e-Marefa DataBank for Islamic Economics and Finance

By: Spriggs, Graham Michael. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 8, no. 1 (Jun. 2016), pp.9-34, 26 p.

Subjects: Consumers; Gambling; Insurance; Interdependence; Investments

By: Abd al-Munim; Abd al-Khayr, Muhammad Fayruz. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 49 (Jun. 2016), pp.127-130, 4 p.

Subjects: Electronic commerce

By: Khuwaylidi, Abd al-Sattar. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 8, no. 1 (2016), pp.37-56, 20 p.

Subjects: Arbitration; Finance Law; Financial institutions; Financing; Islamic Banks

By: Maghribi, Nabil; Mirakhor, Abbas. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 8, no. 1 (2016), pp.3-35, 33 p.

Subjects: Economic recovery; Financial crises; Income distribution; Ruling in Islam; Welfare economics

Question: I work for BT and I am part of their saveshare scheme. I put in £ 50 every month from my wage towards the saveshare. The money is held by BT for 3 or 5 years. I do not have ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Islamic jurisprudence; Provisions of sharia; Savings accounts

Auditors Inc: Farivaran (Tehran, Iran)
Source: Annual report and financial statements 2016.

Question: I want to buy a business with a Muslim friend, and I want to avoid using an interest bearing loan from the bank. My friend has studied the issue of interest and holds the opinion it is permissible in this ....

Subjects: Loans; Partnerships; Usury

Question: My father bought much land and properties overseas during his life. One particular piece of land was bought especially for my mother and he expressed this to her and there are witnesses to his statements. She accepted the gift but ....

Subjects: Endowments; Islamic jurisprudence; Land; Purchasing

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Subjects: Financing; Interdependence

Question: How and when does a UK based SIPP (self invested personal pension) begin to attract Zakat ?.

Subjects: Alms tax; Investments; Islamic jurisprudence; Wages

Donor award: Wataniya Insurance Company (Jiddah, Saudi Arabia)

Subjects: Corporate governance

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

Subjects: Banks; Financial institutions; Islamic jurisprudence; Management; Social responsibility

Question: The CARE (career average revalued earnings) is a type of defined benefit pension scheme. A defined benefit scheme guarantees a certain level of benefit at retirement, according to a fixed formula. In this respect it is similar to the current ....

Subjects: Dues; Islamic jurisprudence; Pensions

Auditors Inc: Acnabin (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Accounting; Commercial law; Islamic jurisprudence; Management; Profits

Question: I have some savings in a current account from a conventional bank that does not charge interest as far as I have been told, and just over £ 1000 saved in my saving account, that charges a minimum interest rate, ....

Subjects: Accounts current; Islamic jurisprudence; Savings

Auditors Inc: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Jiddah, Saudi Arabia)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Howladar Yunus and Co. (Dhaka, Bangladesh); Aziz Halim Khair Choudhury (Dhaka, Bangladesh); UHY Syful Shamsul Alam and Co. (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Commercial law; Islamic jurisprudence; Management; Profits; Right to property

Auditors Inc: Deloitte and Touche al-Fahad al-Wazzan and company (Kuwait); Rodl Middle East (Kuwait)
Source: Annual report : Consolidated financial statements 31 December 2015

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Question: We are planning to start a school in India. Our intention is to start with a conducive learning environment to our Muslim children without compromising our ethics and values, which is totally missing in non-Muslim institutions. Though the school is ....

Subjects: Income; Investments; Islamic jurisprudence; Partnerships; Stockholders

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young al-Aiban, al-Osaimi and Partners (Kuwait); al-Waha Auditing Office Ali Owaid Rukhaeyes (Kuwait)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Baker Tilly Kuwait (Kuwait); Ernst and Young al-Aiban, al-Osaimi and Partners (Kuwait)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Accounting; Financial transactions; Islamic jurisprudence; Profits; Social responsibility

Source: Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015.

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

By: Saeran, Nur Sukaynah Nabilah Nur; Kasri, Nur Suhaydah. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 46 (Mar. 2016), pp.125-129, 5 p.

Subjects: Islam; Waqf; Deeds; Financing; Investments

By: Rishashi, Abbasiyah. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 46 (Mar. 2016), pp.71-81, 11 p.

Subjects: Exchange rates

By: Mustafa, Hasan; al-Zuwayni, Jamilah. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 46 (Mar. 2016), pp.29-38, 10 p.

Subjects: Morocco; Civil society; Economic reform; Economic sociology; Globalization

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

Subjects: Corporate governance

Donor award: Karafarin Bank (Tehran, Iran)
Source : Annual Report and Financial Statements. Vol. (Mar. 2016), pp.1-188, 188 p.

Subjects: Iran; Cash flow; Right to property

Donor award: Islamic Arab Insurance Company (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Source : Annual Report and Financial Statements. Vol. 2015, no. 2015 (Mar. 2016), pp.1-69, 69 p.

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

Question: I understand that with car insurance claims, one should only recoup a sum equivalent to the total paid to a particular company to date, and any excess received beyond this sum be ‘repaid’ through future premiums to that same company. ....

Subjects: Insurance; Islamic jurisprudence; Premiums; Vehicles

Question: I would like to know with regards to investing in stocks and shares more specifically on purification of the income received as a result of an investment in a company that is Sharia compliant according to your screening criteria outlined ....

Subjects: Investments; Islamic jurisprudence; Profits; Stocks

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Abu Zaby, United Arab Emirates)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Auditing; Investments; Islamic jurisprudence; Stockholders; Stocks

Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Donor award: al-Khair International Islamic Bank (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Grant Thornton-al-Qatami, al-Aiban and Partners (Kuwait)
Source: Annual report : consolidated financial statements and independent auditors' report 31 December 2015.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2015.

Subjects: Auditors' reports; Financial statements; Islamic Banks; Islamic jurisprudence

Question: I have a query regarding whether my mother has to pay Zakah on her wealth. My mother has been diagnosed with vascular dementia and the assessments by mental health professionals have concluded that she lacks mental capacity to manage her ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Disabled persons; Payments

Question: A father invested 850,000 rupees into an interest profit scheme in Pakistan in 1995 in one of his sons name. In 1995 the value of the rupees was strong. The rupees rate to the English pound was £ 1 = ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Money; Time value of money

Auditors Inc: KPMG (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Accounting; Financial institutions; Financial statements; Income; Islam

Auditors Inc: Shafiq Basak and Co. (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Accounting; Auditing; Islamic jurisprudence; Management; Profits

Question: Is it permissible for someone to give Zakat to a student to pay their uni fees, if that student does not possess Nisab, and lives at parent’s home, who pay for all living expenses. Also can people of a family ....

Subjects: Administrative fees; Alms tax; Commissions; Islamic jurisprudence

Question: I’m looking to sell via Amazon Insha’Allah. As a seller you would normally offer your customers a refund period. I heard that in Fiqh this period cannot be longer than 3 days, is this correct ? as the society norms ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Sales

Auditors Inc: National Audit Chamber (Khartoum, Sudan)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: KPMG LLP (London, United Kingdom)
Source: Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2015.

Subjects: Accountants; Auditing; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; Professional ethics

Auditors Inc: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2015.

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

Auditors Inc: A. F. Ferguson and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2015.

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

Auditors Inc: KPMG Taseer Hadi and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2015.

Subjects: Accounting; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; Management; Profits

Donor award: Bank of London and the Middle East (London, United Kingdom)

Subjects: Alms tax; Auditing; Islamic jurisprudence; Stockholders; United Kingdom

By: Bouyahiaoui, Nasir; Ouendi, Linda. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 45 (Feb. 2016), pp.82-91, 10 p.

Subjects: Islamic Banks; Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009); Islam; Venture capital