Eating Camel Fat

Ruling concerning farming tobacco and its profits Question: What is the Islaamic ruling regarding farming tobacco and the money earned by the farmers from selling it? Response: It is not permissible to farm tobacco, or to sell it and nor to smoke it because it is haraam in many ways: due to its harmful effects […]

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 regarding using a credit card Question: There are banks which provide their customers with a card called “Visa”. This (card) then permits them (customers) to withdraw cash from the bank, even if they do not have sufficient funds in their account at the time. After a (specified) period of time, the customer is […]