Q: Is it permissible to do print work for alcohol companies?

Q: I recently was asked by a non Muslim if I can tell him the shahada to make him become Muslim because he wanted to become Muslim. So I told him the shahada in Arabic and also in English and explained what is Islam and what you should believe in to be a Muslim. He did it and he believed on what we all Muslims believe so he became Muslim.

After some time this guy asked me that someone told him that the shahada you believe and the things you believe in that the other guy told you. With that you can’t become Muslim because everything he told you is true but you must go to a masjid and repeat it with the masjid Imam so he can repeat with you then you will become Muslim. The other guy took him to a masjid and the imam repeated the same things.

My question is that is this guy became Muslim the first time I repeat the shahada with him or no he became Muslim when he met the masjid imam which one is truth  Can someone regular not an imam make someone become Muslim ? Or no only imam can make someone Muslim ? Am I sinful because I told him shahada first time and he believed it?

Q: I would like to ask that in armed forces screening or any other such sort of job where they need to screen you thoroughly, there is a medical stage screening where they fully uncover the applicant and the senior doctor checks him for any ailments or shortcomings that might deem him unfit. The question arise that doing such sort of uncovering of full body to a medical doctor will be permissible in shariat or not. If it is not permissible then who is sinful. Both?

Q: I have a question which relates to taking care of my old and aged mother.

My father passed away long ago. I am the only son with three sisters. All of us are married and living separately with our families in different places. Mother is living alone in our homeland in a separate house. I am living with my family and earning my livelihood in a different country. I am the only earner for my family and for my mother. One of my sisters is also living with her family in a different country. My two sisters with their husbands and children live in the same city where my mother lives.

My mother is alone and she is managing her mandatory works like going to toilet alone, taking bath, changing clothes etc. She expresses the desire that her children should come and help her in her hour of need. Also she does not want to shift in any daughter’s house who are living in the same city nearby. I have following question to ask,

1. Who is responsible to take care of mother, myself only or my sisters or all of us.

2. If in case I am responsible, then can I make a satisfactory arrangement for my mother by keeping a maid to help her in her household works like cooking food and taking care for her other works.

3. If in the case where I am responsible, is it obligatory for me as per sharia to leave my livelihood and return back and stay with my mother and take care for her. 

Q: Do my daughters inherit anything from my in laws property? Both my in laws passed away and even my husband passed away 8 yeas ago. He has one older brother and 5 sisters.

Q: We are 3 brothers and 1 sister (all are married). The question is, what would be sharing if our parents have pass away?

Q: A person has rented a new car on long term, three years. After three years the value of the car is evaluated. If you want you can buy the car. Is this type of transaction permissible?

Q: I have been doing a self-employed delivery job with amazon known as Flex; Amazon flex has 3 types of delivery:

1. Logistics – normal cardboard boxes but I will never know the contents (but no food and drink items from my knowledge)

2. Prime now - which allows for many items which included electronics etc, foods, all types of drinks including alcohol in paper bags. So I am able to tell sometimes what is in the bag.

3. Morrisons shopping - anything Morrisons sells (morrisons is a massive supermarket like Asda or Target).

The way it works for Amazon flex, you will never know what route and items you are delivering until around 10 minutes into the booked shift. There is no management for point of contact to say that you do not wish to deliver alcohol, ‘you get what you’re given’. For the second and third types of delivery, there is always a chance of delivering alcohol but you will never know until its given to you.

So my question is my earnings halal? or just to leave completely due to always having doubt?

Also this is not my main income anymore, I have a 9 to 5 and I do this after my main job as I am trying to get married and I have just left university.

Q: My maid had to return me a loan of 70 thousand rupees. I made up my mind to give her 30 thousand from my zakat money. I had 15000 zakat amount with me, when I gave it to her, she asked how much is it? I said its 30,000 as by that time I totally forgot that it was 15,000 and not 30 thousand. She returned it to me without counting and said that deduct this amount 30k from your loan. Later I remembered the mistake.

Question: is 15k discharged as zakat, or 30k? Should I deduct 15k from the loan amount or 30k?

Q: I began a home education course last year around April when I was 17. In turn the government paid us benefits. However I slacked from April last year and only began taking the course seriously this year in early Jan. I had already made the intention to save up money to pay back the amount I unlawfully received from last year April to this year Jan.

The problem is, recently we received information that we shouldn’t have been receiving the money at all because the course wasn’t qualified. However we were told we didn’t have to pay back the amount they gave us due to bad inquiry on their side. They don’t know that I wasn’t doing the course last year though, even though they were giving us money for it. Now that I know that the money they gave us for that course shouldn’t have been given to us anyway, but they don’t expect us to pay it back, should I forget collecting and paying back the money I unlawfully received last yr?

I asked another scholar and they told me that if I fear I could face severe repercussions if I told the establishment that I didn’t utilise the money correctly, then I don’t have to tell them and I just have to do Istighfar. I’m not sure if the repercussions would be severe - maybe they’ll fine me, but I’m not truly sure or maybe legal action might be taken. But truly I don’t know and I don’t want to find out. Can I just leave it?