Q: I earn a living through selling items at auctions. Sometimes, I bid on my own goods on auction, or get someone else to bid on my goods, in order to raise the price of my items. Since the bidding commences at a low price, I fear that I may suffer a loss if I do not do so. Is this permissible in Islam?
Q: I own a carwash where I employ staff to wash the cars of customers who come to get their cars cleaned.
I erected a sign informing the customers that neither my staff nor I will be held liable for any damage caused to their vehicles on my premises, and entry is at their own risk. Is this permissible?
After making this declaration, if one of my staff accidentally damages a customer's car, who is responsible?
Q:
1. Would a graze that isn't flowing out blood, but would leave a faint print of blood on anything it came in contact with, break your wudhu?
2. In the above mentioned situation, say if the non flowing blood continuously came in contact with another part of the body or clothes etc., is it compulsory to wash that part of the body or clothes before performing salaah?
Q: I earn a living by selling cars. I go to auctions and buy second-hand cars. Thereafter, I leave the car with a dealer who has a showroom. The dealer sells the car for me and we split the profit according to a pre-agreed percentage (e.g. 50% each).
Before selling the car, the dealer sometimes has some work done on the car such as repairing wind-screen chips, touching up the paint, changing the tyres, etc. The cost for this work is deducted from my share of the profit. Is this permissible?
Q: I am a former musician who by the will of Allah, will not go back to doing music.
What happens to the music that I already put out which is beyond my control now? Will Allah punish me for people listening to my music after I have sincerely asked forgiveness?
Q: I bought a plot but I did not got possession of it. Can you advise me if I have to pay zakaat on this plot?
Q:
1. In a non-Muslim country, can a Muslim inherit from his non-Muslim relative? Please explain the Shar’ee ruling in the case where the non-Muslim relative left a will or did not leave a will.
2. I was informed that there is a fatwa attributed to Hazrat Moulana Thaanwi (rahimahullah) which says that it is permissible for Muslims to inherit from their non-Muslim relatives in India. Is this correct?
Q:
1. How many saffs (rows) can we cross while in the state of namaaz in order to fill the front saffs (rows)?
2. How much can we move horizontally in the same saff (row) in order to fill the gap?
Q: A person has a personal house that he wishes to gift to his three daughters. How should he complete the hibah (gifting) process, considering that the title deeds are in his name? If he does not transfer the house onto their name but merely gifts it to them in the presence of witnesses and has it duly signed as well, will this be sufficient? I was informed that the gifting will only take place if the house is divided and each daughter is given a separate portion of the house. Is this necessary or can I just gift the entire house to the three of them?
Q: I am a doctor with a private practice. Many patients come to me who are genuinely ill. According to my experience, such patients will generally require three or four days of sick leave. Sometimes, the patients ask me to extend the sick leave by an additional one or two days. Bearing in mind that they will be paid by their employers for these days in which they had sick leave, is it permissible for me to give them one or two days extra?