Business and Dealings

Q: Is it permissible to work as a cashier in a gas station, where liquor, lottery tickets, cigarettes, haraam food, etc. are sold on an hourly basis?

Q: Sometimes store owners ask us to help them out with stock that has not been sold and is sometimes past the sell by date.

1. Is it permissible to give them back the full value of the stock as a credit?

2. Is it permissible to swap the stock directly for a fresh lot?

Q: I gave R500 000 to a factory owner as an investment. Every single month, he gives me R30 000. Is that R30 000 halaal or haraam?

Q: My municipality water account has run high due to unforeseen reasons. The amount is not a substantial amount. I am old and currently receiving pension. It will take me many many years to pay it off. Please advise if interest money can be used to pay it off.

Q:

1. If I borrow a certain amount of money from a person with the intention of paying back the exact amount to my lender but the money that has been lended to me is money that has been borrowed by my lender that has agreed to pay back with riba to his lender. Can I use the money knowing this?

2. If I lend a person money but the person pays back my money from borrowing from another person with riba? Can I accept?

3. If a person gives me a gift but I doubt if the gift is bought from haraam money. Can I take it?

4. I lend someone $180 but they pay back me $200 without me asking can I keep?

Q: Is it halaal to open a cafe where there will be mix gathering? If it is haram how can one avoid this haram thing in a cafe? I am a teenage girl and my father is opening the cafe but he does not practice Islam well. Please advice us on how we could avoid haraam?

Q: The profit which a bank monthly offers against bonds/certificates is halaal or not? 

Q: Ali sells tape to a shopkeeper. Can we also sell tape to the same shopkeeper by purchasing in bulk from Ali and sell to his same customer? 

Q: The road accident fund agrees to pay a person involved in a motor vehicle accident R100 000 for general damages. This agreement is taken to the high court so it can be made into a court order. The court order is made on 1 january 2017 that the road accident fund will pay the person R100 000. The court order further states: "In the event of the aforesaid amount not being paid timeously, the defendant shall be liable for interest on the amount at the rate of 10.25% per annum, calculated from the 15th calendar day after the date of this order to date of payment." The road accident fund pays the amount after 6 months of the court order and therefore interest is also received on top of the R100 000.

The question is: Is this extra amount received interest according to the shariah?

Q: I would like to know if it is permissible to take sports as a career as common nowadays?