Islamic Studies and Arabic Language

Question: Assalamo Alaykum Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa BarakatuhDear Dr. Kahf,I have a company and I asked someone to be a partner based on 50 % for capital and 50 % for work. After a year we had some issues that we ....

Subjects: Fines (Penalties); Installment sales

Question: Dear Dr Kahf,Assalamu Alaykum,I work for a software company , as part of my benefit package my company has got an insurance policy for medical and a life insurance cover. Can I enjoy the benefit from these insurance policies ? ....

Subjects: Insurance policies; Islamic jurisprudence; Life insurance

Question: Dear Dr. KahfI hope my name has not dimmed from your memory. I had the pleasure of attending a course from you during last summer in Dubai. I would like to acknowledge the fact that this course has greatly enhanced ....

Subjects: Investments; Islamic jurisprudence

Question: Dear Prof Kahf,Salaam AlaykumWe hope your family is fine.We kindly need your opinion on some issues :Our state governments have accounts that generate interest every month. They want to invest the interest proceeds with our capital in form of temporary ....

Subjects: Investments; Islamic jurisprudence; Money; Usury

Question: Assalamu Alaykum Brother Monzer,I hope this e-mail finds you well and in the best of states.Brother Monzer I have a short story that I would love if you could give me your advice. A friend of mine from San Francisco ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Loans

Question: بخصوص الاقتراض من المصارف الربوية في كنداالأخ فضيلة الدكتورالسلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاتهبداية جزاكم الله خيرا على عملكم الدؤب للرفع من مكانة المسلمين و الدفع بهم الى استعادة أمجاد أمتنا الإسلامية و سدد الله خطاكمأنا مواطن ليبي انتقلت ....

Subjects: Bank loans; Banks; Canada; Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

Question: Salaam Alaykum Professor Kahf,I saw the question below and wanted your opinion. What kind of contract is this ? The query is, Mr. Z needs say Rs 500,000 as short term finance (say 6 months), for buying certain assets for ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Prices

Question: Dear brother Monzer,I was wondering if could share the MS word copy of last will (attached is the PDF version). I hereby acknowledge that it would be used for my personal will, and my wife's personal will only.Also, could you ....

Subjects: Children; Islamic jurisprudence; Wills

Question: Can I sell property to a buyer with a conventional mortgage ? We are in the business of buying and selling properties in the U.K. and wish to ensure that our business is ethical, Halal and permissible.We list below the ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Real property; Sales; Subprime mortgage; Vendors and purchasers

Question: As Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatulahi Wa Barakatuh,Dear Dr Kahf,My name is Ibrahim and I live in the Netherlands. I am a student of international business and management studies. I have many questions to ask you, mostly about Islamic business in ....

Subjects: Banking services; Islamic Banks; Islamic jurisprudence

Question: SalaamsDr. Monzer, pls. help replying this brother :Five years back I (lender) loaned my brother in law (debtor) a large sum of money. Recently, while learning about debts, and the serious consequences of having debt, I decided to request from ....

Subjects: Debt repayment; Debts; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Mahmud, Qaysar; Zheng, Ping; Hayah, Yusuf…[et al.]. The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. Section A, Science. Vol. 34, no. 1A (Jan. 2009), pp.45-54, 10 p.

Subjects: Analytical chemistry; Water

Donor award: Islamic Financial Services Board (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Financial institutions; Foundations of Islamic jurisprudence; Insurance; Islam

By: Nariyan, B. K.. al-Watheeka. Vol. 28, no. 55 (Jan. 2009), 14 p.

Subjects: China; History; Islamic culture

By: Shalabi, Nadiyah Abd al-Azim; Yahia, Noorchaya; al-Komi, Muhammad. Ayn. Vol. 2, no. 3 (Jan. 2009), pp.65-93, 29 p.

Subjects: Education; Learning; Saudi Arabia; Languages

By: Jamal, Muhammad Yahia. Ayn. Vol. 2, no. 3 (Jan. 2009), pp.7-31, 25 p.

Subjects: Saudi Arabia

Question: Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatu Allahi Wa Barakatuh,My father is purchasing a home and we are thinking to either record the home in either his name or in a trust but would like to choose something better and easier in regards ....

Subjects: Confidence; Inheritance

By: Shehab, Ekrema. IUG Journal of Humanities Research. Vol. 17, no. 1 (Jan. 2009), pp.869-890, 22 p.

Subjects: Antonyms; Synonyms and antonyms; Arabic language

By: Chabra, M. Umer. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 16, no. 1-2 (Jan. 2009), pp.1-21, 21 p.

Subjects: Economics; Islam; Islamic economics; Islamic ethics; Wealth

By: Ayyub, Muhammad Sadiq. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 16, no. 1-2 (Jan. 2009), pp.23-52, 30 p.

Subjects: Cost of living; Education; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Schools

By: Tahir, Sayyid Muhammad. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 16, no. 1-2 (Jan. 2009), pp.53-76, 24 p.

Subjects: Banks; Financing; Islam; Education; Jordan

By: Hasan, Zubayr. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 16, no. 1-2 (Jan. 2009), pp.77-102, 26 p.

Subjects: Education; Islam; Comparative economics; Higher education; Islamic economics

By: Rashid, Mahieddine. Revue de Droit et des Sciences Humaines. No. 2 (Jan. 2009), pp.17-26, 10 p.

Subjects: Algeria; Sociolinguistics

Question: Dear Dr. Monzer,Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh,As-Salaam Alaykum, I have been reading Hajj is obligatory to one who is "able to" perform it, or "physically and financially capable of performing Hajj" ! I'm more interested in the financial "capability" ....

Subjects: Care; Fasting; Pilgrimage; Umra; Worship

Question: Dear Dr. Monzer,Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,As Salaam Wa AlaikumI have a question. I applied to study competitive medical course, the application procedure involves writing a personal statement and an entrance exam. I passed the entrance exam however, when ....

Question: Dear Dr. Monzer,Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh,Asslam-U-Alaykum, I want to start my own business and I have found a person who is willing to finance me in exchange of share in the business. I know the source of income ....

Subjects: Income; Partnerships; al-Halal and al-Haram

Question: AA baba--In Sha Allah all is well with you and Mama and Noma. I have been shopping for car to replace the civic and am not in a hurry Alhamdu Lillahi because I want to wait for the right financing.I ....

Subjects: Contracts; Islamic jurisprudence; Loans; Usury

Question: Please can you advise on the Shariah permissibility of guarantees and extended warrantiesBy guarantees I mean when the manufacturer gives a guarantee for a product without any monetary compensation and extended warranty where essentially a guarantee for the product is purchased..

Subjects: Financial guarantees; Hedge (Finance); Islamic jurisprudence

Question: Assalam Alaykum,For the loan agreement since a notary republic would cost money and seems cumbersome is having two witnesses as sufficient with address and phone numbers. Also I wanted to humbly ask you if you would be willing to provide ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Loans; Usury

Question: Dear,We are organizing an event in favor of Gaza. To encourage the people to give, we would like to organize a raffle for which :-All money will be given to charity-All tickets are winning : but the gift value can ....

Subjects: Awards; Contests; Donations

Question: [Question one] :Dear Sir,I am sorry Sir, I believe I have to gives all the relevant facts as a nature of my work. I have tried to summarize the facts and questions from the original version (which is much longer) ....

Subjects: Contracts

Donor award: Islamic Financial Services Board (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Subjects: Financial institutions; Financial statements; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Profits

Question: Assalamualaikum,I had some concerns about the preparation of the last will. I read some part of the last will (on your website) which states the following about its preparation : disadvantages : a) loss of privacy ; b) challenge by ....

Question: Assalamualaikum profI’m student from Malaysia...I would like to ask your opinion about the Islamic banking services nowadays,Also I want to ask your opinion about the related between inflation and Riba' Can you explain to me about it, and I very ....

Subjects: Banking services; Islamic Banks

Question: is interest a cause of inflation ? Assalamualaikum prof I'm student from Malaysia. I would like to ask your opinion about the Islamic banking services and practices nowadays. I also wanted to ask your opinion regarding the relation between inflation ....

Subjects: Inflation (Finance); Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

Question: Assalaamu Alaikum Sh. Monzer,InShaAllah all is well with you and the family !I have been trying to find an answer to this, but been a little challenging … What’s the controversy in Murabahah transactions ? Some scholars/practitioners comment that it’s ....

Subjects: Resale on profit

Question: AssalamuAlaikum ProfI'm student from Malaysia, I would like to ask your opinion about the Islamic banking services and practices nowadays. I also wanted to ask your opinion regarding the relation between inflation and Riba'. May you tell me more about ....

Subjects: Inflation (Finance); Usury

By: Ahmad, Nazik Numan. Ph.D.; Omdurman Islamic University; 2008

Subjects: The holy koran

By: al-Hawamidah, Arij Muhammad Mahmud. Master; Amman Arab University; 2008

Subjects: Education; Jarash; Jordan; Learning; Second language learning

By: al-Maani, Alaa Umar. Master; Amman Arab University; 2008

Subjects: Education; Jordan; Learning; Second language learning; English language

By: Salamah, Faiq M. M.. Ph.D.; Amman Arab University; 2008

Subjects: Education; Learning; Second language learning; Secondary education; Writing

By: Abu al-Samn, Nimr Ahmad Nimr. Ph.D.; Amman Arab University; 2008

Subjects: Education; Higher education; Learning; Saudi Arabia; Second language learning

By: Dawud, Jamilah Abd al-Halim Shakir. Ph.D.; Amman Arab University; 2008

Subjects: Education; Learning; Second language learning; Secondary education; Writing

By: al-Khrshah, Taysir Dayij. Ph.D.; Amman Arab University; 2008

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

By: Abu Snubr, Tamadr Khalaf. Ph.D.; Amman Arab University; 2008

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

By: Jumah, Khidr Yusuf Muhammad. Ph.D.; Amman Arab University; 2008

Subjects: Education; Learning; Palestine; Second language learning; Secondary education

By: al-Adwan, Talal Abd al-Hamid. Ph.D.; Amman Arab University; 2008

Subjects: Education; Jordan; Learning; Second language learning; Secondary education

By: al-Hajj Id, Umar Abd Allah Abd Allah. Master; Philadelphia University; 2008

Subjects: Jordan; Sociolinguistics

By: Platteau, Jean-Philippe. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. No. 453 (2008), pp.1-40, 40 p.

Subjects: Islam; Culture; Economic reform; Economics; Political reform

By: Abduh, Kamil. Revue Sciences Humaines. No. 30ب (Dec. 2008), pp.13-24, 12 p.

Subjects: Literature; Morocco; Twentieth century; Woman