Question: Asalaamu alaikum. I asked an alima about whether or not it was gambling if co-workers got together and put money in a pot in a competition to lose weight. At the end of the competition, the person who lost the largest percentage of weight […]
As-salāmu ʿalaykum, I wanted to know whether it is permissible to lease items. For example, if I paid $20,000.00 for a piece of equipment and a person wants to purchase the said equipment. I would lease the item for a year at $2500.00 per month […]
Assalaamu alaikum, I received an award of RBC Royal Bank’s Roytrin Units a couple years ago. I don’t know where the interest comes from so I consider it haram wealth until proven otherwise. I would like to close the account and give the money to […]
Asalaamu Alaikum, Supposing someone has an Annuity (personal pension fund) only to realise after some years that it was Haraam and decided to cancel this fund. The person invested $3000.00. He received interest $2000.00 from Clico. For cancelling early the govt taxed him $750. Clico […]
Message: Salaams, is it haraam to earn an income through organo gold? It works much like blessings/reward of say teaching quraan and that knowledge being passed on to others and you get rewarded for that effort continuing down. Organo gold is the same, the people we […]
Message: Assalamu Alaikum. I would like to make a query on the viability of operating a subscription box business from an Islamic perspective. The whole model is based on delivering boxes with goodies (can range from cosmetics, organic products etc. it will not be haram in […]
Message: Assalaamu Alaikum, I wanted to know if the game “Guess the amount of beans in the Jar”, for a prize is haraam. We have a charity drive at the office to generate funds to help a family. One such initiative is to have the employees […]
Message: Assalamualaikum Warahmatullah Mufti Sahab! Is making Health Insurance is allowed in Islamic Shariah? Such that we are going to deposit on daily basis some amount which we will get benefit after some years. Wa Alaikum Assalaam, الجواب و بالله التوفيق Health Insurance operates in a […]
Message: Assalamu alaikum, I’d like to know the ruling concerning extension of hair from synthetic resources and if is allow it to do trading with it. Wa Alaikum Assalaam, الجواب و بالله التوفيق Extension of the hair from synthetic fibres is permissible and trading in it […]
Message: Assalamu Alaikum Mufti, I would like to know about a visa card. I pay it off before time so no interest is accumulated. How ever the bonus points (voucher) I get after a few months which I can use to purchase items- is this OK […]