What is the ruling about having shares in companies and banks’?
Category: Transactions
Selling trousers and under garments for non-Muslims
Is it permissible for a Muslim to sell trousers and under garments for non-Muslim women?
Having shares in the Saudi-American Bank
Advise us, may Allaah increase you in knowledge, about the ruling of having shares in the Saudi-American Bank. Is it ribaa, since it trades in interest and is based upon interest, as we know?
Having shares in the Islaamic Bank
And that which we have understood is that the bank in question does not trade in ribaa and that the money from the sale of the shares will be used in trading activities which are free from any dealings in interest.
Women engaging in trade
What is the ruling regarding a woman who trades (i.e. goes into business), whilst either in travel or residence?