace has a logo of a woman, it does not have eye balls but engraved features.

Halal/Haram Matters, Images and image-making
08 Dec

ANSWER: This is not permissible as it has a face with head & has facial features. You can cover the eyes and wear.

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QUESTION: If I help someone who’s in need—like giving him some money—can I ask him to pray for me?

Charity, Halal/Haram Matters
06 Dec

ANSWER: You shouldn’t do that as this was considered as kind of exchange for your charity

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QUESTION: I want to buy land from my mother. But if we show in the paper that she donated me the land we can avoid tax, is it permissible?

Halal/Haram Matters
05 Dec

ANSWER: No problem

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