e-Marefa DataBank for Islamic Economics and Finance

Question: A trader was appointed by an Islamic bank as an agent to purchase certain goods on behalf of the bank from the local market, with a promise to subsequently buy the same from the bank on deferred Murabahah basis. The ....

Auditors Inc: A. F. Ferguson and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2013.

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

Auditors Inc: A. F. Ferguson and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Accounting; Islamic jurisprudence; Management; Profits; Social responsibility

Auditors Inc: KPMG Taseer Hadi and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2013.

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

By: Hamziyya, Maryam; Kasri, Nur Suhaydah. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 21 (Feb. 2014), pp.46-48, 3 p.

Subjects: Islamic Banks; Islamic jurisprudence; Microfinance; Products

By: Bin Yusuf, Muhammad. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 21 (Feb. 2014), pp.25-26, 2 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Banks; Financial transactions; Islamic economics; Profits

Auditors Inc: KPMG Audit Plc (London, United Kingdom)
Source: Annual report and accounts 2013.

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

Auditors Inc: KPMG Fakhro (Manama, Bahrain)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual Report 2013.

Subjects: Accountants; Accounting; Annual reports; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence

Auditors Inc: KPMG (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2013.

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

Auditors Inc: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Question: A customer has approached an Islamic bank seeking a financing facility in order to make a balance payment to the supplier for the goods it has already purchased, by providing 20 % of the amount as a down-payment.The customer is ....

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Subjects: Business; Copyright

Auditors Inc: National Audit Chamber (Khartoum, Sudan)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Mubarark al-Awad and Co. (Khartoum, Sudan)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Istanbul, Turkey)
Source: Annual report 2013.

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

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young LLp (Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Source: Annual report : financial statements year ended 31 December 2013 together with independent auditors' report.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Manama, Bahrain)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Accounting; Commercial law; Financial institutions; Islamic jurisprudence; Right to property

Question: I want to buy some software for my computer for the overall benefit of the charitable organization I work for, is it permissible to ask a colleague who is a student to use his student ID to get the discount, ....

Subjects: Discount; Identification cards; Islamic jurisprudence; Students

Question: When one dies still owing some student loan, it is written off. What is the Islamic perspective on this ? Will we still be held accountable for this in front of Allah ?.

Subjects: Debt repayment; Education; Loans; Students

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Manama, Bahrain)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Question: A Shariah compliant fund manager (the investor) intends to purchase listed shares of a company for investment purposes. The investor requires guidance from its Shariah Board with respect to the applicable criteria to determine the Shariah compliant companies and tradability of shares of such companies..

Auditors Inc: Deloitte and Touche Bakr Abulkhair and Partners (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia); PricewaterhouseCoopers (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Question: -.

Subjects: Insurance; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Bin Yusuf, Muhammad. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 20 (Jan. 2014), pp.39-40, 2 p.

Subjects: Alms tax; Income distribution; Investments; Islam

Donor award: Central Bank of Bahrain

Subjects: Islam; Banks; Investments; Islamic jurisprudence; Law

By: Nadvi, Ali Ahmed; Mansuri, Muhammad Tahir. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. 2014), pp.160-165, 6 p.

Subjects: Contracts; Financing; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Sales

By: Moisseron, Jean Yves; Teulon, Frederic. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. 2014), pp.128-144, 17 p.

Subjects: Financial crises; Islamic economics; Islamic jurisprudence; Economics; Islam

By: Bin Yusuf, Muhammad Yusri. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. 2014), pp.106-126, 21 p.

Subjects: Banks; Islamic jurisprudence; Economic development; Islam; Social development

By: Fah, Cheng Fan; Hassani, Abbas. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. 2014), pp.78-104, 27 p.

Subjects: Banks; Comparative analysis; Economics; Islam; Profits

By: Tahir, Sayyid Muhammad. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. 2014), pp.41-73, 33 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Usury; Interest

By: Ahmad, Habib; Bin Mahfuz, Said. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. 2014), pp.4-39, 36 p.

Subjects: Financial institutions; Foundations of Islamic jurisprudence; Islamic economics; Economics; Islam

Question: A commercial tower contains a large number of shops occupied by different tenants. A customer has approached an Islamic bank requesting finance to procure the same, with the intention of continuing with the existing tenants..

Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Donor award: Maybank (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

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

Question: What is the ruling on tax in Islam ; specifically, employment tax ? If I have a job where I am given cash in hand, so that the company can avoid tax, would I also be liable for escaping tax ....

Subjects: Employers; Payments; Tax evasion

Question: What is the ruling on tax in Islam ; specifically, employment tax ? If I have a job where I am given cash in hand, so that the company can avoid tax, would I also be liable for escaping tax ....

Subjects: Income tax; Islamic jurisprudence; Tax evasion; Taxes; United Kingdom

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Cairo, Egypt); Baker Tilly Wahid Abdel Ghaffar and Co. (Cairo, Egypt)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Accounting; Auditing; Financial statements; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young al-Aiban, al-Osaimi and Partners (Kuwait); KPMG Safi al-Mutawa and Partners (Kuwait)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Question: -.

Subjects: Bank deposits; Islamic Banks; Islamic jurisprudence; Speculation

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Dawhah, Qatar)
Source: Annual report 2013.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Question: Is my wife’s student loan something that I as the husband should be considering repaying back on her behalf, on the basis that she may not go back into employment ? does the loan become the husband’s responsibility ? What ....

Subjects: Debt repayment; Education; Loans; Students

Donor award: Meezan Bank (Karachi, Pakistan)

Subjects: Islamic Banks; Islamic jurisprudence; Warranty

Question: -.

Subjects: Agency (Law); Contracts; Islamic jurisprudence; Speculation

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

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Auditing; Career development; Financial statements; Management

Donor award: Bank of Industry and Mine (Tehran, Iran)

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Banks; Financial institutions; Financial transactions; Profits

Donor award: Saman Bank (Tehran, Iran)

Subjects: Banks; Capital; Employees; Finance; Islam

Donor award: First Security Islamic Bank Limited (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Subjects: Bangladesh; Debts; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Stockholders

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

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

Donor award: Bank Rakyat (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Subjects: Finance; Financial statements; Financial transactions; Investments; Islam