Category: Financial Transactions
Are Fundraising Lunches, Dinners and Barbecues etc. Permissible?
In this detailed fatwa Mufti Abdul Qaiyyum (حفظه الله) of Jamea Islamia Dabhel, Gujrat, India, has proven the permissibility of raising funds through lunches, dinners…
Using a House which was given as Collateral
Question: How is it to give an owner of a house, upon his request, some money, for instance, Rs. 20,000, and then live in his…
Travelling Without a Ticket
Question: If a person travels in a train in India without a ticket, would he be sinful in the eyes of Allah? Answer: حامدا ومصليا ومسلما…
Islām & Modern Economic Theories
A Translation of Justice Mufṭī Ṭaqī Uthmānī’s Prolegomena to Kiṭāb al-Buyū¸ in Ṭakmilah Faṭḥ al-Mulhim Majority of the authors in the [field of] fiqh and ḥadīth…
Female Secretary
Question: Nowadays there is the custom of mixed-gender workplaces. Majority of the times there is a female secretary in private offices. Employers gossip with their secretaries….
He give a watch to the Repairman and did not return
Question: Zaid is a watch repair man. People give him watches to repair. There are some watches that are lying in his shop for many…
A person gives an item to repair but then does not return to collect it
Question: Khalid fixes things for a living. A traveller gave an item to fix to Khalid. Many years past but he never returned to pick it up….
The Ruling on watches left by a watch repairman for a long period
Question: Zaid has a watch repair shop. Some people bring their watches for repair but don’t return to pick them up. There is also no hope…
Buying a repossessed car from a Bank
Question: A person bought a car through a bank and then became bankrupt. He was unable to pay the amount and the bank repossessed the…
Using son's haram earnings out of need
Question: A woman only has one son and he is her only caretaker. His earnings are haram. Will it be permissible for her to use…