Is it permissible to pay my tuition fees through a riba-based bank? My school has only one option to pay tuition fees. I only go to the bank and pay the fees to the cashier and they sign my fees card, then transfer the money to my school (maybe they also charge money from my school authority) . Is it permissible for me to pay through this bank?

So basically I was adopted by my parents and they don’t know my real fathers name case my real parents left me in a hospital so my question is I can write my adopted father’s name on nikkah cause I have heard that nikkah is invalid if real father’s name is not there

Assalamualaikum, Recently alhamdulillah I started to (try to) apply the Deen as best as possible and I have lots of shorts in my possession that do not cover the awrah properly (are a little over the knee) As a solution can I wear tight leggings (cover 3/4 of the leg) under those shorts? It's more comfortable than wearing pants and I can still make use of the shorts, but I'm not sure if it's ok for my knee to be viewable in tight clothing publicly. If it's Haram completely, can I donate these shorts to poor people?

I've a question regarding the subconscious mind: Is it haram to believe in the utility & utilize, the scientifically proven parts of the subconscious mind? Like I know there're quite a few aspects around subconscious mind like "Law of attraction", manifesting, subliminals, "The Secret" stuff that's completely haram & might even be shirk. These have no scientific basis either. I don't believe in those. I don't believe in the core idea of manifesting. But some elements of the subconscious mind has been scientifically proven like the placebo effect, power of visualization(mental imagery) etc. Can I believe in those as one of the blessings from Allah & try to utilize them for my benefits(health, productivity, professional? Jazakallah Khairan.

Is it halal to eat the fries and veggie burger from KFC Austria, considering only two items (bacon in a burger and twister) contain bacon, while the rest are chicken or non-meat? Also, as a student, I’ve received a job offer from KFC after a month of applying elsewhere. I need the job to manage my expenses, but I'm unsure if it's permissible to work there due to the presence of bacon. Any guidance would be appreciated.

In a fatwa about women wearing pants,I read that it is permissible for women to wear pants if it is loose & not similar to pants that men wear. But I'm having a hard time understanding what kind of pants are for women. I mean men wear all kinds of pants these days. Can I buy a pair of pants from a shop if it says "Women trousers" on the lebel? Will that lebel be enough for me to explain myself to allah? Usually where I come from, people especially my moms age tend to consider pants as men clothing.however modern muslim women are seen wearing pants in recent times.

I am working in a private company. According to my company's policy, it is mandatory to contribute 3% of my salary to the Provident Fund. However, if an employee wishes, they can contribute up to a maximum of 15%. The government of the country exempts the contributed amount from income tax. Because of this benefit, I contribute 15% of my salary to the Provident Fund. As per the rules, the company also contributes an additional 3% on my behalf. Notably, the company's contribution is fixed and does not depend on whether I contribute more or less. This total of 18% is invested in various businesses and banks, but I do not have access to detailed information about these investments. I also do not have the option to withdraw this money immediately. Upon retirement, the company will provide me with the full amount, including any profits generated from the investments. I intend to donate the profit without expecting any spiritual reward. In this situation, I have two questions: 1. Is it permissible for me to contribute more than the mandatory 3% with the intention of benefiting from the tax exemption? 2. Is it permissible for me to accept the 3% contribution made by the company in the future?

Salam, I have been browsing the internet for Shafii scholars who have their own QA fatwa website but unforgettably only found one or two inactive ones. is there any online fatwa QA website for Shafi Fiqh?

From this question https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/4205/17163 , the OP writes: > **It is agreed upon that piracy is theft** according to the question Where does Islam stand on Internet Piracy? I'm respectfully contesting this claim in this question in the context of fiqh. **Question**: Is piracy a form of theft for the purposes of fiqh? In anticipation of answers which don't carefully read the question, *I'm not contesting whether or not piracy is halal/haram*; I'm contesting whether or not it's classed as theft (which may result in hadd punishment ) or something else (not necessarily requiring hadd punishment). The answers to the question Where does Islam stand on Internet Piracy? are all of the form "someone on the Internet said so" (specifically, "...this becomes copyright infringement, or stealing", "...it is still considered stealing" and "...you are not stealing anything"). Consequently, **I'm looking for authoritative sources**, e.g., fatawa. (Please back up responses and refrain from adding yet another "someone on the Internet said so" answer.) ---- Online fatawa generally seem to refrain from calling it theft. Here's what I've found via Google: - Islam Q&A 81614 quotes from fiqh councils; they declare it impermissible, but do not declare it theft. Indeed, they even go so far as to write: > Some of our scholars think that it is haraam to do this (copy things) for the purpose of selling them, but if a person makes a copy just for himself, that is permissible. In other words, "some of our scholars" argue that it's halal for personal use, and therefore is not considered theft (which is haram). - IslamWeb 132937 , 305998 , 326746 , 327097 also refrain from describing it as theft, instead using the far more tempered description "...the opinion adopted at Islamweb is that copyright ... are recognized and protected by the sharee'ah". - AskImam 949 , 25083 likewise refrains from calling it theft, with 949 even quoting Mufti Taqi Uthmani 's description of the attitudes of a "group of contemporary scholars": > ...there is no precedent in the Holy Qur'an, in the Sunnah or in the juristic views of the earlier Muslim jurists where an intangible object has been subjected to private ownership or to sale and purchase. They further argue that 'knowledge' in Islam is not the a property of an individual, nor can he prevent others form acquiring knowledge, whereas the concept of 'intellectual property' leads to the monopoly of some individuals' knowledge, which can never be accepted by Islam. - IslamQA.org: DarulUloomTT.org , AskImam 15940 , AskImam 19162 also refrain from calling it theft. Moreover, another fatwa listed on IslamQA.org writes: > In our understanding, copyrighting (attaching the clause of copyright) in itself is an act of oppression and injustice. -- Muftionline.co.za I found a single terse fatwa on IslamQA Darulifta-Deoband.org which described it as theft: > ...a lot of piracy takes place and piracy is a kind of theft and it is considered illegal but still it takes [place]... Is it allowed or not in Islamic view? > ... > Theft is not allowed in these matters also. The following searches returned no hits: site:askamufti.com piracy, site:fatwa-online.com piracy, site:sunnipath.com piracy. **Keep in mind that my search was limited to English-language fatawa.** ---- This question is related to: - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/29576/17163 and https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/16670/17163 , which asks about justifications for software piracy, - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/20219/17163 , which asks how bad software piracy is (which didn't get answered quantitatively); this question here is more specific, - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/18762/17163 , https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/23611/17163 , https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/34761/17163 , which ask in the context of books - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/13168/17163 I found several other answers on Islam.SE which again take the form of "someone on the Internet said so": - https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/11772/17163 , where one of the answers described software piracy as "basically stealing" and another said "piracy is theft". - Regarding https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/600/17163 , the top answers write "Piracy is stealing, plain and simple" and "Obviously, piracy is stealing by definition". - The answer to https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/4205/17163 writes "this kind of theft is not like normal theft". (And a recent Islam.SE user comment indicated surprise at my attitude that "piracy" is a crime distinct from "theft".)

Are the following types of investment in physical gold haram or halal? Or only one of the options is halal? 1. You invest a fixed amount per month for e.g. 1000. Let's say the gold price at that time is 100 per grams which means you got 10 gram gold investment. 2. You will keep on doing this for 12 months and these investments will keep adding up for e.g. 10 gram + 12 gram + 9.56 grams etc. 3. Let's say at the end of 12 months you invested 12000 and gold total becomes 40 grams. Now you have options: **Option1** You can get 40 grams of gold jewellery of your choice + you won't have to pay any jewellery making charges. **Option 2** You will get some cash bonus for e.g. 500 which you can add in your original investment which is 12000 so now total becomes 12500. You buy gold jewellery from that + only pay 50% discount on jewellery making charges.

this is a **digital downloadable** product. Like a cracked file/product.

Is islamweb.net website trusted? Which Madhab do they follow? I searched that question but did not find any reliable answer.

*I have some friends who take fatwas from chatgpt and i tried to tell them that it is wrong. I told them that chatgpt doesn't gave the knowledge on fiqh to give Fatawas but they told me ,that chatgpt can take answers from websites. Please tell me if it is right to take fatwas from any AI-bot. jazakAllahu Khayran.*

I have read a fatawa where the weight of silver for a ring for men should not exceed 4 grams. https://islamqa.org/hanafi/daruliftaa-birmingham/136575/wearing-a-ring-which-is-heavier-than-4-35g/ But I could not find any daleel for this fatawa. Is this fatawa correct? If yes, I would like to know it's daleel.

I have got thoughts related to kufar and even I accept it for a in my heart for a while in my mind and heart. Then I reject those thoughts by my heart and soul and make tauba. Please guide me if it is really a kufar

As a follow-up to https://islam.stackexchange.com/q/84052/55518 how can one find and ask a mufti? Who can ask a mufti? Only Islamic people or others as well? (I'm quite sure the tags for that can be improved, If someone can, please do so.)

Sometimes we get a receipt for whatever donation we do. It can be reimbursed when filing our tax returns. If I give zakat and get a receipt and claim it in the tax return, is it OK to do so? Also can i use the claimed Zakat for my personal use? For example: I am due to pay Zakat of $500. Now if i claim this $500 in my tax return, i will get them reimbursed. Now lets say my total tax refund was $800. Now out of this $800, i know that $500 are the one that i claimed for Zakat. Now if i want to buy something worth $800 for myself, lets say TV or Refrigerator, can i do that?

This Wiki articles claims of a fatwa by Ibn Taymiyyah on obligation of Jihad against Druze, Shi'ites and other claimed heretical sects. What is the source of the fatwa? Can anyone quote the fatwa or provide a link to it?

**Al salam Alykom** I know this question had been asked before but it doesn't appear which answer is the correct one. - **Is scraping web sites' data is haram?** websites usually doesn't agree that bots crawl it? I am scraping data from public available web pages,it can be copied manually but instead a bot saves the time & the effort. - **Is web automation haram?** for example bot login to my account ,post some data on my account. usually it is against website terms of use too,But is it fair!? I found arabic fatwa on Islamweb which says that web scraping is allowed because the data are publicaly available,the fatwa did not mention anything about terms of use ,so maybe the chekh doesn't know the whole story?or i am just too incredulous . sorry for any language mistake.

I found this from Quora.com. Can anyone explain this to me?