The Ifta’ Law number (60) of the year 2006, and the modifying Law number (4) of the year 2009 state that a Board is to be established in the Kingdom and called “Board of Iftaa’, Islamic Studies and Research,” and that the General Mufti (who is now Shaikh Abdel Kareem El-Khasawneh) is the Head of the Board. The following are members: ... Read More
The Fatwa Department of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was founded in 1921. Since its formation, it has relied upon Hanafi fatwas which were in use during the Ottoman era, and the Mufti has answered the questions of members of the public, whether they relate to worship or financial transactions or personal statutes, and it has assigned a mufti to each judge in cities both large and small. The judge seeks the mufti's assistance in solving social problems, just as the mufti refers to the judge matters which are not within the mufti's jurisdiction and which require evidence and witnesses....
Is it permissible to mortgage a commodity, as a security for funding, prior to concluding the Murabaha or Istisna` contract, knowing that an initial funding contract had been signed?
If one person sold his car to another by installments, and the latter sold the same car to another through the same manner, but the second person asked the third to mortgage the car to the first one; does the first seller have the right to collect the installments of the debt owed to him by selling the mortgaged car ?
Is purchasing a flat via Murabah contract from the Arab Islamic Bank and mortgaging it to the latter lawful or unlawful from the view point of Sharia?
A certain company wants to get a loan from a certain bank, but the latter stipulates that the former mortgage a property in its favor. Since the company has no property, a friend volunteered to mortgage his property as collateral. Is it permissible for the friend to receive an amount of money in exchange for that?