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2916. If a piece of leather or a pair of shoes is imported from 1 non Muslim country or is bought from a Muslim who has purchased it from a non Muslim. and it is not known whether its hide is of the animal who was slaughtered according to the religio...

2916. If a piece of leather or a pair of shoes is ...

At times a company sells tickets and undertakes to give prizes to the buyers by means of drawing lots. The orders with regard to such tickets are as follows:2913. If a person purchases such a ticket on the assumption that he will get the prize, it is...

At times a company sells tickets and undertakes to...

2897. It is not permissible to inject the semen of a stranger into the womb of a woman, and it makes no difference whether this is done by her husband or someone else. A child born in this way will also be treated as the offspring of the man whose se...

2897. It is not permissible to inject the semen of...

2893. It is not permissible to amputate a limb of the dead body of a Muslim (e.g. eye) to fix it in the body of living person. However, it is permissible to amputate the limb if the life of a Muslim depends upon amputating it, but it is obligatory fo...

2893. It is not permissible to amputate a limb of ...

2890. It is not permissible to dissect the dead body of a Muslim (i.e. to conduct postmortem). If it is dissected it is obligatory for the person dissecting it to pay compensation (Diyah) according to the relevant rules.2891. It is permissible to dis...

2890. It is not permissible to dissect the dead bo...

**According to the jurist this term means that if a person is the follower of a particular school it is obligatory for him to act according to the rules laid down by that school, but those rules are not binding on the followers of other schools. The ...

**According to the jurist this term means that if ...

2876. There are two kinds of banking business: One of them is that in which interest is involved. It is not permissible to intervene or participate in it and those working in it are also not entitled to wages. The second kind is that in which interes...

2876. There are two kinds of banking business: One...

2872. A thing either carries real value such as edibles or face value such as currency notes, loan, purchase and sale etc. The difference is that in the case of sale a person is made the owner of a property against the payment of a particular price. ...

2872. A thing either carries real value such as ed...

2871, A person is entitled to withdraw from a bank an amount equivalent to that which he deposited in the bank. However, at times it so happens that a person can withdraw an amount from the bank although he may have no money in the bank. Hence, if th...

2871, A person is entitled to withdraw from a bank...

2870. In order that foreign currencies should be available in the market in sufficient quantity and they should earn profit from their purchase and sale, the banks undertake dealings therein. If a bank deals in foreign exchange and earns profit by se...

2870. In order that foreign currencies should be a...

2867. If a bank, whether owned by government or by the public or by both. gives Kites by means of lottery to encourage its customers or to attract others there is no harm in doing so, and the person who wins a prize can accept it with the permission ...

2867. If a bank, whether owned by government or by...

(i) If a bank issues a draft as a consequence of which a person who has deposited money in the bank receives his money at another place, it may possibly be said that as the bank has a right to make payment to an account holder at the place where he d...

(i) If a bank issues a draft as a consequence of w...

2864. If a bank charges wages for selling the shares of a company and transferring the documents, the transaction is in order, because from the point of view of jurisprudence it is either hiring* or the ju'ala (agreement). In case, therefore, the ban...

2864. If a bank charges wages for selling the shar...

2863. If the bank performs the task of storage of goods or exchange of invoices on behalf of an importer, for example. an agreement is reached between the businessmen, and thereafter the bank pays the price of the goods, and sends the papers to the b...

2863. If the bank performs the task of storage of ...

From the viewpoint of capital the banks in Islamic countries can be of three kinds: (i) National bank, whose capital is owned by one or more persons . (ii) Government bank. which is purely financed by the State. (iii) Company bank. which is financed ...

From the viewpoint of capital the banks in Islamic...

Out of the common transactions one is that of 'Key money'. which creates confusion and needs to be explained. Basically key money which is connected with places of business is taken because the rent of the place of business increases day after day, b...

Out of the common transactions one is that of 'Key...

2794. If a person commits adultery with one of his mehrams who are united by ties of consanguinity like mother and sister he should be killed under the orders of the Religious Head and the same order applies if an unbeliever commits adultery with a M...

2794. If a person commits adultery with one of his...

2788. The Holy Qur'an, a ring. and a sword of the dead person and the clothes worn by him, are the property of the eldest son. And if out of the first three things the dead person has left more than one for example, if he has left two copies of the Q...

2788. The Holy Qur'an, a ring. and a sword of the ...

2778. If a woman dies without any children. 1/2 of her property is taken by her husband and the remaining 1/2 is taken by her other heirs. In case, however, she has children from that or some other husband, her husband gets 1/4 of the property and th...

2778. If a woman dies without any children. 1/2 of...

2765. The third group of heirs consists of paternal uncle, paternal aunt, maternal uncle, maternal aunt and their children. As mentioned above, the persons constituting this group inherit the property when none of the persons belonging to the first t...

2765. The third group of heirs consists of paterna...

2749. The second group of persons, which inherits, on the basis of relationship, consists of paternal grandfather, paternal grand mother, brothers and sisters and, if the dead person does not have brothers and sisters, their children inherit the prop...

2749. The second group of persons, which inherits,...