Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question My friend asked me to buy him an online subscription using my money; he would return it afterward. It had 6 pages of items, but received only 4, with 2 pages still to come and the rest unknown. Is this a gharar transaction? Answer In the Name of Allah, […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question If one spouse owns a house and, after divorce, wants the other to pay damages even if they didn’t live there, and the case goes to court and the spouse loses, they must pay half the house’s value as part of marital property division. Plus, if there’s a late […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If a real estate purchase agreement contains an assignment clause, is the written disclosure Islamically sufficient, or must I also verbally inform the seller that I may assign the contract? And in negotiation, may I say “I can offer you X,” or must I clarify that another buyer may […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question On SeekersGuidance, it was stated that income from working at a development bank might be permissible, provided it is not interest-related. Another answer states that the source of funds for bank employees matters for permissibility; I’m unsure if this applies to development banks, which don’t hold depositor funds like […]