Category: Recent Fatwaas
Evil eye and financial difficulty
Question: Assalamu Alaikum warahmat ullahi wa barakatuhu, I am looking for duas or wazifa for rizq and also duas for nazr. Alhamdullillah my husband was working and all of a sudden circumstances developed and his job went and we are going through very tough time in our life, subhannallah, with...
Continue ReadingUsing Masjid donations for the Imams’ salary
Question: Our mosque in our village in Pakistan has a huge fund collected over period of time in the form of donations for mosque. They have made a very nice building and even placed modern amenities. When it comes to supporting Imam, they will not use that money and it...
Continue ReadingGiving sadaqah to non-Muslims
Question: AA, can a mosque admin collect zakat/sadaqat and start a community charity program for people regardless of their religious believes, with intention to promote Islam. I am thinking of a community charity for needy by mosque that would buy medicines for patients who are discharged from hospital. This would...
Continue ReadingZakah on inherited loan
Question: Salamulaikum, I have a few questions regarding my zakat calculations. I was looking on ask imam site fatwa # 32887 and I wanted to know if the ruling will apply in my situation. Before my father passed away he loaned my cousin an amount of money. Since he passed...
Continue ReadingTaking/hanging pictures
Question: Asalaam alaikum wrb, Hazrath jazaak Allah hu khair for taking time out to answer my question. My question is regarding pictures and sharia's ruling on it. Are we allowed to take pictures? Are we allowed to keep pictures framed in the house as a memory of somebody or any...
Continue ReadingRuling of the vomit of a baby
Question: Brother I suffer from extreme ocd. My family is not very well versed in taharat issue. My brother been blessed with a baby boy. Sometime he drink milk and after some time he throw it back .is that voimit. Also is voimit impure. I told my sister in law...
Continue ReadingReceiving 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...
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