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Fatawa

Buying share, stocks and mutual funds : buying shares

Question: I hope you clarify that doubts. Nowadays stock exchanges in all countries including Islamic countries are available in plenty. The companies which are dealing with Halal business such as computer software, steel etc. are also available in the exchange's list. ....

Subjects: Financial markets; Islamic jurisprudence; Stocks

Fatawa

Zakah and taxes-payment of taxes from earned interest ? : tax payment from earned interest

Question: Thank you for answering my previous 2 questions. I have a daily question by many Muslims ; I will list some facts then the question (1) we receive money from the banks as an interest on our accounts (2) we ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Taxes

Fatawa

Interest-based loans for housing in Pakistan

Question: I am interested in buying a house and for this i have to finance it thru a bank. As we all know banks charge interest on the loan they provide and as Muslims we have to stay away from interest. ....

Subjects: Bank loans; Housing; Usury

Fatawa

Islamic banks in UAE

Question: I have an account with Islamic bank in UAE and that bank gives profit yearly. On this profit some Muslim brother are commenting this is also a kind and different of interest but Islamic banks have termed as profit instead of telling Interest. Kindly make me clear in this regard..

Subjects: Islamic Banks

Fatawa

Zakah and taxes-payment of taxes from earned interest ? : taxes and Zakah and payment of taxes from earned interest

Question: A Muslim living in a Islamic country is paying one income tax i.e., Zakah. But a Muslim living in a non-Muslim country like India, Sri Lanka should pay two income taxes i.e., Zakah and income tax imposed by non-Muslim government. ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Taxes

Fatawa

Islamic windows in conventional banks

Question: Assalamu Alaikum learned brother in Islam i live in a small African country, where a local financial institution is intent on opening an Islamic banking division. I have joined this institution and am involved in the setting up of the ....

Subjects: Banks; Financing

Fatawa

Borrowing from conventional banks

Question: Assalamu Alaykum i live in London my parents live in Algeria, they do not have a place were to stay so we hired a place for them but it is too much I want to buy a house for them ....

Subjects: Bank loans; Banks

Fatawa

Overdraft facilities from conventional banks

Question: I have a problem with Riba in the bank. We are getting a lot of facilities in the bank. Over draft and loans but i want to escape all this to clear my self after that, what is going to ....

Subjects: Loans; Overdrafts; Transactions

Fatawa

Getting loans from banks while there are Islamic banks

Question: I am a partner in a commercial transport company. The other partner is not Muslim. The company has been using bank loans with interest to finance purchase of vehicles. What I have to do to avoid Shari’ah violation ? for ....

Subjects: Bank loans; Islamic Banks

Fatawa

Competitiveness of Islamic banks

Question: Assalamu alaikom I live in UK and i want to buy a house. The Islamic banks is asking for higher deposits which i can not afford. Can i take a mortgage. Assalamu-Alaikom.

Subjects: Islamic Banks; Subprime mortgage

Fatawa

No necessity to bank with conventional banks in Pakistan

Question: I am a small businessman need financial help to survive a business recession. I have no property to sell. Problems could be solved by loan from bank. 10 years before under same situation obtain bank loan and discontinued the loan ....

Subjects: Bank loans; Banks; Islamic Banks

Fatawa

Depositing in interest-based banks in Egypt

Question: Please I wanted to ask about bank's interests for a woman like me who cannot work as I have 2 kids at the same time I know no one who could invest for me this money. My question is also ....

Subjects: Bank deposits

Fatawa

House-purchase loans in Pakistan

Question: Currently I am looking for a house to buy. Since it is virtually impossible to have the full price of the house in cash, and mortgages involve interest, what would you recommend I do in order to properly pursue this ....

Subjects: Bank loans; Purchasing; Real property

Fatawa

Working in network marketing with pyramid commissions : network marketing

Question: Salam Alaikum I would like to ask you about network marketing there is a new company which sells gold through the internet and the person who buys from them can involved in the business as an agent for the company ....

Subjects: Business; Customers; Network marketing

Fatawa

Customer services in Islamic banks

Question: I have an import business, where i import the goods using L / C facilities (letter of credit) provided by Reba Bank. I deal with this bank due to many restrictions and limitations exist with the only Islamic bank in ....

Subjects: Competition; Customer services

Fatawa

Differences about Islamic banking

Question: How come that there is some accept the non Islamic banks and some does not accept that.

Subjects: Islamic Banks

Fatawa

Financing when you don’t have Islamic banks

Question: Dear Sheik, we're living in an economy that runs through the function of interests. We don't have an Islamic bank in this country yet. Although we have some Islamic institutions assisting us to acquire a house through what they called ....

Subjects: Usury

Fatawa

What is the alternative to the interest-based banking system ?

Question: Assalamu Alaikum. I am facing some queries with presently available BANK interest. All these are :1) Is the present Banking system ok in respect to Islamic Jurisprudence ?2) If we say present Bank-interest is Haram, we have to think about ....

Subjects: Islamic Banks; Usury

Fatawa

Buying share, stocks and mutual funds : investing in the stock market

Question: In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon his messenger. Dear brother in Islam, I wish to ask a few questions : 1. I want ....

Subjects: Financial markets; Investments

Fatawa

Non-interest charges of credit cards : the charge for cash withdrawal from machines

Question: In European countries, you can get the so-called Visa or Master card. It can be used for paying in shops, but if it's used to withdraw money from cash points, there would be a charge of 1.5 % (i.e. when ....

Subjects: Banking services; Credit cards

Fatawa

How do Islamic banks work and make profit ?

Question: Assalamu Alaikum. I have a question about the Islamic banking system. I was reading about an Islamic bank in my area that gives loans for houses and cars yet they don’t ask for any interest in return. And the savings ....

Subjects: Financing; Islamic Banks; Profits

Fatawa

Waqf and estate planning

Question: Has anyone done work on estate planning in the USA. This would include preparing legal documents on inheritance and use of money. I am aware of the Islamic will prepared by ISNA which does not get into legal advices or ....

Subjects: Estate planning; Waqf

Fatawa

Buying share, stocks and mutual funds : limited mutual funds choice of 401 K

Question: Assalamu AlaikumI work for a corporation which offers a 401 K. I only have 9 mutual funds to choose from and one option which pays a fixed rate of interest.1. If I put money into the fixed account, could I ....

Subjects: Financial markets; Islamic jurisprudence; Mutual funds

Book Reviews

Book Review : The economic relevance of the shaira maxims (al-Qawaid al-Faqhiyah)‎

By: Ali, Shamshir; Hasanuzzaman, S. M.. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 13, no. 1 (Dec. 2001), pp.65-69, 5 p.

Subjects: Financing; Islam; Islamic economics; Jurisprudential rules

Journal Articles

A suggested methodology for the political economy of Islam

By: Siddiqi, Shamim Ahmad. Journal of King Abdulaziz University : Islamic Economics. Vol. 13, no. 1 (Dec. 2001), pp.3-27, 25 p.

Subjects: Economics; Islam; Islamic economics; Political aspects; Political science

Book

Exchange rate stability : theory and policie from an Islamic perspective

By: Ahmad, Habib. Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI),; 31-December -2001; , 48 p.

Subjects: Exchange rates; Fiscal stability; Islamic economics

Book

What is Islamic economics ?

By: Chapra, Muhammad Umar. Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI),; 31-December -2001; pp.1-71, 71 p.

Subjects: Islamic economics; Comparative economics; Economics; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics

Journal Articles

Islamic economic thought and the new global economy

By: Chapra, Muhammad Umar. . Vol. 9, no. 1 (Sep. 2001), pp.1-16, 16 p.

Subjects: Economics; International economics; Islam; Islamic economics; Islamic jurisprudence

Fatawa

Distribution of estate

Question: Bismillah, Assalamu Alaikkum, a man died, left a wife, 2 female children, father and Monther. How to divide his property for successors in the light of al Qur’an.Jazakumullah Khairan.Notes :Please give evidence of Qur’an Verse nos..

Subjects: Inheritance; Real property

Fatawa

Reinsurance, is it permissible ? : is reinsurance of reciprocal insurance permitted ?

Question: Peace of Allah and his blessings be upon you. We are a group of Muslim families who want to form a reciprocal (Takaful) fund where if one of the breadwinners died the rest will pay his / her family $ ....

Subjects: Reinsurance

Fatawa

Buying share, stocks and mutual funds : are stock companies permitted in Shari’ah ? And what justifies little interest ?

Question: Assalamu Alaykum : I have read few Fatwas in the site about the stock market. And I would like someone to clarify few points for me. When we talk about the stock market, we should look into how the company ....

Subjects: Financial markets; Stocks

Fatawa

Liens on lease debts in Islamic banks

Question: Dear Sir, this is regarding leasing systems. Can Islamic bank mortgage a property for leasing of vehicle ? please give me the answer. If the Islamic bank not available then what we should do for our business and financial help. Best regards..

Subjects: Financing; Islamic Banks

Fatawa

Distribution of estate : distribution of estate of a grandfather

Question: Dear Sir, the grandfather has left us leaving a house and some money the grandfather had 6 children 2 son 4 daughters how to distribute the property, do guid Ziya.

Subjects: Grandparents; Inheritance; Real property

Fatawa

Establishing Islamic banks in the west

Question: Assalamu Alaikum.What practical steps can Muslims take to begin to create Islamic financial institutions in the West ? how can these institutions be integrated with the interest based system that currently exists ? .

Subjects: Financial institutions; Western world

Fatawa

Banking with non-Islamic bank

Question: Assalamu Alaikum. As a Muslim, am I allowed to invest my money in a stock market ? If not, why ? and am I allowed to bank with non Islamic banks and if not why ?.

Subjects: Investments

Fatawa

Avoiding taxes by using the system’s loopholes : avoiding recording cash sales to avoid sales tax

Question: Assalamu Alaikum Dr. Kahf,I am running a business, in a non-Muslim country. We sell jewelry and watches and also do repair. I have 2 questions... And they are about doing business. 1 we get a lot of customers who want ....

Subjects: Jewelry; Taxes

Fatawa

Sale with conditions in the contract : television business and credit and cash sales

Question: 1. What rule can be drawn out from the Qur'an and the Sunnah regading the business of television ? Can a Muslim do the business of color televisions ? 2. What is the Fatwa on increasing the amount for credit ....

Subjects: Contracts; Islamic jurisprudence; Sales; Television programmes

Fatawa

Delay of payment, who carries the effect of inflation ? : delay of payment of debts and inflation

Question: As Salamu Alaikum : I live in the UAE for the last seven years. Four years back, a very close relative of mine took a loan from me-essentially my 3 year savings with a promise to return in a month. ....

Subjects: Debt repayment; Debts; Inflation (Finance); Investments; Islamic jurisprudence

Journal Articles

Est-il necessaire d'avoir une economie islamique?

By: Chapra, Umar. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 2, no. 1 (Apr. 2001), pp.73-92, 20 p.

Subjects: Islamic economics; Economic aspects; Economics; Islam; Religious aspects

Journal Articles

Le marche et la formation des prix en economie islamique

By: Youala, Ali. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 2, no. 1 (Apr. 2001), pp.51-70, 20 p.

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

Journal Articles

Les fondements legaux du systeme economique islamique

By: Lahlou, Abd al-Rahman. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 2, no. 1 (Apr. 2001), pp.1-21, 21 p.

Subjects: Consumption; Economics; Islam; Islamic economics; Islamic jurisprudence

Journal Articles

Islamic and conventional banking in the nineties : a comparative study

By: Iqbal, Munawwir. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 8, no. 2 (Apr. 2001), pp.1-28, 28 p.

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

Fatawa

Issuance of paper money and rates of exchange : issuance of paper currency

Question: What is Islamic view of paper-money and fluctuation in the currency exchange rates ?.

Subjects: Exchange rates; Paper money

Fatawa

Inheritance from non-Muslims

Question: Assalamu Alaikum. Insha Allah you are in good health. I am an English Muslim married to an Arab Muslim for some 20 years now. My parents are not Muslim. They are very good people and have worked very hard all ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Real property

Fatawa

Sale of Awqaf properies : selling a mosque

Question: Can we sell a mosque in the United Kingdom to any person to be converted into flats or anything else ? The reason being we have purchased a large building but we need funds to convert it. The current mosque ....

Subjects: Mosques

Fatawa

Dividends, bonuses, rewards and accidental insurance of credit cards : dividend and rewards of credit cards

Question: Assalamu Alaykum, I use a credit card to pay my bills and buy things. I use only for convenience and always pay the due amount on time (i.e. I do not pay interest). The type of the card I have ....

Subjects: Credit cards; Profits; Rewards

Fatawa

The difference between a Waqf and a trust

Question: What is the difference between a Waqf and a trust, is it Islamic for a Muslim to transfer his property to a trust for the benefit of his daughter but putting a condition that if she marries a non-Muslim, she ....

Subjects: Confidence; Property transfers; Waqf

Fatawa

Buying share, stocks and mutual funds : trading stocks without knowing the financial statements of their companies

Question: Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh 1. I am an investor in the Egyptian stock market and I want to ask if it's permissible to invest in stocks where their financial results are unavailable also I do lack the technical ....

Subjects: Financial markets; Financial statements; Investments; Islamic jurisprudence

Fatawa

Are taxes permissible in Islam ? : is income tax forbidden ?

Question: Is the income tax the government takes from us considered stealing ? They take almost half of the money we earn and work hard for..

Subjects: Government; Income tax; Taxes

Fatawa

Is interest a compensation for inflation ? : effect of inflation on long term debts

Question: As Salamu Alaikum. I was married in November, 1995, and the dower that was agreed upon was Pakistani Rupees 100,000 in current currency (Muajjal). We now live in the US, and at this time, I would like to pay my ....

Subjects: Dowry; Exchange rates; Foreign exchange; Inflation (Finance)

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