Loans, Gifts & Debts

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Rulling of shariah on money as gift
Assalam o alikum , My question is someone has given some money to me as gift for my personal usage such person is Hindu ..... I wanted to know tht money can I use for religious purposes of the following 1) perform umrah or Hajj 2) give sadqa 3) help poor for the purpose of…
October 18, 2018
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Returning Rights
Assalaamu 'Alaykum If one is trying to return the rights of others which they had earlier taken, what would be the ruling in a case where, for example, that which one took/pirated was a haram/unlawful item in the first place? Would it be permissible to return the money to the individual/organization in question responsible for…
September 5, 2018
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Equality in gifts
Salams, I wanted to buy my elder daughter a hand bag as a gift. However, my friend who was with me insisted that if I buy for one child, I have to buy for all. I responded by saying that the other child is only 4 years, so she does not need a hand bag.…
February 27, 2018
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Ownership of the house bought through the muncipality
Salam Mufti, Can you assist with the following: A father intended to buy a house through the municipality and applied for it at the municipality and his application was accepted. Since he did not have enough money, his eldest son paid the installments of the house and consequently had the house registered in his name.…
February 27, 2018
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Paying off the debt of the deceased
Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Mufti Sahab, Recently a brother passed away (rahimahullah), and we’ve been informed that he left behind a debt of 180’000 euros to privates and 200’000 to business/bank (I don’t know precisely). Now, the widowed “wife” is pressurized by the creditors to repay such debt, and I’ve been asked to…
February 26, 2018
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