Loans and Debt
959 questions
What is the Sharia ruling concerning who is responsible for paying the remaining amount of the goods' price, is it the businesswoman who received the goods in her office or the businessman who bought the goods from her?
Which is more deserving of the monthly charity money: is it paying off debt, or giving it to needy relatives as a form of piety and charity, or giving it to non-relatives who have no financial income?
Is it permissible to accept money paid to settle a debt if there is doubt about its illicit source?
What is the path to sincere repentance and striving in worship when one has usurious debts and stolen money from unknown individuals, and how can one get rid of them given the difficulty of repaying them all at once?
Is refraining from paying back one-third of the father's debt, from which one of the siblings benefited to the exclusion of the others, considered disobedience to parents (Uquq al-Walidain) in Islam, and what is the Islamic legal ruling on this matter?
Is it permissible to pay back a small debt by placing it among the owner’s money or in their bag without their knowledge, or by paying it back through stratagem? And is one absolved of the responsibility by doing so?
What is the ruling on the action of the brother who took the car, paid the remainder of its price, then sold it after taking money and a phone from his brother, and did not compensate him for the car or return his money?
What should I do to return the money for shares that I bought but did not pay for, and then disposed of by selling, knowing that the company owner has passed away and his children know me well, and I cannot explain the situation to them?
Is it obligatory to repay the sums of money that the father took from some of his children to cover the tuition fees of another son, knowing that this son did not receive the money directly from his siblings?
What should I do regarding my relative's dream about my deceased father, in which my father told him that his debt amounts to (30,0) Syrian liras, knowing that I do not possess this amount and do not know to whom my father owes money?
Is it permissible to take a usurious loan to pay the price of an apartment before receiving it, knowing that the owner has waived the remaining installments if a certain amount is paid within a specific period?
What is the legal ruling regarding the case of two men who are partners in a commercial shop, where the first partner (the expatriate) contributed 7,0 dinars and later added 5,0 dinars, while the second partner (the manager) contributed 5,0 dinars, and they agreed to equally split the profits with a monthly salary for the manager? Then, a dispute arose, leading to an agreement that the manager would pay the the expatriate 20,0 dinars for his share, of which only 2,0 dinars were paid. After that, they agreed to convert the partnership into a Mudarabah, where the expatriate would be the capital provider and the manager would be a partner with his effort, with the manager paying 200 dinars monthly. However, the manager did not fulfill his obligations, which prompted the expatriate to file a lawsuit demanding 30,0 dinars in return for leaving the shop to the manager?
Is it permissible to send a sum of money to a former teacher indirectly (such as by recharging a phone balance) without informing or embarrassing him, in order to repay an outstanding amount that he did not mention?
Is it permissible for the husband to waive a debt owed to him by his mother, which she borrowed to buy a luxurious car, knowing that his wife agreed to the loan on condition of its repayment, and she contributes her money to household expenses, and where is the right of the wife and children in this money?
What is the ruling on the buyer stipulating a discount of a sum of money for each day of delay in handing over the house, after the seller had accepted the first condition, which was delivery within a year, but failed to fulfill it?
Does God forgive a lawyer who misappropriated his client's money, breaching trust, and who is remorseful and repentant, but unable to return the money to its owner who demands it?
Is a son obligated to go into debt to fulfill his mother's unnecessary and luxurious requests, especially if that negatively impacts his household expenses and his family's basic needs?
What is the ruling on reclaiming money from one's father if one is in dire need of it and the father is currently unable to return it?
Is collecting a percentage as a fine when a check bounces due to insufficient funds considered a usurious transaction, whether the percentage is fixed or increases with the duration of the delay?
Is it permissible to demand the application of an installment purchase offer after agreeing to a cash sale and paying a portion of the amount, especially since I have not formally relinquished the shop and the buyer's financial circumstances have not changed?
Is the additional charge imposed on the importer for his delay in withdrawing the goods permissible (halal)? Is it permissible to consider it as compensation for damage incurred by the port? Is it permissible to increase the amount for the importer who withdraws his goods on time but delays payment?
Is it permissible to waive financial entitlements from clients who were introduced to the company as compensation for sums of money withdrawn from the company's custody without repayment, in the event of not knowing the total amount withdrawn and being unable to repay?
Is the questioner entitled to claim half of the dwelling that he contributed to building?
Is it obligatory to return money that was withdrawn from funds exceeding the principal from a person who was proven to be a swindler after dealing with him on the basis of trust, and what is the ruling on what was spent from those funds before knowing the truth about this person?