Question Is mud and water business haraam such as mineral water or bricks made of mud and water? Answer There is no prohibition in Islam of what you mention.

Question As Mr. Ronnie has pointed out that ‘By its very connotation, riba is an accrual on a loan at a predetermined rate.’ In India, some amount of our salaries is invested into Employee Provident Fund, necessarily without the approval of the employee. This amout is given back to the employee at the time of […]

Question Our National Savings Schemes in Pakistan do not take loan from its citizens which is later to be refunded to them at predefined interest rate. It only urges people to invest. The amount collected is financially manipulated to help out affairs of the state on one hand and help its citizens to reward in […]

Question Abdullah Rahim wrote: Please note that Zakah is the tax that you pay to the state and religiously it is the only tax that you are supposed to pay. Therefore if you are already paying any tax to the state you may deduct that amount from the Zakah that you have calculated. Does the […]

Question Ya latif el lutf! zakat is now a government imposed tax? Zakat is not a state tax! it is to be freely given to the poor, not imposed by the state by practising Muslims. Answer Your assumption is incorrect. Zakat is a tax imposed by the Muslim state. With the expansion of Islam into […]

Question You write that: “Lucky Draws” and other related techniques (such as advertising etc.) deserve to be analyzed on the basis of their socio-economic effects particularly from a moral perspective. I am more inclined to suggesting that those companies, who have the ability to survive and prosper in the market without resorting to such sales […]