What is the appropriate treatment for [attaining] happiness, since I am living in extreme sadness; [please] guide me, and may you be rewarded?
Category: Transactions
Perfume and beautification when going out
O Shaykh Muhammad, what is your opinion regarding a woman going out to the market for a need, whilst she is in hijaab and not revealing anything, and that she does not go at a time when it is busy with men?
Women at work
What are the permissible areas in which a Muslim woman can work without opposing the teachings of her religion?
Working for a brewery
A Muslim living in the West works in a factory where they produce [alcoholic] intoxicants, so what is the legal ruling regarding that? Should he continue with his work or stop?
Ridding yourself of haraam wealth
I acquired some money from haraam means, and I have since repented sincerely to Allaah. After having repented, I feared [my] wealth may be a source of loss for me, as I had also gotten married using this money. I now wish to use this money and perform ‘umrah and hajj with it, so what is the opinion of the shaykh regarding that?
Paying a deposit when buying goods
[What is] the ruling regarding selling [goods on the basis of] a deposit (down-payment)?
Life insurance policy
What is the Sharee’ah ruling in your opinion regarding life insurance?
Dishonestly taking something
He received compensation from the government amounting to 4,000 Riyals – and claimed it using a forged document in compensation for flood [damage]; So [now] he says, “what should I do with this sum of money which I have dishonestly [claimed and subsequently] received?”
The correct way of loaning others money
Many people loan one another money without [contractually] writing anything; thereafter, problems occur between them along with the loss of one’s right – the extent of which only Allaah truly knows. So what is your advice [to the people]?
He died whilst in debt
[Regarding] the one who dies whilst being unable to settle a debt due to his poor circumstances, does his soul remain suspended [due to this debt]?