Business and Dealings

Q: Zaid owes Amr money. Zaid wins the lottery and pays Amr with the money that he won. Amr knows it's lottery money. Is it permissible for Amr to accept it and use it?

Q: I went to a shop to purchase some items. I intended to only purchase for R300. However, I saw that they have a competition to win a car. In order to enter the competition, one will have to purchase for a minimum of R500. Will it be permissible for me to purchase more items just to enter the competition?

Q: Is it permissible for me to work in a grocery store? I will need to stock up shelves with pig and haraam meat and also halaal products such as bread, fruit and clothes. I will need to stand at the till and scan the goods for the customers (cashier). It is approximately 90% halaal goods, but goods such as cigarettes, haraam meat and alcohol are also sold. Can I work in this place?

Q: I want to know if trading gold on the forex stock market is allowed? 

From my understanding... You are buying shares of gold that is in a gold bullion (equivalent to a shop). Gold prices fluctuate so you can either buy or sell gold daily... This gives u a profit/loss and you get your money daily. To know whether gold price is going to go up or down, careful market analysis is done daily to see where the support and resistance levels on the chart are. (So it's not really a guess or gamble if you read the charts according to what you learnt). The only time the market is unpredictable is when news events are on. Then the gold price does not follow the analysis (as business is unpredictable as well). 

I've heard that in order for it to be halaal, a physical exchange has to be done. But with today's technology, no physical exchanges actually do happen. Everything gets done digitally. 

So if physical exchange is a must, then are ALL investments haraam? Like the cattle investment, cattle feeding scheme investment, property investment and shares in big companies? Please advise

Q: In a GP practice, patients come often for a sick note without being actually sick. Most will say they are tired and need a day or two off. Some practitioners charge for a sick note as a business transaction. 

Is it permissible to rather consult the patient and do a general check up (blood pressure and sugar) and give multi vitamins and then give the note or is it not permissible at all?

Q: I have a question about a certain crypto exchange group called “mega”. Basically it’s a group that trades in a platform called “2139 exchange”. Me and my friends group joined this group because we did our research and we didn’t find anything haraam concerning it. But now I’m having some doubts. 

Basically a certain individual studies the market and predicts the direction of a certain currency and makes profits through the price fluctuations. The participants can join the trade through a futures feature and get a profit but he takes a percentage also when the participants withdraw their profits he also takes a percentage. So I want to know if it’s halaal or haraam because I heard some people saying it’s like gambling. 

Q: 

1. Is it permissible to dispose of interest monies to ones helper? 

2. What are some recommended ways to dispose of interest money?

Q: I wasn’t really religious growing up so I made severe mistakes. 

I made a business that’s doing great alhamdulilah. However, I stole money from someone to begin the business. Since then, I’ve focused on deen more and I’ve repented for this and intended to never go back to this sin. 

Can I keep the profits ?

Q: I have subscribed for GPF. The government forcefully deducts some amount like 5k each month. At the end of retirement, govt. will return that principle amount and the amount of interest over it. 

Can I keep some amount of interest money equivalent to the money devaluation I faced over the years ?

Q: Is receiving free services from a bank like: being able to receive my income in my current account and pay with the debit card associated considered riba? 

My bank does not have account maintenance fee and offer these services.