Sometimes I give charity with the intention it is on behalf of my mother, so if I told her about it, would it be considered as showing off?
Category: Transactions
Concealing the identity of the one giving charity
Is it permissible for me to lie to the one I give charity to, by saying this charity is not from me, but from someone else?
Customer forgot purchased items in shop
A customer bought clothing in a shop, and after paying for it, he forgot to take them with him. A long time has now passed, and the customer has not returned to collect his purchased items, so what should the shopkeeper do with them?
Combining the prayers when she returns home from work
This woman is from Russia, and she has recently embraced Islaam. She says that she works amongst the disbelievers, and [as a result] she does not pray until [she returns home in] the evening, whereby she combines all of the prayers. So what is the ruling regarding her combing all her prayers?
Receiving money known to be from a prohibited source
If I was offered money [intended] to assist me, and I am aware that its source is haraam, would it be permissible for me to take it?
Do not give more than a third of your wealth in charity
When I want to give in charity to my relatives and [those of] my friends who are in need – my mother opposes me in this, claiming that I am squandering my money without benefit, and that I should save my money for what will benefit me later.
My father takes all my salary
I am a young man who works, and I give my father my salary – even though my father always [verbally] abuses me, and accuses me of falling short in honouring him by hiding some of my salary and [instead] give it to my wife.
Muslims are bound by their contractual agreements
I have a restaurant and have employed a worker. I agreed with him that he would work for five hours every day.
Father died leaving behind debts
Our father died leaving behind many debts. He had a number of children – some of whom are poor, and others who are wealthy; so should the wealthy of his children pay off their father’s debts?
Settling debts
I have debts [amounting to] about 50,000 [Saudi] Riyals; so which supplication should be made to [aid the] fulfillment of the debts?