Month: April 2015
Receiving extra amount by claiming to be resident
Question: Assalamualaikum wa rehmatullahi wa barkatahu. I am a student of … University and work as a Graduate Assistant in the university. The university pays me my designated monthly salary every month after deducting federal and state taxes from it.Every in march year we are allowed to claim for a...
Continue ReadingDistribution of gross and net profit in a partnership
Question: ASSALAMALAYKUM MY BUSINESS PARTNER INVESTED A CERTAIN AMOUNT AND HE WANTS ONE PERCENT OF THE PROFITS. BUT THE PROBLEM IS MY SALE IS 25 LACKS, MY PROFIT IS 5 % AND I HAVE EXPENCES, SALARES AND RENT. I TOLD HIM I WILL GIVE PROFIT ON MARGIN BUT HE TOLD...
Continue ReadingRuling of shrimp, crab, and lobster
Question: Salaamalaikum wrb hazrat, I had one simple question. What among these are halal/makrooh/haram. Can you please breifly mention how our beloved Prophet explained what is halal/haram from the sea ? 1. Shrimps 2. Crab 3. Lobster jazaakAllah hu khair Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the...
Continue ReadingRuling of purchasing bids for auctioning
Question: Some auction websites sell gift cards and in order to bid, you have to buy bids. Every time you bid, it adds 1 penny but one bid costs 60 cents. So would it be permissible to buy gift cards for cheaper, considering bids as a different currency? Answer: In...
Continue ReadingShould we accept the proposal?
Question: Asalamualaikum, I am my elder sister's wali, my sister has received a marriage proposal from one of my cousins however he doesn't read all 5 prayers, he only reads Fajr Namaz and attends jumah, he also listens to music, free mixes with non mahram relatives like cousins etc. I...
Continue ReadingRuling of employment that involves privacy with opposite gender
Question: Assalamualaikum My mother is a working woman, she helps people with special needs and down syndrome with their shopping, tidying and the down syndrome man she works with understands girlfriends and relationships and she has to stay and help him in his home alone, she also buys musics cds,...
Continue ReadingIntermingling with the opposite gender
Question: Assalamualaikum, I have been trying to implement Islam fully into my life and because of this I have stopped conversing with non mahram women even those who are related to me like cousins, I don't speak to them, neither do I look at them, I have stopped watching TV...
Continue ReadingCombining Salats during severe weather
Question: IS IT OK TO COMBINE SALATS IN SEVERE WEATHER. IF YES THEN WHAT IS SEVERE WEATHER, IF NOT THEN WHAT ABOUT THE HADEES THAT PERMITS IT? JazakAllahu Khaira Answer: In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. It is not permissible...
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