Shariah Edicts (Fatwa)
Al Qalam Shariah Scholar Panel is dedicated to developing a substantial online information portal. Please find listed below various edicts issued by the Al Qalam shariah panel, along with relevant edicts, guides and articles prepared by others. Please note Al Qalam have not endorsed any third party articles and they are published for information purposes only.
Fatawa & Edicts
Zakat
Al Qalam: Zakat - Meaning, Payers and Recipients Presentation
Al Qalam: Khutbah on the Discharge of the Obligation of Zakat
Al Qalam: Zakat on Trusts (Summarised Version)
Al Qalam: Zakat on Trusts (Full Version)
Al Qalam: Zakat on Debts
Al Qalam: Zakat on Islamic Home Purchase Plans
Al Qalam: Zakat on Pensions
Al Qalam: Query about Zakat on Pensions
Al Qalam: Liability of Zakat on long term loans
Al Qalam: Zakat on student loans
Al Qalam: Explanation of which descendants of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) are not allowed to receive Zakat
Understanding and Calculating Zakat
Wills
Al Qalam: Free Islamic Will Template
Al Qalam: Importance of Writing a Will Khutbah
Al Qalam: Islamic Wills and Inheritance Planning Presentation
Al Qalam: Wassiyah
Al Qalam: Gift to Children During Lifetime
Al Qalam: Inheriting From a Non Muslim
Preparing an Islamic Will
Finance
Al Qalam: Islamic Modes of Finance Presentation
Al Qalam: Islamic Economic Systems & The Debt Trap Presentation
Al Qalam: The Islamic Perspective on the Credit Crunch Presentation
An Introduction to Islamic finance by Mufti Taqi Usmani
Explaining Islamic Finance
Make Yourself Shariah-compliant
The Credit Crunch: An Islamic Perspective
Post Credit Crunch Crisis Reform By Mufti Taqi Usmani
Islamic viewpoint on UK Student Loans
Murabaha Swiss abridged paper
Murabaha House Financing
Schemes available with Bank Accounts
Interest
Al Qalam: The Prohibition of Riba in The Holy Qur’an & Hadith Presentation
Al Qalam: The doctrine of necessity and Riba-based loans in the current economic climate of the credit crunch
Interest Calculations and Calculators
Comparison of fatawa on the use of interest
Guide to Interest and Islamic Alternatives
Why Islam has prohibited Interest & Islamic Alternatives for Financing
Is a contract-termination fee Riba?
Non-interest account earning service credits
Contracts
Al Qalam: Islamic Contract Law Presentation
Al Qalam: Contract Law Presentation
Contract
Using Forward-Exchange contracts as a hedging tool
Investments
Al Qalam: Creating a Shariah-compliant Investment Portfolio Presentation
Al Qalam: Shares Investment Fatawa
Al Qalam: Call and Put Options
Al Qalam: Premium Bonds
Shariah Compliant Investments
Sukuk
Sukuk and their Contemporary Applications
Income Analysis of Companies as a basis of Halaal Earnings
Stocks of Banks and Other Financial Institutions
ETFS Launches Shariah-compliant ETCs
Insurance
Al Qalam: Home Insurance
Al Qalam: Takaful - an Alternative to Conventional Insurance Presentation
Al Qalam: Guarantees and Extended Warranty
Insurance Revisited - The Shariah View
How conventional insurance and takaful differ numerically
A fatwa on Warrants
Credit from Insurance Companies
Buying & Selling
Al Qalam: Selling to a buyer with a conventional mortgage
Selling before possession
Selling before gaining possession
The exchange of currencies
Iqaalah of Sales
Land Sale with the elimination of alchohol restrictions
Selling Cigarettes
Referring to Conventional Financing when selling
Fiqh of charging commission
Pensions
Al Qalam: Pension and Gross Uncertainty
Trusts
Al Qalam: Personal Injury Trust
Al Qalam: Ruling on interest-bearing loans to oneself and other family members from
one’s own trust
Miscellaneous
Child Maintenance
