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Is black-hat hacking haram?

Cryptocurrency mining entails heavy use of computing hardware (GPUs), which results in electricity costs. Moreover, you're describing the use of the services of a rental business without paying the ...
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Is it permissible to use money found on the street?

No it is not. The money still belongs to the person who lost it and you do not have their consent to use it. ياأيها الذين آمنوا لا تأكلوا أموالكم بينكم بالباطل إلا أن تكون تجارة عن تراض منكم O ...
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Is anyone at fault for money containing images?

The objective of the following is not to answer your question; rather, to show why it is difficult to give a precise answer. The Islam Q&A Fatwa 256888 stipulates that using money with depictions ...
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Are we allowed to save money in Islam?

I found the answer I was looking for. As written here https://islamqa.info/en/96115: Islam does not forbid saving up wealth in all cases, rather what is forbidden and what a stern warning is ...
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What is the ruling on giving orphans inheritance after our death?

Those people whom can inherit are described and listed in a number of Verses of the Qur'an. Among them you'll find the (bodily) children, (biological) parents. grandparents and wife/husband, (bodily) ...
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If a supplier offers commission to a purchaser, is it halal?

The rule is very simple: if you were to stay in your residence and not have your current job, would you have received said commission either way? If the answer is yes, you can take it. If the answer ...
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Is profit from bank on your money is halal or haram?

Usually profit given by bank is riba (interest) and riba is haram.
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Is paying interest allowed in Islam? How would Muslim navigate western finances, where basically everything has interest?

The answer of your main question "Is paying interest allowed?" is no. Paying interest is not allowed. If you pay interest, you are helping the recievers of the interest. You are encouraging ...
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What is the poverty over the Jews?

The meaning of المَسْكَنَةُ or destitution in this verse has two opinions: It refers to the jizyah. Meaning, Allah legislated the jizyah through the hands of Muslims for them as punishment. This is ...
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Was slave trading allowed in early islam?

Yes. If someone is legally a slave then it is permitted to buy, sell, gift, inherit, lend, pledge and lease that slave. Every transaction that is permitted for an object is also permitted for a slave. ...
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Is income earned from a country one is not allowed to work in haram?

It means he is a fugitive who is earning a living. His circumstances may be that he needs to stay and earn, as someone in need. Depending on his need, he may not have any other choice and would be ...
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Are tips allowed in Islam?

Some scholars consider tips as haram, saying: The difference between a haraam gift and a permissible gift is that if it is given because of a person’s work, then it is haraam. The guideline ...
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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 it permissible to earn money from painting cityscapes and scenery?

According to the majority of the scholars, it is permissible to draw anything that is non-living and does not have a soul. لا بأس بتصوير الأشياء التي يصنعها البشر، كصورة المنزل والسيارة والسفينة ...
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Is being a Finance Controller/ CFO haram?

The matter is very simple: Is dealing with riba part of your work? If yes it is haram. If not it isn't. By part of your work I mean do you accept it or deal or negotiate about the interest etc. Or ...
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Buying a house with interest?

Islamic law doesn't preclude anyone (i.e. banks) from providing a service (i.e. assistance in purchasing a house) and making a profit (i.e. 100k) therefrom. It only regulates the acceptable means by ...
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Sponsoring or Advertising a gambling-gaming platform

Assalāmu `alaikum Warahmatullāhi Wabrakatuh, Earning income from Haram sources is Haram. A sponsorship from a betting company is haram. You are leading people to do haram and earning income from it. ...
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Can I still be a true Muslim if I am rich or trying to be rich?

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Verily, Allah does not look to your faces and your wealth but He looks to your heart and to your deeds." Muslim (2564c) The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “O Abu ...
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Converting money value in gold before lending

Gold is to be paid for by gold, silver by silver, wheat by wheat, barley by barley, dates by dates, and salt by salt, like for like and equal for equal, payment being made hand to hand. If these ...
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Taking Hadiyah after Taraweeh is permitted?

Since it was the Sunnah of the prophet () to accept gifts and refuse sadaqh, there's no harm in accepting a gift from anybody. The rule of thumb in Islam is that anybody can accept a gift as long as ...
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LAM app earning is Halal.or Haram?

This app was a scam and is not available anymore. They have exploited million of rupees and fled. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2446655/ponzi-earning-app-lam-disappears
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Is it haram to give someone a promo code (for a $15 discount) for a food delivery service, given that they might order something haram?

Every one is held responsible for their actions. The promo codes you are giving are not some promo codes to bars, or nightclubs, but rather to restaurants or supermarkets or whatever... where ...
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Is receiving donations over the web halal?

Wa'alaikum Assalam brother! Asking for donation is not a bad thing. You are doing something for people and if they pay you some money extra for your business, that might not be wrong in any way as ...
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If someone spent some money from amanat (trust)?

عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال‏:‏ ‏ "‏ إن الدين يسر، ولن يشاد الدين إلا غلبه، فسددوا وقاربوا وأبشروا، واستعينوا بالغدوة والروحة وشيء من الدلجة‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه ...
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Is exchanging currency/money permissible?

❶ - Are you speaking about different currencies? You cannot exchange the same currency (like gold) for different amounts, as that is riba (taking more for less, when it is the same currency). ❷ - But ...
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Am I allowed to take commission from a supplier when my boss doesn't know?

Giving Nominal Appraisal is your Boss duties. if he is muslim , convey him the hadith about giving salary to the employee before sweat getting drained. otherwise, you should inform your owner about ...
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Is fiat currency devaluation via inflation a form of interest, making fiat currency based money haram?

According to Sheik and Islamic Scholar Imran Hossein, fiat currency is indeed haram. In his Merchants of Venice Youtube video, the sheik succesfully builds the case for including fiat currency under ...
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Is taking back insurance money (ignoring the interest) permitted?

Yes, as insurance is considered haram because of the presence of riba/interest in it. And about interest Allah says in quran: “Those who eat riba will not stand (on the Day of Resurrection) except ...
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