Permissible and impermissible items of trade

Writing a fiction book

Submitted by user2 on Sun, 2019-08-25 07:42

Q:

1. If a person wrote a book which is a mix of fiction and non fiction and they sell the book, is the money earned from that halaal?

2. If that same book has slight romance in it, will the money earned from it be halaal?

3. If that same book has swearing (which the readers will be warned of) then is the money earned from it halaal?

Selling a toy which contains music

Submitted by user2 on Mon, 2019-08-19 07:50

Q: We have recently received stock of an Islamic toy which we were unaware had music... The toy has many beneficial learning pages such as duas, surahs, Arabic alphabets, etc. but there is a button which plays nasheeds with musical instruments in the background.

Will it be permissible to sell such a toy? If the toy is sold with a note on how to remove the music and if the customer purchases it and chooses not to remove the music wire, will the seller be sinful?

Purchasing teaching resources that have pictures of animate objects

Submitted by user2 on Sun, 2019-07-14 08:38

Q: I would like to know if it is permissible to purchase teaching resources from the company Learning Roots. Their books and resources have pictures of humans/animals but with the faces blocked out or blurred.

Bitcoin

Submitted by user2 on Sun, 2019-06-30 07:37

Q: Whats the ruling about Bitcoin? Is it halaal or haraam?

Buying and selling plot files

Submitted by user2 on Thu, 2019-06-20 07:44

Q: I want to ask if it is allowed to sell and purchase plot files? The housing society is still underdevelopment and possession of plots is not given to file holders.

(The file is a document issued by a housing scheme developer, against which one can claim a piece of land/plot once development is done, and possession started by the developer)

Selling items with animate objects

Submitted by user2 on Tue, 2019-06-18 08:22

Q: Is it permissible to sell products that have animate objects on it? Are animate objects without eyes any different from animate objects with eyes?

Buying and selling cats

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2019-03-30 07:35

Q: Is it allowed to buy and sell cats in Islam?

Purchasing bank repossessed items from an auction

Submitted by user2 on Mon, 2019-03-04 07:59

Q: Is it permissible to buy items that are being auctioned off at a bank auction, i.e. items that were repossed by the bank?

Selling books with animate objects

Submitted by user2 on Sun, 2019-03-03 07:20

Q: I want to sell physical health eBooks that may contain a few images of humans for the purposes of demonstration e.g. a fitness eBook demonstrating how to perform an exercise or movement. Both male and female images are found in the books and at times, a portion of the awrah of the males and females are exposed. However, this is for demonstrational and educational purposes.

What is the ruling on this and if I had earned wealth through selling these books, what is the status of my wealth, is it halaal or haraam?

Selling university textbooks

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2019-03-02 08:06

Q: A common business practice amongst university students is to buy and sell their used textbooks amongst each other (as buying brand new textbooks from the publisher is extremely expensive).

1. Students, along with selling their textbooks, sell the notes that they made and the lecture slides (pdf version) for that module (subject) as part of one 'package'. Our question is regarding the permissibility of selling the lecture slides - which the lecturer uploads online during the course of the semester - as some naive first year students are unaware that they will be getting them for free over the course of the semester.

2. A lot of textbooks come in an ebook (pdf) format which the publisher sells online (also expensive). It is possible to find a 'pirated' copy of the ebook on the internet and download it. Students also sell these as well at a cheaper price.

2.1 Is this permissible?

2.2 If permissible (2.1), will one get thawaab if one distributes it to students for free instead of selling it to them?

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