Loans, Gifts & Debts

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Gifts of Money and Charity
As salaamu alaikum. I hope this message finds you well. I have recieved a gift of money from someone and they requested that I give it to the charity of my choice. Would it be halaal to keep any portion of it for myself? Would it be halaal for me to instead of giving it…
October 27, 2021
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Verbally Saying that you are Giving a Gift Without Actually Giving
Assalamualaikum Under shariah law If you own an asset that is in possession of some person and in their absence in front of a witness you express your intention verbally that you have transferred ownership of your asset to the person who is in possession of your asset currently. However before the intended giftee comes…
October 26, 2021
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Sadqah
If we give something as sadqay to a family,which is also our neighbors,and then they cook that food and send a small portion to my home,what should we do with that food?? Is that becomes permissible for us to eat? Like today my mother gave them meat as sadqah,then they cooked it with rice and…
October 19, 2021
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Change
My parents gave me money to pay for something. There was some change left over is it haraam for me to use that money?
October 7, 2021
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Father gift to one son only
Father has 2 adult sons & they have their own property. Father gifts his house to youngest son only, reason he gives is “he loves him more” Now there is no harmony between the sons Hadith Bukhaari (2586) and Muslim (1623), I have given a son of mine a slave that used to belong to…
October 7, 2021
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Optimum % of profits to give to charity
I own a business in the UK and wish to donate a portion/percentage of my profits to charity. With this in mind is there any guidance in the Quran and Sunnah as to what would be considered an optimum amount? I came across the hadith below and was wondering whether we could derive the following…
August 22, 2021
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Giving sadaqah and spending in Allah’s way
Assalamu Alayqum.I would like an explanation on the following matter: 1.What's the the difference between giving sadaqah and spending in the cause of Allah? 2.In an hadith,the prophet (S.A.W) mention that only three types of people can beg.Does this means that we can't give those beggars on the street anything if we see that they…
July 2, 2021
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Charity.
Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu. My father's sister in law stopped me from giving sadaqah to a lady , as the beggars around my colony are most probably fake. Although she allowed me later to give her charity , but the lady then started demanding blankets etc due to this reason she told me not to say…
December 16, 2020
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LOAN REPAYMENT
Assalamu Alaikum Mufti sab I want an Islamic guidance or ruling on my matter: I had borrowed money from my brother in law to buy a house equivalent to US$65,000 We agreed that I cud make my repayments flexibly to me The amount borrowed by me was in Local Malawian currency but due to inflation…
June 22, 2019
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DEBTOR DEFINATION
I have a relation who was sick and has passed on. At a point during his illness he was unconscious and we the family members decided to take him to Hospital were he was admitted and eventually died. My question is we want to know islamically who the debtor is in this case; is it…
February 13, 2019
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