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  • He bought a game and then found out that it was pirated

    I recently bought a game from a person for a cheap price, afterwards I learned that he got it through an illegal way and that the company did not take any money on it. So it is haram or pirated, so can I play it until it gets cheaper legally and I can buy it? Or what should I do? And also please answer my question clearly and do not go to side topics. .. More

  • Violating copyrights of material that contains prohibited things

    What should a person do if he broke the copyright laws but those copyrighted materials had haram things in it, for example books describing love and games containing music (although the user was unaware of the fact that music was haram, and it might have been possible to mute the music; most importantly, the user did not even care about the status of.. More

  • Prohibited for a man to make money by exposing his body on webcam

    Hi, I would like to earn money, which is difficult, but now I found a way, via online sex cam. Is it haram to earn money from showing our body to others by webcam? If it is haram, please reffer me to a good online job. .. More

  • Money earned by a judge who works in a non-sharee'ah court

    I am sending this question again because I didn't get the response. Assalaamu alaykum. I live in a Muslim country, and in our justice system the sharia is only applied when it comes to inheritance, but if someone,for example drinks publicly and disturbs people while drunk or does other unlawful things,then he would be put in prison according to the.. More

  • Keeping a credit card to maintain a good credit score

    Assalaamu alaikum. I have a follow up question related to a question that I have asked on your website a while ago (question 230872). This question relates to the justification of leaving a credit card open while tearing the card to completely eliminate the possibility of using it. The justification was to avoid a drop in credit score and potentially.. More

  • Working on building a mosque for a deviant sect

    I am a Muslim architect and have been asked to work on a mosque for the Dawoodi Bohra Jamaat. Their main purpose is to preach according to the Quran, the sharia and the Fatimi philosophy. As a Sunni, is it acceptable to work on this building project. .. More

  • Working for a non-Muslim humanitarian NGO

    Assalamu alaikum. What's the rulling on working for a Christian NGO in the humaniterian field? The NGO does not promote or express Christian beliefs at all. It's name is not a christian slogan. It does not even say that their motives are their beliefs. The work that the asker does is translation. The asker has given the Qur'an and other Islamic dawah.. More

  • Comparison between working in trade and working as an employee

    In my community, some people said that if a person works for some one (paid by institution or boss for his services), then that means that he sold his luck to that institution or his boss. They further explain: What Allah had decreed for him is now given to his boss, and now his boss will determine how much he gives him. Please guide me regarding this.. More

  • Ruling on using the Paypal system

    Assalaamu alaykum. I have seen a question on Islamweb about paypal and their user agreement: fatwa No : 210412. You said that it constitutes interest, so is paypal haram? And if I use paypal to pay, considering that my money is on the debit card and not in paypal, is it haram then also? And given that I intend to work with websites and that they would.. More

  • Website prints books on demand and shares profits with the author

    asalam is print on demand business online halal or haram ? I mean print on demand works like that for example I am going to write a book online (I would be the author of the book ) to sell it online I mean I would write in pdf or whatever way is , I mean I would write it in a digital way not in papers (I mean online). So if someone want to buy my book.. More

  • Fear of being accused of theft does not justify not returning what was taken by mistake to its owner

    Once I was buying some goods and I did not notice that an item had fallen into my baby’s carriage except after paying the bill and leaving the shop. I feared that if I went back to return it or pay its price, they would not believe me and accuse me of theft. That item was a packet of cheese that costs one Euro. I did not want to eat it lest I should.. More

  • Questions relevant to stock companies that do not adhere to Sharee'ah

    Some acquaintances of mine wished to invest in the stock market, so they bought stock exchange shares through a large company in the field of bill brokerage. However, some days ago they started to think about the validity of their act under Sharee'ah. They were not aware of the fact that such a company deals in securities of all companies, whether their.. More

  • Deduction from wage proportionate to breach of contract

    Is it permissible to deduct part of the maid’s salary (2,000 riyals) if she refuses to complete the two-year period of work that is stated in the contract which was concluded at the maid suppliers’ office? I paid 5,000 riyals in return for two years of work and she worked for one year only. Should I take half of her salary? .. More

  • Ruling on buying imitation perfumes of designer brands

    Assalamulaikum. What is the ruling buying perfumes (spray and attars)That are made as alternative to the famous designer perfumes. Does this take the right of the original designer away as they at the ones who invented the fragrance and the companies that make the cheaper alternatives only copy the orig inal designers to create a similar fragrance... More

  • Evidence on the validity of imposing financial penalties in Islam

    What are the financial penalties in the Islamic Sharee'ah? .. More