Q: I want to ask about earnings from food delivery services in a non Muslim country/community. Uber Eats, Door Dash are the delivery service name.
The delivery is not containing any alcohol, etc. but sometimes some foods containing pork products. Either cooked or sometimes grocery items contain bacon, pork products, etc. Are the earnings halal or permissible by a Muslim?
Q: Once I bought a prize bond, but when I realized it's not permissible, I sold it back.
Is the money from selling it back that was originally mine will also be considered as haraam or halaal?
Simply I just refunded back my investment upon knowing that the prize of the bond is haraam?
Q: I have noticed that my father has been selling filter/rolling paper (rizla) in bulk such as in large boxes to possible retail customers. I would just like to know whether it is permissible to sell such an item given the nature of its use?
Q: I have a question for Mufti Saheb regarding a business contract for an employee.
I am an optometrist and have my own optometry practice. It is the main source of my income to run my home. I am hiring another optometrist to run the business so that I can increase my studies.
The going rate for an optometrist is around R25 000 a month in KZN.
I have offered this person a salary of R15 000 with the incentive of earning 50% of the profits from the business every month.
In the expenses of the business I have stipulated R25 000 as a salary for myself to run my expenses. I will still assist in the decision making and management of the practice. As the sole owner of the business. Is it permissible for me to take this R25 000 salary as part of the business expenses not to be included in the profit.
The expenses are all shared with the optometrist I wish to hire so that there is full transparency.
Q: I would like to know what is the masaail concerning fake goods. As a retailer stocking original goods (which does come with its price tag) finds others selling fake goods matching the originals at a much lower rate. Is it permissible to stock these goods?
And what is the masaail concerning a person purchasing fake goods because the price is right.
Q: I am a travel agent. It is becoming a common practice to offer customers travel insurance. We get commission back if the customer takes it and forms part of our revenue. Can we use this commission?
Q: My brother passed away a few years ago. I knew he had a debt when he was abroad. But I don't know the whereabouts. What can we do for that?
It's not really possible for us to re-pay his debt as we are not a wealthy family. What can we do for my brother to save him from the hell fire? Sometimes my brother comes in my dream suffering from pain or as tortured telling me to save him. What can I do for him?
Q: Will it be permissible to take home the coffee, sugar, toothbrush etc. that the hotels provide for you to use?
Q: If my non-Muslim neighbour gives me money for my birthday, is it permissible for me to use that money?
Q: I had learnt in madrasah that among the conditions for the permissibility of a salam transaction is that the period of time from the date of the sale until the date of delivery should be a minimum of one month. If the salam period is less than one month, then the transaction will not be permissible and will not be valid.
However, I was recently informed that there is another opinion in the Hanafi Mazhab, that even if the the period of time from the date of the sale until the date of delivery is less than one month, the salam transaction will be permissible provided that there is an urf of that nature in the place where one is staying. Is this the correct view in the Hanafi Mazhab?