Is it permissible to download a copy from the Holy Quran (from the internet) in order to ease reading it by people and without being revised by authorized specialists? And what is due on reading from unaccredited copy?
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Ruling on Executing Works that don`t Help in Committing Riba
I work for an internet and power cables company. This company has agreed to install cables to a Riba-based bank. Is it permissible that I work in this project or not?
Ruling on Paying for Children`s Education from Zakah Funds
My son is a student in high school, and I`m saving money for his university education. However, he desires to learn the ten ways for reciting the Quran via the internet. Is it permissible to pay the Sheikh, who will teach that, from the Zakah(Obligatory charity) of my wealth?
Ruling on Using Wi-Fi without a Permission
What is the ruling on using a [Wi-Fi] without getting the owner's permission? Are the materials , such as applications, files..etc, downloaded from this network considered unlawful and so they should be discarded?
Ruling on Using Unoriginal Software
Is it permissible to use unoriginal software although the original is produced by international companies and could be bought directly from them via the internet ?
Ruling on Money Transfer Via the Electronic Bank “Paypal”
I want to transfer a sum of money via the “Internet”, and there is only one bank through which I can make such a transaction, “Paypal,” because I raised the donations via the icon which this bank had favored me with. You should take into consideration that it is a usurious bank, so am I considered sinful for raising donations through it, or for wanting to transfer my money- via this bank- into a pre-paid credit card from an Islamic bank. You should also note that these donations don`t undergo any kind of transaction: no commissions are charged on them and they aren`t used in forbidden transactions ?
Ruling on Violating Rights of Intellectual Property
Is violating the rights of intellectual property, namely authorship and internet credit card fraud, considered a kind of theft that entails discretionary punishment or punishment determined by Shariah for crimes(Hudud) or considered a kind of banditry? If it is a discretionary, what prevented the execution of punishment determined by Sharia for crimes?
Ruling on Using someone`s Property without Telling them
I have used someone`s internet via Wi-Fi without telling them. What is the ruling?, and how should I compensate them?
Online Emotional Affairs are Prohibited
What is the Islamic ruling on a married man having emotional affairs via internet or phone?
Ruling on Surfing Pornography Sites
What is the ruling on surfing pornography sites, and providing access to them?