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How is investing different from gambling?
It depends on your intention in the end. Value/long-term investing is hardly gambling, or you're saying that buying real estate is gambling. Short-term/speculation is generally viewed as bad - even ...
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Is crowd-funding Halal?
Yes, crowd-funding is halal (as long as the target activity is halal). In fact, Muslims have been doing this for ages for building masjids, bridges, roadways and other public goods.
Even LaunchGood, ...
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Is investment in the cryptocurrency OneCoin OneLife halal?
For an in-depth Research Paper covering the Onecoin ponzi scam and massive criminal fraud, written by Muslim scholars, please see:
https://nawadir.org/2016/12/01/is-onecoin-permissible/. From this ...
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Is there zakah on gold exchange-traded funds?
When you buy Gold ETFs, you essentially own some gold (the gold belongs to you), but do not have physical possession of it (its locked up in some vault somewhere), but you do have control over it (you ...
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Investment without accepting loss on the invested amount. Permissible or not?
All perfect praise be to Allah
In short no, this is haraam.
Why? because:
having a fixed percentage from the capital with a guarantee of the capital is forbidden, since it is like a loan that gives ...
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Shariah Compliant Investment Holding Term/Duration
If it was permissible to buy the particular shares (depends on conditions like whether the business is halal and whether it has physical assets etc.) then it is permissible to sell them at any time.
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What is the difference between investment and gambling?
Gambling is basically time based so when someone gambles they have no control over the returns and the money put into gambling is either lost or won back on the same day. There’s no guarantee and it ...
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Indexed Linked Investment Certificates - haram or not?
After extensive research I have come to the conclusion that despite the potential halal investment there is still interest (Riba) involved. Therefore going into an investment with the intention of ...
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Is making a stock market related website haraam?
Selamun Aleykum,
As long as you provide a disclaimer or warning to your web audience that you don't endorse the business practices of your advertisers or web page participating companies you should ...
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I am looking for a company that I can invest in-ex;Buy shares - That is nearly 100% halal
This is typically a very hard question to answer, because it is not dealt with in the Islamic tradition so anything you can read would be some mufti saying something that may or may not contradict ...
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Is it permissible to work in a financial institution, if you work in a role that does not directly deal with riba?
The nature of riba in Islam
How do you think about this issue?
I need some perspective on this, but
perhaps I am being too idealistic in the world we live in?
NO, you are definitively not too ...
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How is investing different from gambling?
your question is incorrect; A) gambling (in it's broadest sense) is based 100% on chance, no skill required:
A mentally retarded person can gamble; all they have to do is pick what to bet on.
If you ...
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What is the Islamic definition of 'trading' - Sunni view?
I think by the links you have provided it is clear that if you have something and your intention is not to sell it but to use it yourself, than its not for trade purpose, same as if i buy a house, and ...
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Zakat Calculation: Investments
A question of this nature requires a fatwa specific to your situation and your retirement plan.
Generally speaking, zakāh is ordained on money that has been in one's possession for one Hijri year. ...
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