Trading in cigarettes Question: What is the Islaamic ruling regarding one who trades in cigarettes which are sold under licence from the cigarette company? Response: Smoking is haraam, growing tobacco is haraam, and trading in it is haraam, because of the great harm which it causes. And it was narrated in the hadeeth: ((There should be no causing harm […]
The ruling about having shares in companies and banks Question: What is the ruling about having shares in companies and banks’? And is it permissible for a shareholder (in a company or a bank) to sell shares, specifically after he has become a shareholder himself, to offices dealing in buying and selling (stockbrokers)? And from […]
He had stolen a camel and instructed his son to return it after his death Question: The Shaykh was asked regarding a bedouin man who had stolen a camel, and when death approached him he instructed his son to return it (to it`s owner), however, his son does not know who the owner is? Response: […]