QUESTION: Assalaamualikum    I have a query can interest money be used to pay home rates    JazakAllah     Answer:     As Muslims, living in non Muslim countries we are bound to adhere to the rules of the country as long as they are not unislamic. The rates levied on homes are in lieu of services rendered by the municipality. However, if there is no service … [Read more...]

QUESTION: اسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته I pray to Allah that this email finds you in the best of health.   Please answer the following question for me:   Is share trading, such as on the jse markets, halal? The investment will be purely profit and market based and void of any interest.   جزاك الله خير الجزاء   Answer:     According to our research, investing in stocks is not … [Read more...]

Question: Assalaamualikum   Respected brothers and sisters   I pray you all are well.   It has come to our notice that muallIms and muallimas teaching in certain areas are being paid peanuts.how do you justify a teacher earning R1.100 a month for dedicating precious time in a madrasah.this is indeed a sad reality that Is happening in many maktabs in kzn. When the muallimas raise the issue they are threatened … [Read more...]

Question: Dear Mufti Saheb   Please inform me the on the following:   A trustee sitting on the Executive of a Musjid Trust Board and his 2 sons have been criminally charged and convicted on 19 July 2016 by the Durban Regional  Court  for  assaulting a fellow Muslim brother  and all 3 were found guilty and criminally charged for assault and  sentenced by the Magistrate  to 60 days … [Read more...]

  Salaams   Please advise if Oasis Crescent is a shariah compliant investment   I would like to invest some money using my pension funds ,pplease advise shariah compliant options    Answer:   Muhtaram / Muhtaramah,   السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته We do not approve Oasis Crescent fund. Our suggestion is you enter into some form of syndication and invest in that way. You … [Read more...]

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  Question: As salam o alaikum wa rahmathullahi wa barakathuhu,   Dear Mufti,   May Allah bless you and your team for creating such an source about islam and everything related to us.    I have a clarification on sajdah. When we read Quran and when the sajdah ayah comes we have prostrate and my doubt is when I listen to surah sajdah, do I have to prostrate each time i hear to audio of surah … [Read more...]