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Question: I am a practitioner in neuro linguistic programming and hypnotherapy, which I practise for the purposes of helping people overcome fears and / or phobias that were installed as a programmer within people’s life experiences. Is my earning Halal ?.

Subjects: Hypnosis; Islamic jurisprudence

Donor award: Malaysia

Subjects: Banks; Financial institutions; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Law

Question: Employers pay their staff advance salaries through their respective bank accounts for the leave period when they go on vacation. The employees generally withdraw the full amount without leaving enough balance to cover the installments for the finance they have ....

Question: Are the joint tenancy laws of England (whereby one tenant inherits the other’s share directly on death) valid in Islamic law ? What happens if I share a property with my mother-on her passing does her share come to me ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Real property; Rent

Auditors Inc: Hoda Vasi Chowdhury and Co. (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Source: Annual report 2012.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Accounting; Auditing; Right to property; Stockholders

Auditors Inc: A. F. Ferguson and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2012.

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

Question: Can an Islamic bank add confirmation to an irrevocable letter of credit (LC) covering the shipment of bullion (gold) ?.

Question: Does Riba only relate to money and food items, or can modern day goods come under this too ? Eg swapping a contemporary item-such as a mobile phone of a lower value for one of a higher value ? .

Subjects: Commodities; Islamic jurisprudence; Mobile phones; Usury

Question: Assalamu Alaykum,I work part time at my college and the program I work under is part of a program called AmeriCorps in which after completing a year's term of work, they offer us an education award of about $ 1200. ....

Subjects: Grants; Islamic jurisprudence; Loans; Usury

Auditors Inc: A. F. Ferguson and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report : financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Subjects: Banks; Financial transactions; Islam; Management; Social responsibility

Auditors Inc: A. F. Ferguson and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2012.

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

Question: Can an Islamic bank accept conventional bank deposit, bonds, debentures, shares and any other conventional instruments as security for due performance by the customer under a Murabahah or any other Islamic financing facility ?.

Question: What happens if you are supporting your parents by putting money directly in their account, yet you know the money is likely to be paying off a Haram mortgage and insurance etc. as well as other Halal expenses ?.

Subjects: Fathers; Islamic jurisprudence; Money

Question: People use my site to auction their cars and I get a percentage cut from their profit. Is this permissible, given that I do not own their cars ? and I get commission from their profit ?.

Subjects: Administrative fees; Commissions; Islamic jurisprudence; Profits; Web sites

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report : statement of financial position as at 31 December 2012.

Subjects: Accounting; Capital; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; Loans

Question: Assalamualaikum doc,How are you ? I’m Suriani, ex your Master student in Yarmouk University, year 2004-2005. I just want to ask query and get your opinion on the capital contribution for the Musharakah especially in form of in-kind. My queries ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Partnerships; Speculation

Question: Assalam-o-Alaykum,I live in the US and I need your help to clarify certain questions related to financial issues. My question is regarding hedging inflation by taking interest from savings account in a bank.1. What is the concept of inflation in ....

Subjects: Hedge (Finance); Inflation (Finance); Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

Auditors Inc: KPMG Audit Plc (London, United Kingdom)
Source: Annual report and accounts 2012.

Subjects: Accountants; Auditing; Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence; United Kingdom

Auditors Inc: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2012.

Subjects: Auditing; Financial statements; Income; Islamic jurisprudence; Stockholders

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Istanbul, Turkey)
Source: Annual report 2012.

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

Question: Dear Dr. Monzer, As-Salamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatu Allah WaBarakatu.I hope this e-mail finds you in the best of health and Iman.Is it Halal or Haram to do any of the following 4 questions ?1-Buy (term life insurance) for a period ....

Subjects: Interdependence; Islamic jurisprudence; Life insurance

Auditors Inc: A. F. Ferguson and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report 2012.

Subjects: Debts; Financial markets; Financial transactions; Islamic jurisprudence; Social responsibility

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Subjects: Alms tax; Islamic jurisprudence; Money; National Zakat Foundation

Auditors Inc: KPMG (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2012.

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

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual Report 2012.

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

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Subjects: Insurance; Insurance policies; Islamic jurisprudence; Military science; Students

Question: I have signed up to volunteer for a charity working abroad but have found out that I will be required to take out Travel Insurance. Is it permissible for me to get travel insurance cover or should I opt for ....

Subjects: Compulsory insurance; Islamic jurisprudence; Kindness; Travel; Volunteer work

Question: [Question one] :Salam Alaikoum dear professor Dr. Monzer,My name is Shu'ayb and through the internet I came in contact with you. It was a pleasure to meet you in Doha for 8th international conference on Islamic economics and finance (December ....

Subjects: Loans; Usury

Question: AL Salaam Alaykum Dr. KahfAlhamdulillah that Allah (swt) blessed you with such vital knowledge and guided you to help Muslims everywhere.Dr. Kahf, I'd like to ask you two questions if I may.1. My father passed away 5 months ago, may ....

Subjects: Inheritance; Islamic jurisprudence; Usury

Question: Dear Shaikh,I have a case which I feel doubtful about :I have a friend living in Canada, and he bought a lottery ticket 649 and won USD 22,620,000. He spent about 1,620,000 on poor and needy Muslims, thus the Shaikh ....

Subjects: Airlines; Lotteries; Tickets

Question: Many people in Canada earn social benefits with all their family or some of their family included. Then one of them goes and works part time not every day, some every day, then the money of social benefits becomes unlawful ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Social security

Question: As-Salamu Alaykum.I have borrowed some money from my daughter. Please, explain, when calculating my Zakah, who will pay Zakah on that borrowed money, me or my daughter ? Jazaka Allah Khair..

Subjects: Alms tax; Islamic jurisprudence

Question: Assalamalikum.My dad passed away a year and a half ago, leaving behind an English will sating all his kids, wife and sisters get an equal share. Recently we found out the property is still in my late grandfather’s name !! ....

Subjects: Inheritance; Islamic jurisprudence; Real property

Question: Assalamo Alaicoum !Is it ok to buy stolen stuff if I know that it was stolen ? And what if I'm not sure, but I suppose that it may be stolen ? Thank you..

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Purchasing; Theft

Question: Assalamu Alaicoum !This is a question for live Fatwa on financial issues.What is the ruling on marriage if a bride is well-off and a groom is poor ? He can pay a small Mahr, but can't provide for his wife-she ....

Subjects: Expenditure; Islamic jurisprudence; Marriage; Standard of living

Question: My case scenario is mention below ; I would like to have an answer to it.I would like to find out that how much Zakah is applicable in the below mentioned scenario.Your reply will be appreciated.My father acquired a loan ....

Subjects: Alms tax

Subjects: Banks; Commercial law; Financial institutions; Islam; Law

By: al-Badani, Yusuf Adam. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 8 (Jan. 2013), pp.1-1, 1 p.

Subjects: Financial institutions; Islamic epistemology; Transactions; Usury; Wealth

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Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Money

Donor award: Maybank (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Subjects: Auditing; Debts; Islamic jurisprudence; Management; Stockholders

Question: Assalamu Alaykum! Dear brother, I have been working for the last 32 years. Although Islam says to pay Zakah on your savings / excess on expenditure, but I have been paying 2.5 % or more on my total earnings every ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Income; Islamic jurisprudence; Money

Question: What is the ruling on renting out an apartment that you are renting to someone who will use it for something different than what you’re doing like them selling something in it and you living in it and in general as well ?.

Subjects: ٌLeasing

Question: Salam Ustazna,Hope you are well. Here are the questions of this week's session, sorry for delaying them :My father died in 2004, leaving my mother, my 3 sisters and me behind. I'm the only son. My father was an employee ....

Subjects: Distribution (Economic theory); Inheritance

Question: Assalamu alaikum brother,I am Br. Parvez form Mauritius. Please advise me on an investment proposal from one friend. The situation is like this :My friend (A) markets the product (garments) of a factory (B). He has a fixed price from ....

Question: Asalam Alaykum,I am sorry to bother you with this painstaking write-up. Is it lawful for a Muslim brother to work under this organization having the functions, mandates and powers as below ?Please note that1. 99.9 % of the banks in ....

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Subjects: Alms tax; Debt repayment; Debtor and creditor; Islamic jurisprudence

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Subjects: Alms tax; Alms tax bestowments; Islamic jurisprudence

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Subjects: Alms tax; Debtor and creditor; Debts; Payments

Auditors Inc: KPMG Safi al-Mutawa and Partners (Kuwait); Ernst and Young al-Aiban, al-Osaimi and Partners (Kuwait)
Source: Annual report 2012.

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

Question: As-Salaam Alaikum dear respected brother ;My name is Sheeraz and I am a representative of Primerica life insurance. I have read some of your articles on “term-life insurance.” When it comes to life insurance our company “only” offers one kind ....

Subjects: Insurance; Islamic jurisprudence; Life insurance