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Q&A: Muslim lawyer writing a will for a non-Muslim?

The following is a translation from an Arabic Q&A from the website of Sheikh 'Ata ibn Khaleel Abu Rashta, Ameer of Hizb ut-Tahrir. Question:  Is it permissible for Muslim lawyer to write a will for a non-Muslim client in accordance with the English law since the non-Muslim may have bequeathed some or all of his wealth to such institutions which may either be unknown or even prohibited like the institutions for caring of dogs or sailors? Answer: 1: If the transaction is between a Kafir client and a Muslim lawyer, it is a matter of hiring for the purpose of writing a will for the kafir as dictated to by the client to the Muslim writer hired for this purpose. Thus it is a contract of hiring ( ijara ) for writing the will. The lawyer writes the will as the kafir tells him to write and then the lawyer takes his wage and the relations ends there so far as the will is concerned... If the matter is such then it is permitted with condition that nothing in contravention to the

"Do they not then think deeply in the Qur'an, or are their hearts locked up?"

Today we live at a time where the recitation of the Qur'an has become widespread - we are now able to listen to the Qur'an on the television, computer, radio, CD's and portable players. Even our phones now, with a simple touch of a button not only show different Quranic scripts but also give us access to the Quranic tafsirs and translations via the internet. And praise to Allah (Alhamdulillah) we're also now seeing a progressive change in Islamic classes and centres as they exert significant attention to providing Quran memorisation (hifdh) programs for us and our children in various parts of the world. Through this accessibility the Muslim grows while hearing the words of Allah and its recitation in its prescribed manner. The Quran has become so commonplace that we now hear it in the shopping stores and streets especially in the Muslim countries. Yet this reality has come with an unforeseen disillusion, hiding from us a grave and important matter that many

Tafsir of Surat al-Tawba:31 - “Taking Rabbis and Priests as ‘Lords"

  “Taking Rabbis and Priests as ‘Lords’: Lessons from the  Tafsir  of  Surat  al-Tawba:31” { Allah the exalted says: They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their priests and the Messiah son of Mary, when they were bidden to worship only one Allah. There is no Allah save Him. Be He Glorified from all that they ascribe as partner [unto Him!] } Summary statement of Imam al-Baydawi on the verse: “{ They have taken as lords beside Allah their rabbis and their priests … } because the people obeyed them in their prohibition of what Allah permitted and their permitting what Allah has prohibited or prostrating to them.” [1] { ٱتَّخَذُواْ أَحْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَرُهْبَـٰنَهُمْ أَرْبَاباً مّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ } بأن أطاعوهم في تحريم ما أحل الله وتحليل ما حرم الله أو بالسجود لهم. Imam al-Tabari [2]  mentions the following regarding this verse: [3] “Allah – exalted be His Praise! – says: the Jews took their rabbis as their learned men… [...] From al-Dahhak [4]  wh