Islamic Studies and Arabic Language

Question: Is it permissible for an Islamic charity to give Zakat funds to individual beneficiaries in the form of goods (rather than cash( ? This could include livelihood equipment, such as sewing machines, farming equipment, livestock ; medication or medical treatments ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Charities; Commodities; Money; Poor

By: Niaz, Unayzi. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. Vol. 25, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.1-17, 17 p.

Subjects: Muslim woman; Psychic trauma; Military history; Psychological aspects; Psychological health

By: Shirazi, Nasim Shah; al-Zahi, Abd al-Rahman; Khattab, Ishraga. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.251-255, 5 p.

Subjects: Development; Financing; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Sustainable development

By: Chapra, Muhammad Umar; Iqbal, Zamir; Mirakhur, Abbas. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.245-247, 3 p.

Subjects: Economic development; Islam; Development; Economic sociology; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Khalid, Safi Allah; Khandkir, Abd al-Wahhab. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.217-232, 16 p.

Subjects: Banks; Financing; Islam; Islamic economics; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Diaw, Abduh; Basha, Obiyathulla Ismath; Lahsasna, Ahcene. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.185-216, 32 p.

Subjects: Public sector; Derivative securities; Economic conditions; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Rizvi, Sayyid Aun R.; Arshad, Shaista. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.159-184, 26 p.

Subjects: Banks; Financial crises; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Justice

By: Qahf, Mundhir; Hammadi, Shirin R.. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.109-138, 30 p.

Subjects: Banks; Financing; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Management

By: Shirazi, Nasim Shah. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.79-108, 30 p.

Subjects: Banks; Islamic jurisprudence; Economics; Islam; Poverty mitigation

By: Askari, Husayn; Iqbal, Zamir; Mirakhur, Abbas…[et al.]. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.1-36, 36 p.

Subjects: Economics; Human development; Islamic economics; Islamic jurisprudence; Social development

By: Yaqub, Hakimah. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 24 (May. 2014), pp.45-48, 4 p.

Subjects: Contracts; Islamic jurisprudence

By: al-Hamid, Ayham Mahmud; al-Jazmati, Nur Murhaf; Rajab, Isam. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 24 (May. 2014), pp.43-45, 3 p.

Subjects: Housing; Interdependence; Islam

By: Bin Yusuf, Muhammad. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 24 (May. 2014), pp.39-40, 2 p.

Subjects: Interdependence; Islam; Speculation

By: Askari, Husayn; Iqbal, Zamir; Krichene, Nur al-Din…[et al.]. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 7, no. 2 (May. 2014), pp.37-77, 41 p.

Subjects: Development; Financing; Human development; Islamic economics

By: Koita, Muhammad. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 7, no. 2 (May. 2014), pp.19-36, 18 p.

Subjects: Corporations; Financial markets; Investments; Liquidation; Securities

By: Weill, Laurent. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 7, no. 2 (May. 2014), pp.1-18, 18 p.

Subjects: Islamic Banks

By: Sellami, Abd al-Qadir. Rufuf. No. 4 (May. 2014), pp.243-250, 8 p.

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2014.

Subjects: Accountants; Auditing; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; Right to property

Question: Please can you explain if it’s permissible to use interest free finance to purchase a car.Some showrooms let you hire-purchase cars where it’s interest free, with no deposit. There is a scheme for certain company employees that allow the following ....

Subjects: Automobiles; Financing; Islamic jurisprudence; Purchasing; Usury

Question: An Islamic bank’s customer has recently been awarded facilities in relation to a large developmental project the customer has won in a tender. The facilities include letters of credit (LCs) and letters of guarantee (LGs).In view of the large size ....

Question: Can Zakat be given to those who have been in an accident and need an emergency life saving operation ? Can this fall under the category of ‘debtors’ as the individual needs to pay this money for the operation in order to survive ?.

Subjects: Alms tax; Alms tax bestowments; Islamic jurisprudence

Auditors Inc: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2014.

Subjects: Accountants; Auditing; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; Right to property

Question: Company A has approached an Islamic bank seeking finance to import steel and other building materials from various suppliers. It has been noticed that the company A is holding 25 % of the shares of company B. Company A is ....

Question: If I have wrongly claimed gift aid, what is required of me now by Sharia in this case ? The transaction is now complete so is not reversible and was processed via a friend. If the charity does end up ....

Subjects: Endowments; Fraud; Kindness; Money; Repentence

Question: Please can you advise as to the Shariah permissibility of the Takaful model the government wishes to introduce as alternative finance for funding university tuition fees ?.

Subjects: Financing; Government; Higher education; Interdependence; Islamic jurisprudence

Question: If I have wrongly claimed gift aid, what is required of me now by sharia in this case ? The transaction is now complete so is not reversible and was processed via a friend. If the charity does end up ....

Subjects: Endowments; Islamic jurisprudence; Repentence

Question: The government of a country has announced a social welfare scheme under which an interest-free loan is provided to nationals who wish to avail themselves of the scheme, in order to construct villas for their own residential purposes only.An Islamic ....

Donor award: Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Subjects: Financial transactions; Islamic jurisprudence; Management; Social responsibility; Terrorism

By: Islam, Saeed; Idrees, Muhammad; Wong, Patricia J. Y.…[et al.]. International Journal of Differential Equations. No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-11, 11 p.

Donor award: RHB Islamic Bank Berhad (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Banks; Finance; Financial markets; Management

By: Lutfi, Farhad; Kalhor, Ruh Allah; Bastani, Peivand…[et al.]. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. Vol. 16, no. 4 (Apr. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.

Subjects: Iran; Hospitals; Management

West Bank Northern Governorates Statistical Yearbook. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (Ramallah, Palestine) Vol. (Apr. 2014), pp.64-64, 1 p.

Subjects: Palestine; Statistics; Mosques

By: Ali, Hilal Abd al-Rasul Muhammad. Journal of the College of Languages. No. 28 (2014), 22 p.

Subjects: Education; English language

By: al-Samir, Sawsan Faysal. Journal of the College of Languages. No. 28 (2014), pp.1-37, 37 p.

Subjects: Languages

By: al-Najjar, Majid. Journal of the College of Languages. No. 28 (2014), pp.149-190, 42 p.

Subjects: Grammar; Arabic language; English language

By: Bin Yusuf, Muhammad. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 23 (Apr. 2014), pp.57-57, 1 p.

Subjects: Contracts; Islam; Islamic economics; Ruling in Islam; Speculation

By: Habib, Farrukh. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 23 (Apr. 2014), pp.53-54, 2 p.

Subjects: Analogy (Islamic jurisprudence); Islamic jurisprudence

Donor award: Islamic Development Bank (Jiddah, Saudi Arabia)
Source : Rapport Annuel. Vol. 39 (Apr. 2014), pp.1-80, 80 p.

Subjects: Auditing; Cash flow; Jiddah; Right to property

Question: An Islamic bank wishes to provide financing to one of its customers, in order to purchase a ready property from a developer. No sale and purchase agreement has been signed between the customer and the developer and only the booking ....

By: Muhammad, Mustafa Thabit. Journal of Arabic and Human Sciences. Vol. 7, no. 3 (Apr. 2014), pp.83-100, 18 p.

Subjects: Koran Inimitability; Nature; Scientific Inimitability; The holy koran

Question: Under exceptional circumstances, I understand one can lie. If someone has not had a job for a long time and desperately esquires an income, can they lie in order to secure a job ? What if they have witnessed others lie for the job and get it ?.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Labour; Lying

Question: A company involved in the trade of gold and diamonds has approached an Islamic bank seeking a financing facility.The financing facility may include the following :Financing the procurement of gold, silver, diamonds and other precious stones from the suppliers for ....

Donor award: Qatar Islamic Bank (Dawhah, Qatar)

Subjects: Commercial law; Islamic jurisprudence; Qatar Islamic Bank

Question: How would a wife pay her Zakat if she has Gold / Silver equal to or above the minimum level but no source of income of her own to pay the Zakat from ? As she does not work and ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Islamic jurisprudence; Jewelry

Question: Ali has approached an Islamic bank with a request to assist him to buy out the shares of his minority partner Akram in a running foodstuff business. He cannot meet with the demand of Akram for full down payment for ....

By: Islam, Md. Tariqul; Das, Sreejon; Murzin, D. Yu.…[et al.]. International Journal of Chemical Engineering. No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-13, 13 p.

Auditors Inc: KPMG Audit Plc (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Source: Annual report and financial statement for the year ended 31 December 2013.

Subjects: Accounting; Auditing; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; Social responsibility

Question: What is the ruling on the permissibility of conventional travel insurance products ?My particular concern focuses on the potential for significant medical expenses incurred outside your country of residence, where such facilities are unlikely to be free for non-residents. Are there any Halal / Takaful travel insurance products available ?.

Subjects: Insurance; Insurance companies; Islamic jurisprudence; Products; Travel

Question: A leasing company provides financing to small and medium-sized businesses wishing to acquire commercial vehicles, machinery and equipment. The company has approached an Islamic bank seeking a funding line to be able to finance its customers as and when required ....

Question: A customer of an Islamic bank had obtained financing through a number of Murabahahs. Each Murabahah contract was executed at different time, and had its own schedule of payment which was different from the others.With the intention of managing some ....