Fatwas Archive

Question: A disabled woman owns a plot of land, and she has a granddaughter who is compassionate toward her—serving her needs, cleanliness, and provisions, hardly ever leaving her. The woman summoned a scribe and witnesses and testified before them that...

Question: If a hireling is engaged to perform an ifrād Hajj [a stand-alone Hajj] to be followed by an ʿumrah after the Days of Tashrīq, for an agreed wage—does this hiring contract remain valid even if the end of the...

Question: A man leased a new car for three thousand Saudi riyals per month. The car’s price is ninety thousand Saudi riyals. The contract states that if the lessee pays three thousand each month until the total of rents paid...

Question: A man has a grocery or a pharmacy containing inventory worth one million riyals. He and another man agree that the latter will operate that shop and pay him twenty-five thousand riyals per month from the profits. When the...

Question: A man—described as a usurer person—who trades in narcotics asked me to carry money from someone to him, offering me a wage. What is the ruling?

Question: A man wishes to lease land to someone who will use it as a market, and he fears that sins may occur in that market. Is it permissible for him to lease it nonetheless? knowing he is resolved to...

Question: A man is barred from trading. He asked another man, who is licensed to trade, to conduct the trade under his (licensed) name. The licensed man consented on condition that he receive 40% of the profit. Is it lawful...

Question: A man said to another, “Do such-and-such, and I will pay you,” without mentioning how much he would pay. The requested act was done, and the man gave him some money; he was displeased, and a quarrel arose. What...

Question: A man has a muḍārabah capital that realized profit. The owner then told the managing partner to build a structure from the profit, and he did so. Later, a dispute arose between them at the time of division. May...

Question: Some of the heirs leased out a shop for a fixed term. Then the heirs divided the estate, and that shop fell to the share of an heir other than the one who had leased it out. May the...