Business and Dealings

Q: I wanted to find out a fatwa regarding weights and measures in my business. 

We are steel traders. We buy steel a certain thickness say 0.2mm but the factories that produce it can’t get the exact thickness due to the production process. So the thickness varies from 0.195 to 0.205mm, sometimes more sometimes less. 

What is the ruling on this because we sell the product as 0.2mm. We sell as per the thickness that we order. We don’t order a lower thickness and sell as a higher thickness. This is purely a production tolerance level as the machines can never get it exact.

Q: A person’s parents bought and gifted him a car. The car is under insurance. This person does not want the insurance and told his parents to take it out. His parents do not want to remove the insurance. 

1. Is it permissible for him to use and drive the car? 

2. If he meets in an accident and the insurance pays for the damages of the car and the car gets fixed, will it be permissible to drive the car after it has been fixed. This person does not want the insurance and he told his parents to remove it but they don’t want to.

Q: If I had a credit card debt with Woolworths and I couldn't afford to pay it at the time so the debt was ceded by a company called nimble against my will at the time, do I have to pay nimble anything. Woolworths is not saying that I owe them anymore. How do I make sure that no one has a claim against me on qiyaamat?

Q: Can I cut off lights and water from a tenant until overdue rent is paid? 

Q: I wish to purchase a second hand vehicle from a dealer. All vehicles are sold with warranty. Vehicle is selling for 100k. However, it is mentioned that the price of the vehicle is R85000 and the price of the warranty is R15000 but the vehicle cannot be purchased without the warranty. Will such a purchase be permissible? 

Q: Can I hold the log book of a car as collateral until I receive full payment? 

Q: I would like for a detailed explanation to hand to my manager. 

I started working for a company and they asked me the other day if I could help set up for a meeting. I said sure but I’m not touching the food as it was meat etc. bought from woolies which is haraam. They said okay that’s fine but I said I would put the fruit in the bowl because I’m allowed to eat that and it’s not haraam. 

After the meeting was over I was called in by my manager and she said that it’s my job to do it so isn’t there another way, but I don’t want to touch this haraam food because I never have and I don’t want to compromise my religion. 

Also an important thing to note is that there are two Muslim ladies at the work and they do not wear hijab, they allow the men to touch and hug them and they touch this haraam meat and just wash their hands after but I do not do this and don’t want to do it. So I think they probably think I’m being a snob and trying to get out of doing my job but that is not the case. 

Please can you give me a detailed explanation so that I can provide them with the proper reasonings so I don’t ever have to touch the haraam meat even with the gloves.