Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question If a person owns shares in a company engaged in shirk or kufr activities and sincerely takes the Shahada, is his faith valid at once, or only after he divests himself of the shares? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah bless you […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I work as an accounts representative for a workers’ compensation board, which provides insurance for workplace injuries. My role is mostly customer service: I assist employers with the status of their accounts, advise whether they are required to register by the government, and at times process premiums. When a […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Historically, was a free person executed for killing an enslaved person? Was the blood-money for an enslaved person the same as for a free person? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Benevolent, the Merciful. These rulings are from the classical law of an institution that Islam inherited. Islam […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question Given the theories circulating about international organizations being embedded in systems tied to the negative powers of the “end of times,” is it permissible to work in the UN, WTO, IMF, OECD, or World Bank, whether in general, as a representative of one’s country, or in roles such as […]