1. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims
  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

12 Questions

What can we do with the interest from a bank account in India? Can we withdraw it and give it to charity? Shall we tell the receiving person that it is from interest? Or shall we just leave it in the account and not touch it?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

There is no point in leaving it in the account because it will utilised by the non Muslim bank with no benefit to you or to any poor person. Utlizing interest from non Muslim is allowed according to verdicts of leading scholars ( Maraaje' of Taqleed). You can utilize the money or give it to the poor and you don't need to tell them that it is from bank interest money.

Wassalam.
In which direction from India should we turn to face the shrine of Imam Hussain (as)?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

The direction of Karbala from India is very near to the direction of Qibla from India. You can refer to local Ulama in your area for more details.

Wassalam.
Some Sunni scholars talk of the prophecy of an interreligious war, called Ghazwa-e-Hind, in the Indian subcontinent. Is there any such prophecy in Shia Islam?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

There is no such prophecy at all neither in Shia books of Hadeeth nor in authentic Sunni Hadeeths. There are three weak and fabricated narrations in this regard; one of them narrated from Thawban, one of the servants of the Prophet Muhammad (SAWA) but with out authentic narrators to Thawban. Two narrations from Abu Huraira who was serving Bani Umayya and fabricating for them whatever they wanted. These two narrations are in favour of the army of Bani Umayyad who attacked India.

These weak and fabricated narrations have no value among the scholars of Hadeeth.

'Unfortunately, such baseless "prophecy" is been misused by terrorist groups who consider all who differ with them as Kafir, from one side, and on the other side, by enemies of Islam to instigate non Muslims against the Muslims in India.

'Wassalam.
Is it permissible to buy and sell stocks in the stock exchange of any country, such as India, because it is based on profit and loss sharing?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Yes it is permissible to buy and sell stocks in the stock market in any country as far as the company is not dealing in unlawful business like alcohol, pork, usury, weapons for harming people, gambling, production of sinful materials, etc.

Shares of any company involved in unlawful activity is unlawful to deal with.

Wassalam.