e-Marefa DataBank for Islamic Economics and Finance

Question: Dear SirAssalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah.I hereby request you to give me your opinion regarding the following. We are living in Dubai and we have set up a charitable organization in our country in India to help the poor. This is ....

Subjects: Charities

Question: Dear Dr. Monzer, as-Salamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatu Allah WaBarakatuI hope this e-mail finds you in the best of health and Iman.Below is a question from a brother who is in urgent need for an answer.It is in regards with insurance ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Life insurance

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Subjects: Debt repayment; Debts; Education; Islamic jurisprudence; Students

Auditors Inc: KPMG Bayat Rayan (Tehran, Iran)
Source: Annual report 2012.

Subjects: Auditing; Financial statements; Income tax; Islamic jurisprudence; Loans

Question: Assalamu-Alaikum Dr. Monzer,Thank you for your speedy response to my email. I did try calling at your son’s residence however I think you may have been out. I needed some advice from you regarding purchasing a car. I have an ....

Subjects: Automobiles; Purchasing; Usury

Question: Are my earnings as a waiter serving Haram food, considered as Halal income ? In light of the fatwa regarding permissibility of working in supermarkets that sell alcohol, is it permissible for me to work as a waiter, serving Haram food ?.

Subjects: Income; Islamic jurisprudence; Profits

Question: Asalamu Alaikum,I am currently working with a bank in UAE which is totally Islamic Alhamdulillah.Almost 4.6 years in bank, but there is no increment from past 4 years to entire staff as we are a loss making bank.Recently my bank ....

Question: Assalamu Alaykum,I am currently working with a bank in UAE which is totally Islamic Alhamdulillah.Almost 4.6 years in bank, but there is no increment from past 4 years to entire staff as we are a loss making bank. Recently my ....

Subjects: Banking services; Banks; Income; Islamic Banks

Question: Assalamu Alaykum wa RahmatullahDear Dr. KahfAlhamdulillah in this great occasion I can send a letter to you.First of all, I'd like introduce myself. My name is Satria. In this letter, I want to ask you a question. Now, I do ....

Subjects: Bank reserves; Ruling in Islam

By: Shirazi, Nasim Shah; Zulkhibri, Muhammad; Ali, Salman Sayyid…[et al.]. Journal of Islamic Business and Management. Vol. 2, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.

By: Lal al-Din, Muhammad Akram. Journal of Islamic Business and Management. Vol. 2, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.15-34, 20 p.

By: Iqbal, Zamir; Mirakhur, Abbas. Journal of Islamic Business and Management. Vol. 2, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.35-64, 30 p.

Subjects: Islam; Development; Economic development; Financial transactions; Government policy

By: al-Suwaylim, Sami Bin Ibrahim. Journal of Islamic Business and Management. Vol. 2, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.1-46, 46 p.

By: Hassan, M. Kabir. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 5, no. 2 (Jun. 2012), pp.21-57, 37 p.

Subjects: Financial markets; Investments; Islam; Islamic ethics; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Abd al-Karim, Rifat Ahmad. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 5, no. 2 (Jun. 2012), pp.58-61, 4 p.

Subjects: Banking; Banks; Islam; Management; Religious aspects

By: Shirazi, Nasim Shah; Zulkhibri, Muhammad; Umar, Muhammad Azmi…[et al.]. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 5, no. 2 (Jun. 2012), pp.62-65, 4 p.

Subjects: Banks; Islamic World; Financing; Housing; Islam

By: Bilabbas, Abd al-Razzaq Said. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 5, no. 2 (Jun. 2012), pp.1-20, 20 p.

Subjects: Data processing; Financing; Islam; Religious aspects

Quarterly Statistical Bulletin. Central Bank of Kuwait.; Economic Research Department Vol. 38, no. 2 (Apr. / Jun. 2012), 2 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Mutual funds; Accounting; Kuwait; Statistics

Quarterly Statistical Bulletin. Central Bank of Kuwait.; Economic Research Department Vol. 38, no. 2 (Apr. / Jun. 2012), 1 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Debts; Inventories; Kuwait; Statistics

Quarterly Statistical Bulletin. Central Bank of Kuwait.; Economic Research Department Vol. 38, no. 2 (Apr. / Jun. 2012), 1 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Mutual funds; Debts; Kuwait; Statistics

Quarterly Statistical Bulletin. Central Bank of Kuwait.; Economic Research Department Vol. 38, no. 2 (Apr. / Jun. 2012), 1 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Mutual funds; Inventories; Kuwait; Statistics

By: Zaman, Asad. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 25, no. 1 (2012), pp.147-169, 23 p.

Subjects: Islamic economics; Economic development; Economics; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Rum, Nur Ashikin Muhammad; Abd al-Rahman, Dhurriyah. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 25, no. 1 (2012), pp.119-140, 22 p.

Subjects: Interdependence; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Poor; Poverty

By: Bhatt, Vaishnavi; Sultan, Jahangir. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 20, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.87-143, 57 p.

Subjects: Banks; Financial markets; Islam; Price policy; Stocks

By: Ali, Salman Sayyid. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 20, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.1-44, 44 p.

Subjects: Banks; Islam; Religious aspects; Middle East; North Africa

By: Izhar, Hylmun. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 20, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.45-86, 42 p.

Subjects: Banking; Banks; Capital; Islam; Religious aspects

Monthly Monetary Statistics. Central Bank of Kuwait.; Economic Research Department Vol. 33, no. 6 (Jun. 2012), pp.46-47, 2 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Mutual funds; Accounting; Kuwait; Statistics

Monthly Monetary Statistics. Central Bank of Kuwait.; Economic Research Department Vol. 33, no. 6 (Jun. 2012), pp.41-41, 1 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Debts; Inventories; Kuwait; Statistics

Monthly Monetary Statistics. Central Bank of Kuwait.; Economic Research Department Vol. 33, no. 6 (Jun. 2012), pp.40-40, 1 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Mutual funds; Debts; Kuwait; Statistics

Monthly Monetary Statistics. Central Bank of Kuwait.; Economic Research Department Vol. 33, no. 6 (Jun. 2012), pp.39-39, 1 p.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Mutual funds; Inventories; Kuwait; Statistics

By: Badri, Muhammad Bahr al-Din. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.191-194, 4 p.

Subjects: Bail

By: Lal al-Din, Muhammad Akram; Furqani, Hafas. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.183-189, 7 p.

Subjects: Financing; Islamic law; Maqasid al-Shari'ah

By: Ali, Muhammad Mahbubi; Ahmad, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.177-181, 5 p.

By: Bouheraoua, Said Muhammad; Sairally, Beebee Salma; Shabana, Hasan. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.167-176, 10 p.

By: Abd al-Khayr, Muhammad Fayruz. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.157-165, 9 p.

Subjects: Capital

By: Kenjebaev, Nurbek. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.129-153, 25 p.

Subjects: Credit cards; Islamic law

By: Alias, Tunku Alina. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.99-126, 28 p.

Subjects: Expenditure; Financing; Investments

By: Salih, Muhammad Marhanum Che; Abd Allah, Nurdianawati Irwani; Razali, Siti Salwani. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.81-97, 17 p.

Subjects: Behaviour; Customers; Ethics; Interdependence; Marketing

By: Diaw, Abduh; Basha, Obiyathulla Ismath; Lahsasna, Ahcene. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.39-80, 42 p.

Subjects: Deeds; Financing; Partnerships; Private sector; Securitization

By: Nathie, Mahmud; Drew, Jacqueline M.; Drew, Michael E.. ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance. Vol. 4, no. 1 (Jun. 2012), pp.7-37, 31 p.

Subjects: Financing; Fraud; Investments; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence

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Subjects: Debt repayment; Islamic jurisprudence; Loans; Usury

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Subjects: Accountants; Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

Question: Salam Sheikh,Please let me know if Islamic banking Halal ? there are banks which operate under the Islamic Shari’ah. Also, there are Islamic sections in banks like Amanah of HSBC also operate under Islamic banking laws. Please tell me if ....

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

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Subjects: Architecture; Devastation; Insurance; Islamic jurisprudence; Mosques

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Subjects: Alcoholic beverages; Islamic jurisprudence; Sales; United Kingdom

Auditors Inc: al-Waha Auditing Office Ali Owaid Rukhaeyes (Kuwait); RSM al-Buzay and Co. (Kuwait)
Source: Annual report 2011.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Auditors Inc: PricwaterhouseCoopers (Geneva, Switzerland)
Source: Annual report 2011.

Subjects: Annual reports; Auditors' reports

Question: What is the ruling on travel insurance ? Is the ruling the same as regular insurance ?.

Subjects: Insurance; Islamic jurisprudence; Travel

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Subjects: Costs; Insurance; Insurance policies; Islamic jurisprudence

Donor award: Lebanese Islamic Bank (Beirut, Lebanon)

Subjects: Corporate governance