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Work and money
Bribes, commissions, gifts to employees: where is the line?
A bribe, a commission, and a gift can look identical on a desk. What separates them is why the money moved, and who is receiving it.
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Buy now, pay later: what should I check before I ask?
A pre-question checklist for split-pay apps — who owns the item, whether there is a late fee, and whether it is a sale or financing.
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Buying gold through apps or in installments: what to know?
A question map, not a ruling — why gold has its own rules, what hand-to-hand handover means in an app, and what a mufti will ask.
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Why do contracts, promises, and debts matter so much?
A right owed to someone else is never casual. Islam asks that debts be written, witnessed, and repaid without unjust delay.
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Credit cards: what should I understand before using one?
A question map, not a verdict — who pays the merchant, what the issuing fee covers, and whether any increase is tied to delay.
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E-wallets and mobile money: what do fees and rewards mean?
A question map, not a ruling — what your wallet balance really is, what its fees pay for, and what a mufti asks about discounts and reward points.
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What counts as cheating in everyday trade and work?
Cheating is wider than theft — hiding a defect, a misleading photo, fake bidding to raise a price, or hours billed but not worked.
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Financing a home, car or degree: what to ask before signing?
A question map, not a ruling — the contract's real name, who owns and guarantees what, and what the increase and fees are actually for.
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Why does Islam care where my money comes from?
Money is judged twice — how it was earned and where it goes. A large sum from a wrongful source is not made lawful by its size.
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Installment sales: when is it a sale, and when a loan?
A map of the difference between a higher price for a genuine deferred sale and an increase on a loan, and what a mufti asks.
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Why should I learn a contract's ruling before I sign it?
A contract binds you the moment you sign it, not once you feel ready to honor it. Ask about its terms first; undoing a bad one afterward costs far more.
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How do I live halal in a complex financial world?
A short, repeatable checklist, starting from the default that transactions are allowed, and asking before any deal crosses a real line.
Work and moneySeries guide
Modern money: the series map
Eight posts on installment buying, credit cards, gold, e-wallets, and financing contracts.
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Does mutual consent make every deal lawful?
Consent is needed for a valid contract, but it cannot lift a bar in the deal itself: riba, gharar, maysir, or a wrong done to someone in need.
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Why does Islam have rules about money and work?
Because worship in Islam is not limited to ritual. Prayer is worship, and so are honest weights, a kept promise and a lawful wage.
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Savings circles among friends and family: what to know?
A question map, not a ruling — how jurists read a savings circle, where contemporary scholars differ, and what changes the answer for yours.
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Sending money abroad: what to know about the exchange?
A question map, not a ruling — the difference between a transfer fee and a currency exchange, and sarf's widely reported conditions.
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What is riba, and why does Islam take it so seriously?
Riba is an unjustified increase, in two classical forms — a charge for delay on a debt, and an unequal exchange of the same kind of good.
Work and moneySeries guide
Work and rights: the series map
Two posts on bribes, commissions, gifts at work, and what employees are rightly owed.
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What are workers' rights in Islam: salary, hours, honesty?
Employment is a hire, ijarah — a known service for a known wage. Here is what scholars examine about pay, hours, overtime, and trust.