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[Q-ID0264] Can I pay the person who loaned me money extra alongside the repayment? Or is that Interest?
Since paying back extra was neither specifically promised, and since it is not usually a condition of repayment, any idea of interest is not considerable here, especially since…
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[Q-ID0263] What is Dar ul Harb and Dar ul Islam?
India is “Dār ul Islām”. “Dār ul Islām” is such a land that is currently under Muslim authority, or it was previously under Muslim authority and the non-Muslim authority has…
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[Q-ID0262] I want to loan money to someone, but want some benefit from it, what can I do?
The noble scholars have written several scenarios for this issue. The easiest one is that Zayd, the person who wants to take the loan, should sell `Amr an item in his possession,…
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[Q-ID0261] How can any extra money be taken for a Loan without taking interest?
There are many scenarios to work around this issue, an easy one being that the lender should not give a loan, rather, he should sell the borrower the actual currency note. For…
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[Q-ID0260] Is it permissible to take out a mortgage in England?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب If a Muslim deals interest with another Muslim, then this is Harām and without doubt, the one who does this…
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[Q-ID0259] Buying ‘halal’ meat without investigating where and from whom it has come
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Nowadays in England many restaurant owners proclaim meat to be Halāl merely based upon the Halāl label on…
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[Q-ID0258] Jesus in Islam – how are Muslims’ beliefs different to that of Christians?
All praises belong to Allāh, the Creator Most Sublime Who is Uncreated, the One without equal, the One Who begets not and nor is He begotten, the Independent above all that is…
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[Q-ID0257] My Husband said ‘I divorce you’ three times in anger, has divorce occurred?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب According to the aforementioned statement, your husband issued one divorce to you first and two after; he…
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[Q-ID0256] How many times was the Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ blessed chest opened and why?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب The splitting of the blessed chest took place four times; Mawlānā Shāh ‘Abdul ‘Azeez Muhaddith Dehlwi (may…
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[Q-ID0255] Is it permissible to perform anal sex in Islam?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Having intercourse via the back passage of a woman is known as anal sex and this is definitely Harām [Harām…
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[Q-ID0254] Is it permissible for a man to be masturbated by his wife?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Masturbation via one’s wife’s hand is permissible, however it is disliked [Makrūh Tanzīhī]. One should…
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[Q-ID0253] Does a washing machine purify clothes that are Islamically impure?
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم الجواب بعون الملک الوھاب اللھم ھدایۃ الحق والصواب Yes, indeed! If a washing machine does as mentioned above, then the clothes will definitely become pure.…
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