Trade

Q: My brother sells Christmas trees, Christmas related products on which happy Christmas is written and he paid my education fee. 

Will my income be halaal if i use the knowledge as a job or business that I get from my education and can I live in his house that he made from this money? 

Also, he gave me a laptop that he bought from that money and I work on the laptop as a freelancer. I use the Internet on this laptop and he also pays the bill of this Internet from that money. Will my income be halaal that I make from that money?

Q: Is it permissible to sell toys or clothing that are replicas of the original brand but not the original brand itself, if the original brand has copyright protection? 

For example, selling a motorcycle toy replica with the Kawasaki branding on it or selling an Adidas top replica with the Adidas branding on it.

Q: Nowadays if we buy a phone which is 1000 dollars and if I buy with monthly EMI of 110 dollars for one year. This additional charge of 100 dollars is permissible in Islam? Is the 100 dollar considered haraam?

Q: I purchased a 50 hectare farm which is not fenced off. I did not know that there are some animals on the farm. Am I the owner of those animals?

Q: I would like to find out with regards to refunds. 

If a customer purchases 500 bricks and it is loaded with a forklift/hand. When the customers returns the goods, it requires manual labor to offload and palletize. 

Please advise, would it be permissible to charge an offloading fee?

Q: Is buying physical gold and silver bullion halaal or haram? As you know when buying gold online you pay with wire transfer then the payment clears and delivered for few days.

Q: I sell 1m lengths of pipe at R80. I purchase these ready cut. I have a marking on my counter to measure 1m. Those who purchase don't specifically require 1m but purchase the metre as that's how it's sold. It is advertised as 1m. I noticed a pipe today that was marginally short. I therefore refunded R2 to the customer but did not inform him why. The pipe will still fulfill the function for which it was purchased. What is the ruling regarding this transaction?

Q: Please advise on whether it's permissible to study a cannabis course and learn about cannabis. 

Also, is it permissible sell cannabis and cannabis products for medicinal use?

Q: It is right to sell an item higher than it's retail price which is mentioned on the product box?

Q: A person sells balloons with a ‘Happy Birthday’ sticker on it. This is their only form of income. Is it permissible to sell this type of item?.