Taking possession of inheritance

Question Would a will be classified as executed if inheritors did not have possession of their shares? Can one person be given all the assets of inheritance? What if relatives want to gift their share to another relative? Answer When a person passes away, ownership of...

Solitary confinement in shariah.

Question Assalamualaykum. I hope you are in good health. My question is: given the knowledge of how damaging solitary confinement is to the human mind and soul, in muslim land governed by the shariah, would sentencing a criminal (muslim or non-muslim) living in that...

Parents paying student loan or giving children zakat

Question We listened to a short talk about student loans being haram and that the students can accept zakat. Now my question is do the parents have to pay their childrens loan of they can afford to? We have the money but that’s all we have. We rent, we...

Permissibility of doing private work as a dermatologist

Question Salam, I am a male doctor hoping to specialise in dermatology, a speciality I really enjoy. The work involves NHS work and also extra private work, the latter one does to attain additional income and which is, in a way, non essential. There are some issues I...