Question: Is it legal to obtain an interest based loan to purchase a community center which will be used for salah and Islamic education? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful Assalamu alaikum, It is haram to deal with interest even to buy a house or car for yourself. T...

Question: What does is interest and what is ribah? Answer: In the Name of Allah the Most Merciful and Kind. Interest by definition means, “a charge for borrowed money”. This amount is generally a percentage of the amount borrowed. Usury (Riba) also by definition means, “the lending of the money with...

Question: Assalam O Alaikum Sheikh,I attended your lecture last week on 3/31/12. I understand that transaction in currency (like gold) has to be in the same kind of currency or if being exchanged then in one meeting. You cannot leave your currency (for example $ dollars) with exchanger and pick up e...

Question: Can I own a 7 Eleven store franchise? The store sells lottery, movies-DVDs, magazines, cigarettes, etc. I intend to donate any income coming from the lottery or any other Haram or Mukhrooh item, but the store requires me to keep them. Can I still own and manage the store? Jazakallah. Answe...

Question: Is it halal to buy and sell stocks of companies? Answer: In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful Assalamu alikum wa rahmutul Allah wa Barrakathu: It depends. It could be Halal or Haram:Buying stock is considered, from the Shari’ah point of view, is the same as entering ...

Question: Is the use of the credit cards Halal or Haram? Answer: “Alhamdulillah wasalatu waslamu Alla Saydina Mohamed” The Ulamah is divided in two different opinions: Some scholars of the Shariah say that it is haram because the contract that it is signed with the credit card company includes and a...

Question: Does the touching of a dog invalidate our woodoh? Answer: In the name of Allah, The Ever Kind. According to Ibn Taymiyyah if one's clothes get wet from touching a dog's fur, this doesn't render them najis (impure), while if a dog licks a pot or a container, what it touches must be thrown a...

Assalamalaykum sheikh, I know that when someone takes wooduh and wears his socks he can do maskh on his socks up to 5 times. After that he must do the wooduh by washing his feet again...the problem was that one day I forgot to make a new wooduh (washing my feet); instead I made maskh on my socks for...

Answer: All praises are due to Allah. According to the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h), no, it is not allowed to give money to the poor for Zakatul-Fitr. The food permissible to give are: wheat, barley, dried dates, raisings and cottage cheese according to the reported Hadith from Abdullah biun...

Question 13-25: Question: When are we obligated to pay the Zakah on gold? How do we calculate the correct Zakah due? Answer: Zakah in gold will be obligated when you reach the Nisab (92 grams of gold & up) and the calculation of Zakah will based of $30/gm. Example 1: Someone’s wife owns 95 grams...