Business and Dealings

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?

Detergent leaking after placing the bottle in one's trolley

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2019-03-02 07:32

Q: Recently, while in a supermarket, I picked up a bottle of detergent and placed it in my trolley to purchase it.

A few minutes later, I saw that the bottle was leaking as the lid had not been screwed on completely. Approximately one quarter of the liquid had leaked out.

I left the bottle on the shelf, paid for my other items and left. It thereafter occurred to me that when I had picked up the detergent with the intention of purchase, I became liable for it. However, either the manufacturer or supermarket had not screwed the lid on correctly, and that was not my fault.

Am I responsible for the item? Should I return to the store and compensate them for it?

Holding the customer liable for breaking an item

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2019-03-02 07:27

Q: I own a shop that sells ornaments, glassware, crockery, etc.

Often, customers pick up items to examine them and then drop them accidentally, causing them to break.

Similarly, customers sometimes place items in their trolley to purchase, but then drop another item on top of the first item, causing it to become damaged. The customer then says that they don't want the item because it's damaged.

In the above two situations, can I hold the customer liable for the item and charge him for it?

Modifying software created by another person and thereafter selling it

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2019-03-02 07:04

Q: I enhanced a software related to point of sale. The owner sells it in UAE and I live in Pakistan. Can I sell the software in Pakistan without the owner's permission?

Taking a longer maternity leave

Submitted by user2 on Sat, 2019-03-02 07:02

Q: I am a college teacher. My winter break started from 23 Dec 2018 to 18 Feb 2019. I delivered a baby girl on 26th Dec 2018, just three days after the start of the winter break. I am entitled to 6 months maternity leave.

Can I submit the said leave after my winter vacation is over so that I will get 6 months more with my baby? The leave rules in our state mention that maternity leave can be availed a little before delivery or after delivery. Is it wrong if I show my delivery date a month later in my documents?

Selling wedding dresses

Submitted by user2 on Thu, 2019-02-28 08:04

Q: Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to sell English wedding clothes?

Paying one's helper with interest money

Submitted by user2 on Thu, 2019-02-28 08:01

Q: What do we do with interest money? Can we pay our helper at home in the form of wages? 

Selling western clothing

Submitted by user2 on Thu, 2019-02-28 07:52

Q: Is it permissible for one to sell women's garments of western culture in one's shop?

Taking employment in a shop that sells stolen goods

Submitted by user2 on Thu, 2019-02-28 07:41

Q: If a person has a shop and in that shop he is selling stolen goods, is the money that is earned by the worker considered haraam?

Getting paid back for a loan with haraam money

Submitted by user2 on Wed, 2019-02-27 07:04

Q: A brother had $1000 (halaal money) and he lent one of his relatives. On him receiving the money back, he learnt that the money comes from haraam sources (drugs, alcohol, etc.).

1. Is that money that is returned to him from haraam sources permissible for him (his money is from halaal sources) or is it halaal?

2. Please advise what to do.

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