Answered by Shaykh Muhammad Carr Question  I entered into a verbal agreement with a company to develop a website for them. They provided me with a laptop, and I worked from home for most of the time. The payment was structured as follows: one third was paid in advance, with the remainder due upon completion. […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question My husband took mortgages I disagreed with—our home, a rental apartment, and now a $1M commercial property. I have warned him with the ayat; he is persistent. Am I sinning along with him? Are we in constant sin in the house we live in? I cannot work; I rely […]

Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question Is the fatwa to give one’s riba money in charity grounded in the Quran by way of allusion (ishara), or in a hadith that alludes to it? Also, how does the Hanafi school derive meanings and rulings from texts? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question  My brother borrowed money from our uncle years ago, but the uncle has not repaid it. This has led to ongoing arguments in our family. My brother asked me to text our uncle to remind him about the debt, but I said no because I do not want to […]