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.
Compelled Interest
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 […]
Clarification On Government Investment Or Riba?
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 […]
Follow Up on Zakat on Residential Plots
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 […]
Is Zakat Voluntary or State Imposed?
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 […]
Earning a Living With a Fraudulent Degree
Question dear jurists, i’m working as a computer programmer , qualifications are as under:- a) Pursuing MCA(computer Applications) b) Bsc (English,Zoology,Botany,Chemistry) c) 1yr diploma in computers(Govt.Recognised) d) 1yr diploma in computers(Aptech Limited)e) having 3-yrs experience in I.T. field. Now during doing BSc in a militancy affected place due to the environment at that time, Government […]
More on the Law of Inheritance
Question Please clarify and explain the following questions. 1) How did you derive from 4:11, 4:12 & 4:112 that there are two categories of inheritors and that the first right of the property lies with the first category and then the remaining wealth/property is distributed to the second category. 2) Surah 2:180 states that “And […]
Financial Loss in Abiding by Morals in Businesses
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 […]
Are the Receipt of Unsolicited Prizes Allowed?
Question Assalamu alaikum I have recently received an email from the European Lottery International stating that I have won a sum of money. This was apparently promoted by Bill Gates in an attempt to promote his software packages and therefore they randomly picked 30,000,000 email addresses out of which 15 were picked and I am […]
Wife Relinquishing Her Right to Meh’r
Question I read with interest the fact that a husband does not need to pay Meh’r if the wife expressly relinquishes it. However I am conscious of the fact that a wife may relinquish her right either out of love for the husband or by reason of her desire not to offend him. In any […]