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Objectives of lottery and gambling : gambling and investment

Question: Please explain the difference between 'gambling' and 'investment'. In both cases, you can either lose all of your money and gain lots of money..

Subjects: Gambling; Investments; Islamic jurisprudence

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Arguing the opponents of insurance : objections to insurance

Question: Assalamu Alaikum, People have told me that insurance on anything is Haram. One of their reasons is that it interferes with the will of Allah (SWT), but obviously nothing can interfere with the will of Allah (SWT). Also as one ....

Subjects: Taxes

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Variable interest and interest under other names, prize bonds and accounts : saving certificates with prizes

Question: Assalamu Alaikum ! in U. A. E there is a bank called "Mashreq". They have a scheme in which the people can buy 'savings certificates' on whom no interest is given but there is a draw for such holders. So ....

Subjects: Awards; Islamic jurisprudence; Savings

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Interest-based loans to establish business : interest loan to start a business : [2]

Question: Assalamu Alaikum I am a Muslim man living in the united states I am trying to start a business here but I can't afford to pay cash money my question is that ok in Islam if that I take a ....

Subjects: Usury

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Working in network marketing with pyramid commissions : network marketing and pyramid commission

Question: Assalamu Alaikum, I read 2 Fatwas on this great site about network marketing or pyramid commisions but still have something to confirm. I come across a Fatwa regarding network marketing by a prominent scholar and he mentioned that it is ....

Subjects: Market economy; Marketing; Price policy

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What to do with earned interest ? : using interest money to pay taxes

Question: I have a bank account in a secular bank in Kerala and there is RS 5000 as interest, at the same time I have to pay RS 5000 as income tax for my income for one year. If I can ....

Subjects: Money; Payments; Taxes; Usury

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Working in insurance companies and as actuary : working as actuary

Question: Is the job of an actuary who mainly calculates insurance premiums haram in Islam ?Working as an actuary.

Subjects: Insurance companies; Labour

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Studying insurance and working in insurance companies : working as actuary

Question: Is the job of an actuary who mainly calculates insurance premiums Haram in Islam ?.

Subjects: Insurance companies

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Distribution to charity from lotto proceeds : help to charity from a government that runs lotteries

Question: Salam Shaikh I have recently set up a charitable organization to cater for the need of the Muslim youth in Scotland. I am currently seeking funding from funding bodies. I am faced with a dilemma that most of these bodies ....

Subjects: Financing; Islamic jurisprudence; Profits

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Returns on deposits in Islamic banks

Question: Don’t Islamic banks give interest like other banks ?.

Subjects: Bank deposits; Islamic Banks

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Telling the profit on deposits in advance in Islamic banks

Question: Some Islamic banks in Bangladesh counts the share of profit in advance. How is it possible when the business has not yet been started ? how can i be sure that this does not fall within the purview of interest ....

Subjects: Bank deposits; Islamic Banks

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Buying a house with a bank loan while there are Islamic banks

Question: In the name of God Dear sir ; Thank you very much for this opportunity, I need to ask if it is Halal to take a loan from a bank to buy a house for the family, knowing that me ....

Subjects: Bank loans; Islamic Banks; Purchasing; Real property

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Indexation and the prohibition of Riba : inflation, indexation and Riba

Question: Assalamou Aleikoum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barkatouh. Bismillah Arrahman Arrahim. As far as I understand, Riba or usury is forbidden, except in the cases you mentioned several items when talking about the specific Fatwa of the European Council. But what does ....

Subjects: Bank deposits; Financial transactions; Inflation (Finance); Usury

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Using credt cards in a way that generate interest is forbidden : delaying payment on credit card’s balances

Question: Besmi Allah, I have a question about the use of credit cards. I am an employee I have a good salary and a bank account so I have a credit card yet I asked the bank to keep my saving ....

Subjects: Credit cards; Islamic economics; Payments; Savings accounts

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Studying and working in the other financial firms and the financial sector : selling insurance, mortgage and mutual funds

Question: Recently I've been offered a job with a financial services company selling Mortgages, life-insurance and mutual funds and I'm very interested but before I proceed I wanted to know if I do this as a career is it Haram or Halal.

Subjects: Insurance; Islamic jurisprudence; Mutual funds; Sales; Subprime mortgage

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Opening interest-based account : are treasury bills interest-based ?

Question: Here Government of Canada issues Treasury Bill. Sell (Auction) in open market in less than face value for 30 days 60 days etc. On the day of maturity it is given to 100 % (face value) to the purchaser. Suppose ....

Subjects: Government bonds; Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

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Prohibition of Riba and its rationale : is there any bank interest that is Halal ?

Question: What kind of Bank interest is considered Haram in Islam. I have heard a lot on this issue, but would like to know some details. My old parents are week and feeble and in Pakistan where businesses are very volatile ....

Subjects: Resale on profit; Usury

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Prohibition of Riba and its rationale : what is Riba ? does it relate to inflation ?

Question: Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh. Bismillah Arrahman Arrahim. As far as I understand, Riba or usury is forbidden, except in the cases you mentioned several items when talking about the specific Fatwa of the European Council. But what does ....

Subjects: Inflation (Finance); Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

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Transactions confused with interest : interest on saving bond given as a gift

Question: Assalamu Alaikum, this question refers to the interest that might be earned from United States savings bonds. These are money bonds that can be purchased for one price, and as the years go by it gains interest. My question is ....

Subjects: Bonds; Endowments; Investments; Islamic jurisprudence; Savings

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Participation in funds that include interest : are the additions to provident fund account interest ?

Question: Dear scholar, Assalamu Alaikum ! I am a government servant. Some amount of money is deducted from our salary and is put in provident fund every month, and 15 % interest is also given on this amount. Is this Halal from Islamic point of view, or is it Riba..

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Savings accounts; Usury

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House purchase financing in Muslim countries : buying a house in Jordan

Question: In the name of god dear sir ; thank you very much for this opportunity, I need to ask if it is Halal to take a loan from a bank to buy a house for the family, knowing that me ....

Subjects: Financing; Housing; Islamic jurisprudence; Jordan; Purchasing

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Financing house purchase in the west : buying a house in Canada : [4]

Question: We bought a house here in Calgary, Canada and being a Muslim and to avoid interest problem we got financing from Islamic CO-OP, out in Toronto. But in the first year we find out that Islamic CO-OP is just using ....

Subjects: Dwellings; Financing; Islamic jurisprudence; Purchasing; Subprime mortgage

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Working in network marketing with pyramid commissions : internet sale of goods through a commission-based company

Question: Essalam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu, may Allah SWT bless you for your efforts, and providing such a wonderful service to our Ummah. My family and I found a business that we would like to take part in. We aren’t ....

Subjects: Electronic commerce; Goods; Islamic jurisprudence; Sales

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Prohibition of Riba and its rationale : what is interest ?

Question: Assalamu Alaikum, dear Dr Monzer Kahf… I want to ask you about usury in Islam and how to understand it. I find that this topic is difficult to me to understand its. Is there an easy way for me to ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

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Financing house purchase in the west : buying a house on mortgage in the USA : [2]

Question: Assalamu Alaikum I just wanted to know weather it's forbidden or legal to buy a house through a loan from the bank, keeping in mind that we cannot afford buying a house in cash, and in case of buying it, ....

Subjects: Housing; Islamic jurisprudence; Sales; Subprime mortgage; United States

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Most workers in conventional banks are bad sources of information about Islamic banks

Question: Dear scholars, Assalam-o-Alaikum.I submitted a question regarding interest, my reference number is "pyft3u". Sorry sir i am not satisfied with your answer, you said there are so many banks who are dealing in interest free banking don’t have any knowledge ....

Subjects: Islamic Banks; Usury

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What to do with earned interest ? : using interest on savings to offset interest on mortgage

Question: Could one take a mortgage whereby any interest charged could be offset from interest that the bank gives on a savings account i. e. There is only one account for savings and mortgage and the account holder is not concerned ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Savings; Savings accounts; Subprime mortgage; Usury

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Alternatives to interest : is buying with deferred payment not Riba ?

Question: Assalamu Alaykum Dear Scholar, I want you to clarify for me the concept of Riba in detail, my question arose when I heard that a friend of mine bought a car from a dealer by financing directly with the company, ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Payments; Postponed sale; Purchasing; Usury

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Prizes given to contestants and students : cups awarded to internet game winners

Question: As-Salaam-Alaikum here in the UK many people play 'Fantasy football' based on the English Soccer Premiership. This is basically where you pick a team PF 11 players and for every goal they score you get a point. At the end ....

Subjects: Awards; Contests; Games; Internet; Islamic jurisprudence

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Unlawful money and properties : what to do with unlawful property (Mal Haram)‎ ?

Question: The earning and property of Mr. Muslim is doubtful as his earning / property includes : 1) Salary. 2) Bank accounts. 3) Prizes on prize bonds and such. 4) Rent of property. 5) Bribery cash or material like PC etc. ....

Subjects: Bribery; Islamic jurisprudence

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Alternatives to interest home financing : buying a house in the USA from builders

Question: The question is about buying a home in USA from companies that provide both homes and financial services (mortgage). Is it permissible to get a home mortgage from those companies which sells you the house and provide the home buyer ....

Subjects: Dwellings; Financing; Islamic jurisprudence; Purchasing; Subprime mortgage

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Non essential interest clause in a contract : interest condition if a contract is broken

Question: Assalamu Alaikum, Dear Scholars, I signed a contract with a government body that funds me for my on-the-job training in another country. The contract says that in return of the fund they spend on me, I am required to work ....

Subjects: Contracts; Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

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Interest-based life insurance : [2]

Question: Is life insurance in Egypt is Haram if we pay 100L. E every month for 20 years. If something happened within 20 years we will take them 25,000 if not we will take them 75,000. Is it Haram or Halal ? It is a contract.

Subjects: Usury

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Price differentiation and discremination : price difference between cash sale and credit sale and sale of gold

Question: I sell goods to people from my own home and that includes gold, most of the people buy by credit and pay me whenever they get the money. I was told by my local Imam that selling (gold) by credit ....

Subjects: Gold; Islamic jurisprudence; Money; Prices; Sales

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Sale of gold, silver and currencies, the conditions of sarf : price difference between cash sale and credit sale and sale of gold

Question: I sell goods to people from my own home and that includes gold, most of the people buy by credit and pay me whenever they get the money. I was told by my local Imam that selling (gold) by credit ....

Subjects: Coins; Gold; Islamic jurisprudence; Sales; Silver

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Working in companies that sometimes deal in interest : working in handling cash and issuing commercial papers

Question: I have done my MBA in finance and investment from NY. And have been working in a corporate office of a median group. My work relates to handle cash on daily basis and if we are short of cash then ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

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We need to be educated about Islamic banks

Question: Dear scholar, Assalam-O-Alaikum i know that interest is prohibited in Islam. every Muslim scholar is saying that taking interest is Haram as well as doing job in a bank is also Haram, but where and what is the alternate system ....

Subjects: Islamic Banks; Usury

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Working in firms owned by non-Muslims or with them : working in any company regardless of who owns it

Question: السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته أنا أعمل حاليا لدى أحد الشركات اليهودية في بريطانيا. فما حكم العمل لدى هذه الشركة إذا أخذنا في الاعتبار كلا من الآتي :- إنني و مقارنة بعملي السابق احصل على أجر أكثر و ....

Subjects: Corporations; Islamic jurisprudence; Jews; Labour

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What to do with earned interest ? : use of interest money : [5]

Question: Assalamu Alaikum I live in a country which is not Islamic. To whom can we give our intrest money ; can we give it to poor and needy Muslims or do we only have to give it to non Muslims ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Money; Usury; Wages

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Financing house purchase in the west : buying on mortgage in Canada

Question: I hope you remember me. We met during ISNA conference. I was also the coordinator of one of the programs during the conference. Well, after all I am your sister in Islam and I have a question which is a ....

Subjects: Canada; Dwellings; Financing; Islamic jurisprudence; Purchasing

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Interest-based life insurance : [1]

Question: Numerous western insurance companies offer attractive pension schemes whereby the client pays a certain amount of money annually, only to have the double of what he has invested returned to him in 25 years. I have inquired about the ways ....

Subjects: Insurance; Life insurance; Usury

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Accepting insurance proceeds : receiving payments for medical insurance

Question: Assalam Alaikoum please try to answer to my question ASAP because I’m continuously thinking about it my question is about medical insurance. I’m working on a private enterprise and all the employees salaries are decreased by a certain amount called ....

Subjects: Health insurance; Insurance

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Prohibition of Riba and its rationale : what are the Ribawi goods ?

Question: Would you be so kind to tell what are Ribawi goods ? What is their economic and legal nature ? and what is the difference in Madhabs and scholars' position on Ribawi goods ?Thank You.

Subjects: Commodities; Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

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Interest loans under hardship : what necessities relax the prohibition of Riba ?

Question: Is it Halal to borrow money for business from banks ?NotesI hear scholars saying : for emergency almost everything is Halal. If you are in a place where no food and you are about to die and you got Haram ....

Subjects: Necessity (Law); Usury

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Accepting insurance proceeds : being a beneficiary to a Riba-based life insurance

Question: Asalaam-o-Alaikum, I have a question about Life Insurance and I have gone through your previous answers on it but I'm not clear about what does the late Shaikh Mustafa al Zarka's fatwa means. This person is Christian and I am ....

Subjects: Insurance; Life insurance

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Variable interest and interest under other names, prize bonds and accounts : is the return of the Pakistani financial saving scheme Riba ?

Question: In Pakistan there is a financial Saving Scheme sponsored by the government. I have deposited One Million rupees and get a monthly income of 12,000 rupees in this scheme. Zakah is also deducted at the source at the end of the scheme. Is it okay or is it Riba ?.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Loans; Pakistan; Usury

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Interest-based loans to establish business : a loan to start a business

Question: Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah Wa Barakatuh, Dear Scholar, I lost my job and couldn't find another one, even after several months. I have, praise to Allah Subhanah, good skills that allow me to run my own business. But I have ....

Subjects: Loans; Usury

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Discovering a debt on the estate unknown at time of distribution

Question: Dear scholar, As-salamo 3alaikom Wa Rahmato Allah Wa barakatoh... my question is about inheritance. my father died in 1996 and left us(me, my mom, my two brothers, and my grandma(his mother)) a pharmacy. I and my brothers were still young ....

Subjects: Debts; Distribution (Economic theory); Islamic jurisprudence; Real property; Time

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Working in network marketing with pyramid commissions : work in multi level marketing

Question: Assalamu Alaikum, I have a question for you. Now I’m a job seeker. So I decide to join a job that is multi level marketing (MLM) like Amway, modicare, and etc., I choose Amway . I don't know if it ....

Subjects: Corporations; Islamic jurisprudence; Sales

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Islamic banks may distribute pre-determined profit subject to adjustment

Question: I put my savings in an Islamic bank in Egypt (al Masraf al Islami al Dawli-intenational Islamic bank for investment and development). When I put my savings they made me sign on the rules that guide their investment which say ....

Subjects: Bank deposits; Egypt

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