Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Topic
9 articles tagged “Contemporary”, drawn from every section of the archive.
Conventional interest-based mortgages are prohibited by the clear texts on riba. A minority of contemporary scholars permitted them under strict necessity where no alternative exists; the majority did not, and the availability of Islamic finance has narrowed that argument considerably.
Stocks are permissible if the underlying company’s business and finances meet the screening criteria. Cryptocurrency is genuinely disputed among contemporary scholars, with respected positions on both sides.
The Quran permits the food of the People of the Book explicitly. Contemporary scholars differ on whether industrial slaughter in non-Muslim countries meets the conditions the verse assumes.
It depends on the source. Gelatin from fish or from properly slaughtered cattle is permissible; porcine gelatin is not. Scholars differ on whether the transformation process (istihalah) changes the ruling.
Classical prohibitions concerned three-dimensional images and depictions made to be venerated. Most contemporary scholars permit photography for legitimate purposes, while a minority extend the classical prohibition to it.
Conventional commercial insurance is held impermissible by most contemporary fiqh councils due to gharar and riba. Takaful (cooperative insurance) is the permitted alternative, and legally mandated insurance is treated as a necessity.
Interest-bearing student loans fall under the prohibition of riba. Contemporary scholars differ over income-contingent systems where repayment functions more like a graduate tax, and some permit them under need.
Yes. Seeking treatment is established in the Sunnah, and mental illness is treated as illness. Therapy is permitted, with the ordinary caution of not accepting advice that requires the impermissible.
Most contemporary scholars permit it, holding that the ethanol used in perfumery is not the intoxicating wine addressed by the prohibition, and that it is not consumed in any case.
