ANSWER: If the loan is on the sister and she is forced to pay it off, this is permissible but it is not permissible to pay off an interest loan from zakat especially if it was on someone who is dead.
Read moreANSWER: This is totally prohibited and one of the major sins in Islam for which Allah has waged a war against someone who deals in riba. It is very simple: If you can’t afford it, don’t do it!
Read moreANSWER: As long as you don’t have money to pay it off and their system is that if you are not earning, then you are exempted from paying it off, there is no problem.
Read moreANSWER: You must challenge it and refuse to pay it as this goes against the initial agreement and had you known that you would not have taken the loan. If you could not fight it legally and was forced to pay it, then you can pay it without any sin on you.
Read moreANSWER: If it is interest free and there are no strings attached, this is permissible in Shā Allah if there is no haram involved.
Read moreANSWER: If he is poor, you should wait for him and not take him to court. But if he is capable of paying it but he is stalling and refusing, you may take him to court and have him pay all the lawyers expenses that you have encountered because of his refusal.
Read moreANSWER: That’s his choice. However, stingy people are by nature stingy and this is in their DNA and they won’t be among the successful on the day of Judgment! No Muslim who has his own flesh and blood suffering because of a tiny loan would hesitate to rush to his rescue if he has the […]
Read moreANSWER: If there is no proof and you genuinely don’t remember having taken that loan then there is nothing on you and Allah is your judge.
Read moreANSWER: His income is haram due to the nature of his job. However, it is haram for him alone and he will be punished for it all. His family can live there and enjoy it as it is halal for them.
Read moreANSWER: This depends whether it was a gift or a loan. If it was a gift, it is prohibited to ask for it or to expect it back as this is like a dog that vomits and then eats its vomit again. But if this was a loan and you made it clear to him […]
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