Being grateful to people
Q: When somebody helps us, do we say that Allah has helped us, and the person has no role in helping us?
Rights of people
How much should one care for others?
Q: What does Islam say about caring for others and how much should one care for others?
Using someone's belongings without their permission
Q: Is it a sin to use someone's belongings without their permission if they know you use it and have never expressed any displeasure?
Getting permission from neighbours when putting a cell phone tower on one's property
Q: A person want to put up a cell phone tower on a Darul Uloom property or on his own property, do you have to get permission from the neighbors from a Shari point of view? If the neighbors object what is the ruling?
Taking fertile soil from campus for one's personal use
Q: I am studying at a university which has maintained some green areas with fertile soil in the campus for students. Other unmaintained places in the campus have unfertile, dry soil. I have a potted plant in my room and it needed more fertile soil, but I did not know any gardening shop to buy fertile soil from. So I got fertile soil from the maintained green areas and added that to my potted plant.
Is taking this soil from the campus' maintained green areas permissible or is it stealing?
Also, will it be permissible to take the dry soil from unmaintained areas of the campus?
The neighbour’s fruit falling in one's yard
Q: A fruit from the neighbour’s tree fell into my land and remained there until it grew into a tree. To whom does the tree belong?
Employer forgetting to pay the employee
Q: I am working as a madressa aapa. The person who employed me is old and sometimes forgets to pay me for up to 3 months. I don't mind, and when he does sometimes he forgets a month etc. Someone told me that he will be held accountable on the Day of Judgement which I don't want as he is old and forgetful and also like a father figure to me. Do I just make duaa and ask Allah not to hold him accountable.
Who is responsible for taking care of a person who is terminally ill?
Q: If a person is terminally ill and unable to earn for himself, who will be responsible for taking care of him?
Assisting one's neighbour who is a drug addict
Q: I am a Muslim living in a non Muslim country. Our neighbour is a non Muslim lady drug addict. I am always afraid of some kind of harm from her as she is not in her senses most of the time. Am I still obligated to look after my neighbour and offer her food etc on a daily basis?