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1 )Can I work as a mortgage agent here in canada? 2)can I work as a real estat agent?

· 22 Safar 1430 AH1 min readFatwa 17535English

Question

1 )Can I work as a mortgage agent here in canada?

2)can I work as a real estat agent?

Answer

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

1. It is not permissible to work as a mortgage agent due to its involvement in interest (ribā).

Rasūlullāh صلى الله عليه وسلم cursed the one who takes interest, gives interest, records it, and the one who witnesses it (Muslim)

2. It is permissible to work as a real estate agent as long as it does not involve facilitating mortgages for customers. Helping arrange interest-bearing loans for customers would entail assisting in sin.

And assist one another in righteousness and piety, but do not assist one another in sin and transgression. And fear Allāh. Verily, Allāh is severe in punishment (al-Māidah: 2)

And Allah knows best

Wassalam u Alaikum

Ml. Abrar Mirza,
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa

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Ml. Abrar Mirza
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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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