Islamic Studies and Arabic Language

Question: is bidding / auction allowed in Islam ?.

Subjects: Auctions; Islamic jurisprudence

Question: Assalam Alaykum Dr KahfA couple of questions regarding interest.1) I have invested in post office certificate (Government of India) to save on taxes and after its maturity I will be earning interest on these saving certificates. Can I use this ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Taxes; Usury

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual Report 2011.

Subjects: Auditing; Financial markets; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; Profits

Donor award: Maybank (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Subjects: Debts; Financial markets; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; Management

Question: Is it permissible for my mother to be using my father’s life insurance payout and keeping it ? My father took out life insurance in 1987. He did not know it was haram. I think on the policy it says ....

Subjects: Compensation (Law); Fathers; Islamic jurisprudence; Life insurance; Mothers

Question: Dear Prof.Dr.Monzer Kahf,Assalamu Alaikum SheikhMy question is,In my savings account the bank add interest every month.Can I use this interest money to help one of my relative, who owes interest based debts...And should I want to tell that person that it’s interest money ?Jazakallah KhairRegardsRizna.

Subjects: Banks; Interest; Islamic jurisprudence; Money; Usury

Question: Do I still have to pay Zakah on my frozen pension fund ? I have a pension which is now frozen where I have selected the funds. The pension is invested in shares. Both myself and my employer had ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Islamic jurisprudence; Pensions

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Subjects: Bank accounts; Banking; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Srinivasu, Pavuluri; Islam, Ashraful; Han, Liyuan…[et al.]. International Journal of Photoenergy. No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-4, 4 p.

Question: Do I still have to pay Zakah on my badly-performing pension fund ? If someone has a fund, which they have control over where it is invested, but they still can’t liquidate or access any part of it till they ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Islamic jurisprudence; Wages

Question: SalaamI want to facilitate in a trade between a Seller of Sculpture and a Buyer. As you might know that Sculpture which is used as a raw material for many Halal things but also used for gun powder and alcohol ....

Subjects: Commerce; Sculpture

Question: Salam dearest Dr. Monzer,Could you kindly reply to this question ?As-Salamu `Alaykum. I am living in Sri Lanka which is a non-Muslim country where Muslims make up almost 8 % of the total population of 22.3 million. In Sri Lanka ....

Subjects: Business; Employees; Loans

Question: Asalaamu Alaikum Sheikh Monzer,Ramadan Mubarak, Taqaballa Allahu Minna Wa Minkum Saalih al A'amal.I had a few general questions on wills :1) Do petty assets (such as clothes, furniture, accessories) count in assets (I.e. should they be included in the list ....

Subjects: Inheritance; Islamic jurisprudence; Wills

Question: How would I calculate my Zakah as I am self-employed ? I am a locum Pharmacist and work as a limited company. My wages gets paid into my company account and not directly into my current account and as ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Islamic jurisprudence

Question: Dear Br. Kahf,I hope you are doing well. I have a question re : leasing a car. Is it permissible in Islam. When I talk to the dealers about leasing they quote a certain money factor and the usual company ....

Subjects: Automobiles; Usury; ٌLeasing

Question: Assalamu Alaykum Doctor, hope this mail reaches in good health. Sir, could u please provide explanation on the following :1) Salam : in agricultural finance where the bank provides funds to farmers in advance with the agreement that the bank ....

Subjects: Deeds; ٌLeasing

Question: As a higher rate taxpayer-I can reclaim some of my Zakah back from HMRC-How do I treat this ? I am a higher rate taxpayer and would claim gift aid on my Zakah “donation”.If I give £ 100, the charity ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Payments; Taxes

Publisher: Islamic Development Bank (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia). Islamic Research and Training Institute
Start Date: 2011

By: al-Mansir, Majidah Abd al-Hamid Ali. Jordanian Journal of Arabic Language and Literature. Vol. 7, no. 3 (Jul. 2011), pp.11-33, 23 p.

Subjects: Education; Higher education; Jordan; Learning; Arabic language

By: Said, Anmar Hammudi; Ahmad, Zahra Muhammad Salih. College of Basic Education Researches Journal. Vol. 11, no. 1 (Jul. 2011), pp.648-663, 16 p.

Subjects: Arabic language; English language; Phonetics

By: al-Thibani, Arif Ali Salah. Alandalus : for Social and Applied Sciences. No. 7 (Jul. 2011), pp.6-24, 19 p.

By: Hasan, Ali Bakr. Journal of the Saudi Historical Society. Vol. 12, no. 24 (Jul. 2011), pp.9-26, 18 p.

Question: Assalamu 'alaikum Dr. Kahf,I pray this message finds you in good health and ever-increasing Iman !I've glanced over the various insurance-related Fatawa on your website-JazakAllah Khair. Recently, I read a response to the assertion that insurance contracts are free of ....

Subjects: Insurance; Islamic jurisprudence; Perillous saale

By: Kalimuthu, Palanisamy; Islam, Ashraful; Han, Liyuan…[et al.]. Advances in OptoElectronics. No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-7, 7 p.

By: Sakurai, T.; Ishizuka, S.; Matsubara, K.…[et al.]. Advances in OptoElectronics. No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Question: As-Salamu `Alaykum. I'm currently living in Canada, and a person in my family was thinking of starting a business in our city of residence. We were thinking of selling Egyptian jewelry, accessories, etc. My question is specifically about the permissibility ....

Question: I worked for a company A which loaned me to another Company B for services. The Company B paid company A and then Company A would pay me my share which was 20 % of what they got plus the ....

Question: [Question one] :Asalamu Alaykum Br.Riba is Haram in Shari’ah. But I have heard certain people arguing that interest on money is like rent on one’s property.Their argument is that if rent on any property whether residential / commercial or industrial ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Usury; Wages

By: Islam, Ashraful; Han, Liyuan; Abdel-Mottaleb, Mohamed Sabry…[et al.]. International Journal of Photoenergy. No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-8, 8 p.

Question: [Question One] :Dear MonzerI am a Pakistani National and working for an American oil adn gas company in China. My role in the company is engineering nothing to do with the finances. I am sure the American company is dealing ....

Question: Dear Sir,I've a doubt regarding a renting out the property to a Riba based organization such as bank, is it Halal to give a property on rent to such institutions ?Regards,Sameer.

Subjects: Banks; Ownership; ٌLeasing

By: Hoque, M. A.; Islam, K. K.; Sessa, Salvatore…[et al.]. Advances in Fuzzy Systems. No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Question: Dearest Dr. Monzer,As-Salamu `Alaykum,Hope you are well and at the best of health and faith.Could you kindly reply to the following question ?As-Salaamu `Alaykum. I am working in a government organization which engages maritime business. The employees of this organization ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Loans

Question: AS-Salaamu Alaikum Warah'matul-Laahi WabarakaatuhuuMay Allah bless you, your family, and loved ones ? May Allah bless you in your efforts ? My consultancy work means that I am approached by companies wanting to work with the government. In most instances, ....

Subjects: Banks; Ownership; ٌLeasing

By: Islam, Muhammad Saiful; Alomar, A.; Vanscheidt, W.…[et al.]. ISRN Dermatology. No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-3, 3 p.

Question: Assalamu Alaikoum Brother Monzer,Insha'Allah you are doing well. I have a follow up on the question below from around last year ; whether it's permissible to perform a purchase on someone's (company, club, etc.) behalf using a credit card. If ....

Subjects: Credit cards; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Hossain, M. S.; Islam, R.; Luan, B.…[et al.]. ISRN Materials Science. No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-6, 6 p.

Question: A / Salam Prof. Monzer Kahf,My name is Farhan Gilani and I am a senior at University of Michigan-Dearborn. I am majoring in biology with a minor in health policy. I would like to seek your advice about tuition and ....

Subjects: Educational fees; Islamic jurisprudence

Donor award: Qatar. Qatar Financial Centre

Subjects: Banks; Islam; Finance; Financial statements; Insurance law

By: Bilkaid, Amaria. Makalid. No. 1 (Jun. 2011), pp.11-17, 7 p.

Subjects: Literature

By: Hamai, Mabruk. Makalid. No. 1 (Jun. 2011), pp.1-10, 10 p.

Subjects: Literature

By: Mutashar, Muhtaram Abd al-Wahid. Journal of Human Sciences. Vol. 1, no. 6 (2011), pp.79-115, 37 p.

Subjects: Arabic language; English language

By: Darwish, Abbas Dikan; Obied, Azhar Hussain. Journal of Human Sciences. Vol. 1, no. 6 (2011), pp.59-79, 21 p.

Subjects: Grammar; Arabic language

By: al-Ameedi, Riyad Tariq Kazim; John, Imad Muhammad. Journal of Human Sciences. Vol. 1, no. 6 (2011), pp.1-59, 59 p.

Subjects: Arabic language; English language

By: al-Sudayri, Hind. Zarqa Journal for Research and Studies in Humanities. Vol. 11, no. 1 (Jun. 2011), pp.65-71, 7 p.

Subjects: Literature

By: al-Jabbari, Iqbal; Sadiq, Ala al-Din; Azmi, Jamal. Zarqa Journal for Research and Studies in Humanities. Vol. 11, no. 1 (Jun. 2011), pp.60-64, 5 p.

Subjects: Culture; Languages

By: Ahmad, Muhammad Nihad. al-Tarbiyah wa-al-IIim : Majalla Ilmiyah lil-Buhuth al-Tarbawiyah wa-al-Insania. Vol. 18, no. 2 (2011), pp.15-28, 14 p.

Subjects: Psycholinguistics; The holy koran

By: Jabir, Radiyah Matar; Aziz, Sawsan Suud. The Journal of Psychological Sciences. No. 18 (Jun. 2011), pp.1-39, 39 p.

Subjects: Education; Higher education; Iraq; Learning; Second language learning

By: Bamakhramah, Ahmad Said; Iqbal, Zamir; Mirakhur, Abbas…[et al.]. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 24, no. 1 (2011), pp.229-232, 4 p.

Subjects: Financing; Globalization; Islam; Financial institutions; Religious aspects

By: Bergstra, J. A.; al-Ali, Abd al-Sattar Muhammad; Middelburg, C. A.. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 24, no. 1 (2011), pp.215-226, 12 p.

Subjects: Financial transactions; Financing; Islam; Islamic economics; Islamic law