Latest Research

Our most recently published research, can be accessed below.

Help to Save Scheme – Published: 19th April 2018

Spot Forex Trading – Published: 28th May 2018

Pensions and Gross Uncertainty – Revised Version Published: 1st June 2018

Zakat on Child Trust Funds – Published: 19th July 2018

Unlawful employment in non-Muslim countries – Published: 15th March 2019

Zakat on Pensions – Published: 21st April 2019

Research Bank

Our research bank contains all our historic research. The views within our Q&A Fatawa are based on this research.

Please click on the links below for further information about the relevant sharia precepts involved in these areas.

Insurance

• Breakdown Cover

Banking and Finance

• Pensions and Gross Uncertainty
• Islamic Viewpoint on Student Loans
• Help to Save Scheme
• Alternative Finance Product Consultation Al Qalam Response

Zakāh

• Categories of Debts and Bad Debts for the Purposes of Zakāh
• Liability of Zakāh and Long-Term Loans
• Zakah on Interest-based Loans
• Zakāh on Islamic Home Purchase Plans
• Utilisation of Zakāh for Welfare Projects
• Zakat on Child Trust Funds
• Zakat on Pensions

Miscellaneous

• Child Maintenance and Obligations
• Interest calculation in HMRC penalty
• Spot Forex Trading

Earning Halal

• Importance of Earning a Living
• Unlawful Wealth and the Correct Disposal of Unlawful Income
• Employment Overview: Conditions for lawful employment

Inheritance

• Trustees and Executors for Wassiyah Purposes
• Investment in Stocks and Shares