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Assalamu alaykum

When I first got married almost 23 years ago my husband was working in the family business like he had been since he was 16, and so he still wasn’t earning a proper wage. However after my son was born he applied for working family tax credit and child tax credit and ‘adjusted’ the records to be eligible. (In fact he showed he was earning more than he was receiving as his wage was too low to be eligible). And he again adjusted the records to remain eligible when I started teaching in maktab.

Some time ago there was a mixup and we stopped receiving one of the benefits and so started receiving free school meals instead. However my husband sorted it out straight away and we started receiving both benefits again, but the free school meal benefits remained. (this included free school trips and a free school uniform voucher and now also includes holiday lunch money vouchers since COVID and there was even a large one off payment last year).
He has called them a few times to cancel but they say we’re eligible and we’re still receiving the free meals and other benefits.

My son doesn’t eat the school meals and I stopped spending the holiday vouchers because I felt it was dishonest and cheating, but I keep receiving them and I’m wondering if it’s allowed for me to use them? My husband has told them to cancel but they aren’t. Can I think of it as Allah’s favours?

He hasn’t been able to work for the past 15 years due to mental health issues, but Alhamdulillah we weren’t really struggling because of his father’s support, but I’m getting a divorce and worried about saving for my future. Alhamdulillah I have my fathers support but I don’t want to be a burden.

Salam alaikum.

I do money exchange where If a client needs naira, i would look for someone in nigeria that needs pounds and aid the exchange while collecting the difference in rate. For example if pounds to naira is 920 to £1 and naira to pounds is 935 to £1 i would get the 15naira difference. Is this haram earning or halal

Salam. I engage in a business activity called Affiliate Marketing Brand Bidding or Affiliate Marketing Trademark Bidding. A Google search will be able to explain it better than I can. Is the income generated from this haram or halal?

I am aware that Affiliate Marketing income is halal, but this is slightly different as it involved going against 1 term. It is completely legal, but companies that pay you generally suggest against it in their terms. It is allowed by search engines & by the law as mentioned. It is business and from my understanding it doesn’t serve any net loss to the company, even if it did - that is the case in every business. The rule only exists because companies are greedy. They do monitor ads and if seen it is their responsibility to forfeit your payment if seen going against their rules, but sometimes they don’t notice as it doesn’t cause any harm to them. If you google “Affiliate Marketing Trademark Bidding” you will get a better understanding of the business model and be able to advise better, I have left a brief summary of the business model below but if there are any questions regarding the business model please reply or feel free to google.

About business model :
Simply put, affiliate brand bidding is the practice of affiliate partners using their own funds to create and display ads on Google and other search engines. These ads appear on consumer searches for your brand name.

Assalamu alaykum,

Here in the UK car insurance is compulsory as we know. When buying or leasing a car on any sort of finance (including 0% interest) car dealers offer you an optional insurance called GAP insurance. This is because if the car is written off ( by accident, theft or fire) the insurance will pay out the current market value of the car not the purchase price (what you still owe). The insurance money goes to the owner ( the lender) and if there is a shortfall you the customer have to pay the lender..so the GAP insurance is supposed to cover the shortfall..

Is taking this GAP insurance permissable?

As salam alaykum respected shuyukh... I need a fiqhi answer to a financial issue...can you kindly please help me .. Jazakumullahu khayran... . Here is my question :

In February 2020, my husband and I invested money with one of his friends.
The basis of that investment initially was that, after every 3 months, we get 25 % profit of the amount of money invested. HIs activity was buying expensive cars at a cheaper price through channels, fixing them and reselling them for more. According to him, his business was successful and no mention of any risk or loss has been mentioned at that time.

After a couple of days, I realised that it was a form of ribaa to get a fixed amount so my husband contacted him to change the conditions of the deal, so this becomes halal.

We agreed on continuing on a basis of partnership, and on the fact that we may not make a fixed and expected profit, and that our profit will depend on how much profit he makes.


The brother sent to my husband this message :

“The percentage is based on 5.5% return more or less on 10K. That makes roughly around 5k up and down as profit based on the product value. This is an investment only and if you investing same amount roughly then it’s same figure roughly unless you invest more amount.”


After a year, my husband enquired about the investment and the brother informed him that he lost all the money. He invested the money in a different activity, which is importing or exporting cars to sell them. He told my husband that the cars he bought have been stolen on the journey, hence he lost all the money.

I have personally invested all my savings on the basis that the investment is sure and will generate profit. My husband also on his side invested a big amount. Now when we try to contact the brother, his answers are not clear, in the sense we don’t know when, how much and if he is going to give us our money back. Also, from his message, it seems that for him, giving the money back is not a must but rather out of his benevolence.
Now, more time passes and less he is willing to give the money back.


So my questions are :
Are we in our right to ask the money back and still consider this money as ours? Or is this money a debt upon him if he decides not to give them back?

Was it right for him to invest in another activity without consulting us?

Do we have to pay zakat al maal upon this money? (I am maliki, my husband is hanafi)

What do you advise as a solution?

Jazakumullahu khayran for your time and guidance.

السلام عليكم و رحمةالله و بركاته

I am looking into buying a house and I am researching into few islamic finance providers.

In the mean time I came across this website.

I would like to have some guidance in the financial system offered by the following website.

Should a Muslim be pursuing it.

https://frontya.com.au/faqs

I am doing a business for that i need go daily riba based bank for business transactions. Is it permissible?. Without bank i cant do that business now what can i do?

Asalaamualaikum

I have a company which i sell hair brushes and these hair brushes their bristles are made out of boar and im not sure if its 10 % made from boar or 50 or etc but im just curious to know if i can still sell them and currently i have 300 brushes left jazakallah

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu

I have a question regarding a career offer

I am a software engineer & I have got an offer in a company that is a neobank. unlike a conventional bank that earns using loan & interest, neobanks charge merchants fee on every transaction. The company does give out loans (and earns interest) but the majority of the profit it earns is through halal means (we checked their financial statements)

My role as a software engineer is to provide a platform that manages their data for analytical purposes. The purpose is not in my control and business can use it for all sorts of purposes e.g. to make their app better, detect fraud cases, and a lot more

Kindly advise if the offer is worth taking. Alhamdulillah the offer is very beneficial both learning wise and salary-wise and even if I work for 1-2 years, it will be helpful in my next job

Assalam O Alaikum
We all know that as Muslim, Using alcohol or sharaab is strictly prohibited and Haraam in our religion.
I've a question. I do graphic designing and most of my clients are non Muslims from USA and other countries. Some clients ask me to make a logo for their business and they sale alcohol (Sharaab). So is it also haram to design or make a logo for a business that sales alcohol?

Asslam u Alaikum
My question is, my aunt is a widower, she has a son (about 18 years of age) who does not earn much, she has two daughters. She has some money, will it be permissible for her to deposit that money in a bank and take profit. She has no other source of income.