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September 15, 2026 6 mins

Is My Income Lawful as a Risk Methodology Analyst at an Investment Bank?

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I work at an investment bank on a methodology team. The company’s main income comes from wealth management and other financial services, which may involve interest-bearing products. My own work is to build and maintain a model that enables the firm to identify the maximum possible loss it could […]
September 14, 2026 7 mins

Is It Permissible to Resell Sealed Trading Card Boxes?

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I am considering starting a business reselling trading cards and want to inform myself before I start. On sealed products, the customer pays a fixed, known price for a sealed box. The general contents are stated on the packaging, but which cards are inside is unknown until it is […]
September 14, 2026 6 mins

What Did Islamic Law Actually Permit in the Treatment of Enslaved Women?

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I know slavery is over, but I want to understand it properly: did Muslim men through history treat enslaved women the way ISIS treats its captives, and was force, or dismissing a woman’s fear and pain as beside the point because she was property, ever actually permitted? Answer In […]
September 14, 2026 9 mins

Is My Repentance From Acts of Disbelief Valid, and Am I Still Muslim?

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question I went through a period of baseless misgivings about disbelief, and I am convinced that in my desperation, I committed certain acts of disbelief. I am very sad. If someone commits such an act, repents, and later becomes convinced it never happened, though it did, is the repentance and […]
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