Fatwas Archive

Question: A man used to sell and buy in hashish and narcotics. Then destiny led him to a mosque in Ramadan; he heard the exhortations and supplications, kept returning to that mosque on the nights of Ramadan, his heart was...

Question: About a man who used to trade in narcotics, then he heard the exhortations of the preachers, so he repented from that and returned to Allah Most High. He asked about the monies in his possession that he had...

Question: A man bought and sold in narcotic pills, profited, and amassed wealth; he married; and when admonition spread and he heard the exhortations, he repented and wished to rid himself [of the ill-gotten gains]. What should he do regarding...

Question: A man’s trade was in wine and narcotics; then he repented, regretted it, and returned to Allah. He has a large amount of money in his hand; he put it into lawful trade and has continued in that—buying, selling,...

The first question: If a man says to another, “Buy me a car in your name on installments, and I will pay you the installments at their due dates, and you will have one thousand riyals for that”—is this permissible?The...

Question: A client comes to me and gives me a list of goods he needs. I gather what he requested, and there may remain one item or more that I do not have. I buy it from my neighbor and...

Question: A man may have a cow but cannot find a bull for it except for a fee, and he is troubled by that. Is it permissible for him to pay a fee for having his cow inseminated if he...

Question: Is it permissible for a Muslim to sell one of his kidneys to a patient? Is it permissible for him to sell his blood to a patient? Likewise, what about selling any other organ of his body? And if...

Question: Is it permissible to buy and sell radios, tape recorders, and televisions, given that many people use them for what is unlawful as well as what is lawful? Or is that impermissible?

Question: A man works with a merchant. Is it permissible for this worker to buy and sell slaughtered chickens that were slaughtered abroad and imported from the land of Christians, upon which is written: ‘Slaughtered according to the Islamic method’?