Crowdfunding to buy and sell house with profit

Question If I was to do a crowd-fund to buy a house to then flip and return the people their money with returns, would that be ok? So there is no need for mortgage – all cash buy etc.. Let’s say we buy a house for £300k, work on it and sell for lets say...

Zakat on delayed Inheritance Money

Question Dad passed away May 2013 Mum passed away Apr 2021 There was some gold (jewellery pieces) in a box, belonging to many people. Ownerships were not clarified for a few years (happened on various dates over years). It went through various processes, including...

Conditional divorce

Question Assalaamu alaikum ww Dear respected Mufti Sahib My question is, can a conditional divorce be revoked? For example, if a husband was to say to his wife “I swear to Allah, I will never again contact so and so in any form for any motive and if I do,...

Studying Philosophy

Question Children in Year 9 have to choose their GCSE subject options with one of the options being REP – Religion, ethics and philosophy. This subject requires studying with an ‘open mind’ and one of the topics is arguing for and against ’ the existence of...

Paying income tax as zakah

Question My muslim father worked in a muslim majority country for a couple of decades. He considered the income tax on his salary to be equivalent to Zakat, because in his mind the government would spend the money on poor muslims. He told me this himself multiple...