SINGAPORE: Malaysia has the potential for green financing 130 potential projects comprising 111 renewable energy (RE) projects and 19 energy efficiency (EE) projects that worth about RM1.9 billion and RM248…
"If a person was lost for days in the thick forest without eating and may die, could he consume a pig due to desperation (dharurat)?" I asked the participants in…
Bribe is wealth earned by accomplishing a task for a party that should have been done without any compensation (whether to bring benefit to the party or to avoid harm).…
"Ustaz, I have tried to seek financing from Islamic banks but they rejected it. Would it be sinful to get a riba-based financing from a conventional bank and would it…
Signs of the collapse of the world financial system have emerged, causing great panic to people all over the world. Many governments called upon economists and experts to find a…
All Muslims are duty-bound to fast during the whole month of Ramadhan based on the evidence from the Qur'an in Surah al-Baqarah, verses 183 and 185. We must have faith…
One must bear in mind that the prohibition of interest in Islam does not mean that savings will not be rewarded. It also does not mean that the cost of…
One must refrain from making a direct comparison between Islamic banking and conventional banking (apple to apple comparison). This is because they are extremely different in many ways. The key…
Allah s.w.t. prohibits Muslims from consuming property without due rights (bathil). The Prophet s.a.w. also elaborates the meaning of ‘bathil' with the prohibition of gharar. According to scholars, gharar is one of the branches…
One critical aspect in particular highlighted : • The high profit rate charged by Islamic Bank for their financing product as compared to the interest rate charged by Conventional Bank.…