Forbidden Kinds of Wealth

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr.

Can you please tell me what dose Islam say, about these newspapers, that are in these Muslim countries, with pictures of woman and man and other living things on them, and you will see advertisements of things which are against Islam. You can read about actors, singers and dancers and when you open these newspapers you will see a big picture of kaffir woman or a kaffir man dress in kaffir clothes. You will also find what new movies are playing. You can read about how to get your face look the best or how to get your nose look perfect. Beside these things you will find many other things that are prohibited in Islam, but on the other side you will also find news of the local city, country and the world news. You can read about sports, business, stocks that are haraam in Islam. After all this, is working in these newspaper companies Halaal or Haraam.  And in the western society you see the local Muslim news papers, where there are adds for getting people loans on low interest getting people house on low interest and Indian movies stores adds and then there is the entertainment section about dancing and music picture of half naked girls and picture of fashion that is against Islam.  The person who works for a newspaper like this, is his income halaal or haraam. I mean all the people who are involved in it, from the one who writes the news from the one who prints it, from the one who delivers it, are there income halaal or haraam. And reading these newspapers is that halaal or haraam The people who are doing this work are they committing a sin and the ones who are reading it too.

Then we have these newspapers in the western countries which are full of things that are totally against Islam, picture of half naked girls in them, other topics of sex, drinking, music, movies, interest, gambling and many other things which are against Islam, you think it is ok for us Muslims to buy such a newspaper which has all this information in it, they might be some good in it but 99% is evil.  Now the person who works for such a newspaper company is his income halaal or haraam? and every one who is involved in this operation does not matter what level they are at, how much they are involved in it, but they are a part of it some how, is there income halaal or haraam? are they committing a great sin.? are we when buying such a product committing a sin?

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al-Da’wah magazine, issue# 1798 p/61

I made a vow and I have orphans under my care. Can I fulfil this vow from the property of these orphans?

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Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al-‘Ilmiyyah wa’l-Ifta’, 14/25.

He was employed in a government department, and some income came to him in an unlawful manner.

Then Allaah guided him. What should he do about those things that he has spent in an inappropriate manner, knowing that he does not know how much there was?.

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Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

What is the ruling on customs tax paid on imported goods?  is it permissible to pay a sum of money to any of the customs officers in order to reduce the customs payment? For example – paying a sum of money to the officer who evaluates the customs so that he will charge less for customs or submit a report that does not tell the truth?

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Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid

I live in England and the government deducts a certain amount of money every month from my salary for it to count towards my pension when I retire. What is the ruling on this form of pension? There is also the option of applying for a private pension with a private company, whereby they also take a certain amount of money from you every month and they invest it and then give you a pension after you retire at the age of 60 or 65. What is the ruling on this form of pension? May Allah SWT bless you.

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Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

THERE ARE PEOPLE I KNOW WHO WORK IN ENGLAND IN A RESTAURANT AND ARE PAYED VERY WELL, BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TELL THE AUTHORITY THAT THEY ARE PAYED LESS SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE EXTRA MONEY. THE GOVERNMENT HELPS THOSE WHO ARE ON LOW INCOME. IS THIS HALAL FOR THEM TO LIE AND GET THIS EXTRA MONEY? WHEN ASKED THEY REPLY THAT THE TAX IS QUITE HIGH IN THIS COUNTRY. BUT DOES IT MEAN YOU CAN LIE AND GET EXTRA? PLEASE EXPLAIN.IF IT IS WRONG THEN THE MONEY IS HARAM? THE DUA IS NOT ACCEPTED? HAJ IS NOT ACCEPTED? PLEASE CAN YOU EXPLAIN. THANKYOU.

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Fataawa al-Imaam al-Nawawi, p. 144

A boy stole some money, and gave it to his father.

Then his father died and did not leave anything behind. Does the son have to pay it back once he reaches the age of puberty?

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[Badaa’i’ al-Fawaa’id, 3/257]

A muslim man had invested [buy shares] in company dealing with alcohol.He then made some profit by selling the shares. Some years later he died.His children realise that what their father did was wrong. What can his children do.Can they sadaqa or donate for the public use[build roads, mosque, madrasah etc] with the money that their father made profit from selling the shares.If all the money has been used, can his children use their own money to donate for the public.

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Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat li’l-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 6/401

If an employee is entitled to travel expenses to move his family from his city to his place of work, and his family did not in fact move, rather he forged documents and received an amount of money for that, is that permissible or not?.

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Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

A man had his beard shaved, and said [to the barber] , “I will pay you later, I owe you.”

Then Allaah guided him and he began to follow the Islamic rulings [i.e., he grew a beard] .

Should he pay the barber or not?

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