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What is the ruling for someone who rents a piece of land to a person for a specific period, allowing the tenant to build apartments and rent them out, and after the period ends, the ownership of the apartments transfers to the landowner?

Is it permissible to give Zakat al-Fitr to someone who owns a piece of land?

A person wants to work with another, and he asked him to bring workers; they agreed on seventeen dinars for each worker per day, and now this person wants to tell the workers that the wage is only fifteen dinars, keeping the remaining amount for himself. Is his action forbidden?

Is it permissible for a woman to give her Zakat to her poor husband, or to buy from her Zakat what the household needs due to the husband's inability to afford it?

An engineer at a company completed her work in designing a house, and the company sold the house. The new owner, after receiving the house, wanted to make modifications and asked the engineer herself to complete the work for him privately without going back to the company. She is asking if this is permissible according to Islamic law, and if she accepts, does she need to seek permission?

To whom is Zakat on wealth permissible? My husband says that it is not permissible to give Zakat to people you know or your relatives. Is this correct? Is it permissible for me to give to my brother's wife's family since they are poor? Can this be from Zakat money?

Is it permissible for a partner to work as an employee in his company under a separate contract and a specified wage by agreement of the partners?

A woman had intercourse with her husband on a day in Ramadan and was compelled to respond to him; what is the ruling for this situation?

A man owns an apartment in a foreign country, is it permissible for him to rent it to a non-Muslim?