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Question: In the UK, it is possible through a UK inheritance tax law, known as the 7 year rule for a mother to transfer ownership of a home to her son. The idea is that when the transfer is made, ....

Subjects: Endowments; Islamic jurisprudence; Right to property; Taxes; United Kingdom

Question: I am interested in trading precious metals and commodities on the market and wanted to know if this is Halal. Looking at the market they seem to sell silver based on GBP. Am I allowed to buy and sell these ....

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Precious metals; Sales

Question: How should Islamic charities balance the obligation to give Zakat to local people in need (i.e. in the same countries as their donors) versus giving Zakat to people in need internationally ?.

Subjects: Alms tax; Distribution (Economic theory); Islamic jurisprudence; Payments; Poor

Question: Is it permissible for an Islamic charity to give Zakat funds to individual beneficiaries in the form of goods (rather than cash( ? This could include livelihood equipment, such as sewing machines, farming equipment, livestock ; medication or medical treatments ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Charities; Commodities; Money; Poor

By: Shirazi, Nasim Shah; al-Zahi, Abd al-Rahman; Khattab, Ishraga. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.251-255, 5 p.

Subjects: Development; Financing; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence; Sustainable development

By: Chapra, Muhammad Umar; Iqbal, Zamir; Mirakhur, Abbas. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.245-247, 3 p.

Subjects: Economic development; Islam; Development; Economic sociology; Islamic jurisprudence

By: Shirazi, Nasim Shah. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.79-108, 30 p.

Subjects: Banks; Islamic jurisprudence; Economics; Islam; Poverty mitigation

By: Askari, Husayn; Iqbal, Zamir; Mirakhur, Abbas…[et al.]. Islamic Economic Studies. Vol. 22, no. 1 (May. 2014), pp.1-36, 36 p.

Subjects: Economics; Human development; Islamic economics; Islamic jurisprudence; Social development

By: al-Arnaut, Muhammad Muwaffaq. Awqaf. Vol. 14, no. 26 (May. 2014), pp.178-192, 15 p.

By: Rustum, Muhammad Bin Zayn al-Abidin. Awqaf. Vol. 14, no. 26 (May. 2014), pp.141-177, 37 p.

By: Majjuj, Intisar. Awqaf. Vol. 14, no. 26 (May. 2014), pp.98-140, 43 p.

By: Mansuri, Kamal. Awqaf. Vol. 14, no. 26 (May. 2014), pp.44-97, 54 p.

By: al-Hurani, Yasir Abd al-Karim. Awqaf. Vol. 14, no. 26 (May. 2014), pp.13-43, 31 p.

By: Yaqub, Hakimah. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 24 (May. 2014), pp.45-48, 4 p.

Subjects: Contracts; Islamic jurisprudence

By: al-Hamid, Ayham Mahmud; al-Jazmati, Nur Murhaf; Rajab, Isam. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 24 (May. 2014), pp.43-45, 3 p.

Subjects: Housing; Interdependence; Islam

By: Bin Yusuf, Muhammad. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 24 (May. 2014), pp.39-40, 2 p.

Subjects: Interdependence; Islam; Speculation

By: Askari, Husayn; Iqbal, Zamir; Krichene, Nur al-Din…[et al.]. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 7, no. 2 (May. 2014), pp.37-77, 41 p.

Subjects: Development; Financing; Human development; Islamic economics

By: Koita, Muhammad. Etudes en Economie Islamique. Vol. 7, no. 2 (May. 2014), pp.19-36, 18 p.

Subjects: Corporations; Financial markets; Investments; Liquidation; Securities

Auditors Inc: Ernst and Young (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2014.

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

Question: Please can you explain if it’s permissible to use interest free finance to purchase a car.Some showrooms let you hire-purchase cars where it’s interest free, with no deposit. There is a scheme for certain company employees that allow the following ....

Subjects: Automobiles; Financing; Islamic jurisprudence; Purchasing; Usury

Auditors Inc: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
Source: Annual report 2014.

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

Question: If I have wrongly claimed gift aid, what is required of me now by Sharia in this case ? The transaction is now complete so is not reversible and was processed via a friend. If the charity does end up ....

Subjects: Endowments; Fraud; Kindness; Money; Repentence

Question: Please can you advise as to the Shariah permissibility of the Takaful model the government wishes to introduce as alternative finance for funding university tuition fees ?.

Subjects: Financing; Government; Higher education; Interdependence; Islamic jurisprudence

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

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

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

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Banks; Finance; Financial markets; Management

West Bank Northern Governorates Statistical Yearbook. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (Ramallah, Palestine) Vol. (Apr. 2014), pp.64-64, 1 p.

Subjects: Palestine; Statistics; Mosques

By: Muhammad, Mustafa Thabit. Journal of Arabic and Human Sciences. Vol. 7, no. 3 (Apr. 2014), pp.83-100, 18 p.

By: Habib, Farrukh. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 23 (Apr. 2014), pp.53-54, 2 p.

Subjects: Analogy (Islamic jurisprudence); Islamic jurisprudence

Question: Under exceptional circumstances, I understand one can lie. If someone has not had a job for a long time and desperately esquires an income, can they lie in order to secure a job ? What if they have witnessed others lie for the job and get it ?.

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Labour; Lying

Donor award: Qatar Islamic Bank (Dawhah, Qatar)

Subjects: Commercial law; Islamic jurisprudence; Qatar Islamic Bank

Question: How would a wife pay her Zakat if she has Gold / Silver equal to or above the minimum level but no source of income of her own to pay the Zakat from ? As she does not work and ....

Subjects: Alms tax; Islamic jurisprudence; Jewelry

Auditors Inc: KPMG Audit Plc (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Source: Annual report and financial statement for the year ended 31 December 2013.

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

Question: What is the ruling on the permissibility of conventional travel insurance products ?My particular concern focuses on the potential for significant medical expenses incurred outside your country of residence, where such facilities are unlikely to be free for non-residents. Are there any Halal / Takaful travel insurance products available ?.

Subjects: Insurance; Insurance companies; Islamic jurisprudence; Products; Travel

Question: If an individual lends £ 2,000 to his relative on the basis of Qarḍ Ḥasana (gratuitous loan) and the £ 2,000 is still outstanding. How should the lender treat the outstanding £ 2,000 for the purposes of Zakah ?.

Subjects: Alms tax; Debts; Islamic jurisprudence; al-Qard al-Hasan

By: al-Hajj Ahmad, Muhammad Jasim Muhammad. College of Basic Education Researches Journal. Vol. 13, no. 1 ( 2014), pp.935-948, 14 p.

Subjects: The holy koran; Particles

Donor award: Islamic Financial Services Board (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

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

By: Ahmad, Abu Umar Faruq. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 22 (Mar. 2014), pp.75-76, 2 p.

Subjects: Islamic Banks

By: Ibn Yusuf, Muhammad. Global Islamic Economics Magazine. No. 22 (Mar. 2014), pp.74-74, 1 p.

Subjects: Corporations; Insurance; Interdependence; Islam; Islamic jurisprudence

Donor award: Saudi National Bank (Jiddah, Saudi Arabia)

Subjects: Islamic jurisprudence; Auditing; Debts; Saudi Arabia; Stockholders

Question: Can I pursue a career as an actuary ?The degree is called actuarial science and involves a high amount of mathematical analysis which predict, as best as may be possible, future risks in financial investments.Some of the jobs available from ....

Subjects: Financial statements; Islamic jurisprudence

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

Subjects: Capital; Financial statements; Investments; Islamic jurisprudence; Management

Auditors Inc: Aziz Halim Khair Choudhury (Dhaka, Bangladesh); UHY Syful Shamsul Alam and Co. (Dhaka, Bangladesh); Howladar Yunus and Co. (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Source: Annual report 2013.

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

Question: To my understanding, Breakdown cover is not allowed due to Gharar. Does the same principle apply to gym membership, in that I am paying a monthly fee when the usage of the service is not known, I may use the ....

Subjects: Athletic clubs; Insurance; Islamic jurisprudence; Perillous saale

Auditors Inc: KPMG Lower Gulf Limited (Abu Zaby, United Arab Emirates)
Source: Annual report 2013.

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

Auditors Inc: Hoda Vasi Chowdhury and Co. (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Source: Annual report 2013.

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

Question: I have been dishonest when it comes to car insurance for e.g. by claiming on someone else’s, falsifying mileage and driving without insurance. How can I rectify these mistakes ?I used my dad’s break down cover on my car which ....

Subjects: Dishonesty; Insurance; Insurance companies; Islamic jurisprudence

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

Subjects: Accounting; Auditing; Financial institutions; Islamic jurisprudence; Stockholders

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

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

Auditors Inc: A. F. Ferguson and company (Karachi, Pakistan)
Source: Annual report : financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013.

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

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

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