Living in the West
7th October 2006
Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah,
This question arises from my day to day practice as a pre-reg Pharmacist.
It is well known that many medicines are made up of non-halaal excipeints e.g. most capsules have an outer shell made of gelatine from either bovine or porcine sources, or e.g Insulins that come from a procine/bovine source. My question is :
a) If these medications are necessary for the health of a patient e.g. Insulin, and a suitable alternative is not available i.e. if a capsule had a gelatine outer coating and an alternative made of methylcellulose was not available but the medication was tantamount to the health of the patient, then should this medication be adminsitered?
b) What position am I in as a health care professional with regards to supplying such medicines especiallly since the aim is to ultimately improve the patients health and since many manufacturers do not take into consideration what people want but what is cheap?
Jazakallahu khair
Duas requested
Wassalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah
Living in the West
5th October 2006
Is it haram for muslims to keep an item like key ring,tshirt,football etc with the union jack flag on it because of the cross?
Living in the West
17th September 2006
respected muft saab
asalamualikum,
i have recieved money from bank shares, what i can i spend this money on? can i spend on someone who is entitiled to zakat? or on relatives who need health treatment?
or any other suggestions?
jazakallah
Living in the West
3rd September 2006
Assalamu alaykum.
When the hijab ban in france came about muslims, righfully, threw a big fuss.
Then we had certain scholars like Shaikh tantawi been heavily criticised by other ulema (and righfully so) for his verdict that due to the non muslim law of the land the rules of hijab could be relaxed.
However, many of these very same other ulema state that although insurance is haraam due to elements of gambling and interest, due to the law of the land, 3rd party (i.e minimum) insurance for things such as cars (where 1 is not allowed to drive without insurance) is allowed due to the law of the land.
this is a clear contradiction in principle as far as i can see. Why can the hijab not be relaxed due to law of the land but when it comes to insurance many ulema relax it? (please note i am not saying hijab should be relaxed, i am totally aginst it and totally against Shaik tantawis fatawa, im simply saying how come insurance has been relaxed)?
May Allah reward you.
was salaam.
Living in the West
12th August 2006
Assalamu Alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.
I am to start studying Aerospace systems engineering in the UK in september Inshallah and am currently on a foundation programme there leading directly to it.I would like to know your view on working with defence companies such as Lockheed Marting and BAE systems so as to gain knowledge that would be useful for the defence needs of the Ummah.
Bissalam
Living in the West
13th July 2006
Respectable schollars,
Assalam-o-alaikum
I want to ask should the children provided sex education? What is the opinion of Islam about the matter?
Living in the West
5th July 2006
assalamualaikum,
Can you please tell me if we're allowed to shop in marks & spencer as people say were not alowed to cause they are a
jewish company and they support israel with weapons?
jazakallah
sabina
Living in the West
3rd June 2006
assalamualaikum,
a respected muslim has got an interview for a job in a Bank. before
attending this interview i wanted to know whether it is permissable for a
muslim to work in a non islamic bank?
jazaakallah hu khayr.
Living in the West
15th May 2006
Assalamu alaikum. I work for a retail supermarket and some time i have to replenish Alcohol on to shelves, also haram packaged meat. Is this permissable.
Living in the West
7th May 2006
Salams
I have checked the following website, called www.islamic.co.uk . it states music is not haraam, will youplese give clarity. the link is as follows http://www.islamic.co.uk/halaal/music.asp i look forward in hearing from you
jazakallah
Living in the West
25th April 2006
Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah
Are you allowed to join the british army?
Jazakallah
Living in the West
2nd April 2006
Respected Sir,
Assalam-Alaikum.
We are Sunni Muslims staying in Pune, India. We are 4 brothers and 3 sisters. The following are my questions:
1) Whether the share in the ratio of 3/16th for each brother and 1/12th for each sister is correct?
2) Whether the loan and liabilities of the deceased father is to be deducted before sharing.
3) Whether one brother and his family who practice Hindu religion should also be given the share, though he claims to be Muslim.
Kindly do reply as urgent, matter in court.
Thanking you.
Suhail.
Living in the West
14th December 2005
assalamu alaikum
1) seeing as we are not allowed to participate in christmas activities, are we allowed to buy christmas chocs? such as cadburys chocs which have the seasons greetings or any other chocs which promote christmas (or easter, such as their easter eggs). bear in mind, that we obviously do not buy for religous reasons, but only for its taste!!!
2) christmas sales - in big stores, clothes obviously go down half price and over. for example, i have, mashallah 3 kids and of course, my husband. and its easier and cheaper if i buy a whole lot to last me through out the year. ive been doing it every year. we dont generally go shopping for clothes, so we do it in one go. or over a few goes through out the year when their are other sales. (children clothing are very expensive in normal price as it adds up!!)
is it ok? pls hurry, as the sales are coming up.
Living in the West
8th December 2005
Assalamualaikum Mufti Saheb,
Is it permissible to attend nativity plays/Xmas celebrations in our children's schools in order to display mutual tolerance and respect towards the staff and non-Muslims parents?
Living in the West
7th November 2005
My questions are:
1) I am a student living in the UK who was thinking of going on to
university and study medicine. I wanted to study medicine to help the
ummah, especially the Muslims abroad who are in need of dire help.
However, reading up on the issue of free-mixing and universities I had
second thoughts. But my parents are insisting that I go on to study
medicine. What do you suggest I should do? Please could you reply with
evidences.
2) I want to study the Arabic language so that I can deepen my Islaamic knowledge bidhnillaah.
However, to study Arabic I would be attending university. I am in
contact with some sisters who are doing the same course at the
university (Arabic) and they have told me that in the class there are
very few males (just one male in their class) and also the muslimaat
that be in the Arabic class are generally more practising. Looking at
this, would it be permissible for me to attend?
JazaakAllaahu khaira yaa shaykh/shuyookh and I hope you will answer my questions as soon as possible,
I apologise for taking your time,
Wassalaamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh,
Living in the West
7th November 2005
Assalaamu 'Alaykum Warahmatullaah,
I know that in the UK it is permissable to have car insurance due to the fact the the law of the land makes it obligatory. However, what happens in the situation where you have insurance and you become involved in a car accident. Is it permissable to claim the money for damages for your car?
References would be appreciated, Jazakallaah.
Living in the West
7th November 2005
assalamualaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu
i need some help, there are some mothers today who continue to let
their young children watch tv because that is the only thing that they
feel will calm the children down and in this way the mothers will be
able to continue doing housework etc undisturbed. frankly the situation
is that they dont have the energy to control the kids and do ibadah and
housework, i was wondering are ther any solutions to tv that the mother
can use to preoccupy her child? whilst she is busy cooking etc?
is it permissible in islam to show children programmes like adams world
etc because that is the only alternative that i can think of
wassalam
Living in the West
20th October 2005
Living in the West
19th October 2005
Salaam
I would like to know how do halal mortgages work?
Currently there are new banking systems that state that they follow sharia law in finanace, for example HSBC has a halal finance section and there are Islamic banks in Britian. I would like to know if anyone knows how they work. And would it be exceptable to take out a so called halal mortgage.
w/salaam.
Living in the West
8th October 2005
Dear Muft sb
I have done MCS. and i am related to networking line. I want to do some buisness related to my studies. the most suitable line comes to my mind is Communication buisness as it is higly related to my line of studies. I want to start an " Internet club & PCO" . I want to ask is it Hallal buisness or it is against Islam's teaching?????
