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What is the ruling on loans taken from the Women's Fund?

What is the ruling on giving Fitr charity for the fetus?

Is it permissible to buy a house in installments through a usurious bank?

A Syrian lady living in Turkey receives Fitr Zakat from her neighbors, and she takes it and gives it to her son's children. What is the ruling on her action?

My health does not allow me to become pregnant, is it permissible for me to raise an abandoned child, or to sponsor an orphan? And is it permissible for me to rent the womb of another woman to conceive a child?

A woman’s husband passed away a few days ago, and she has male and female children, the oldest son is in the ninth grade, and the daughters are in university. She has a sister-in-law whose husband is traveling and has a disabled son. Is it permissible for this woman, whose husband has recently died, to go and observe her waiting period at her sister-in-law's house, where her husband is traveling and she has a disabled son?

I need a loan to work on a project, what is the loan that can be taken without prohibition or usury?

I am originally from Syria and live in Turkey. The Zakat al-Fitr in Turkish currency is equal to '28' Turkish Lira, and my financial situation is bad with a large family. Is there a lower amount of Zakat, or do I have to pay the full amount for each person in the family, which will be very burdensome due to the poverty we are suffering from?

There are agreements that universities enter into with banks and public financial institutions, whereby the banks grant loans to students that are repaid in monthly and easy installments without the students bearing any interest or commissions. The university bears all the fees and bank interests associated with these loans in various forms. Is it permissible for me as a student to take such a loan?