Asalaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah, I would like to ask you a question on interest? What is the best thing to do with the interest you get? I have heard you can’t give it away to charity, is that right? JazakAllahu Khair

Asalam Alaykum, With the coming elections, where we know are haram in the sense of supporting Democracy, which is in itself kufr. Is it permissable to vote for a party in your area with a specific intention to stop the BNP (British National Party) getting into power? Even though the other three parties do many [...]

As-salaamu ‘alaykum My wife’s grandfather passed away this weekend therefore the funeral will be coming up in the next week or so. My initial thoughts were to attend the burial but not the service, I have just found out there will be no burial as he is to be cremated. I wanted to know if [...]

Asalaamu Alykum Dearest Imaam, I hope and pray that you are in the best of health and Imaan Inshallah rabil ameen. I have an employment agency that has recommened a job to me. It is with a company, as an IT Customer Liason Manager, which basically means managing their IT suppliers. It will be in [...]

Asalaamu Alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I am a female dental therapy and hygiene student studying in the UK. I would like to know in your opinion if it’s allowed to be following a career where I would be treating male patients, as it is not possible to select female only patients under discriminatory law. [...]

Here we will post requests for fatwa and advice from Shaykh Ali Laraki. Watch this space for his reply. Assalamu Alaykum, I’m an English/Spanish to French translator based in France. I have recently finished my training and started freelancing in October 2009. I have a hard time finding halal translation works either it is haram [...]

Here you can ask Shaykh Ali Laraki about issues in the fiqh of Islam. Write to (info@muslimsofnorwich.org.uk) and we will forward the question to him insha’Allah.