Giving interest money to an employee as a gift
Q: Can interested monies be given to an employee as a gift?
Business and Dealings
Responsibility of fixing a car that broke down while test driving it
Q: Please advise me on how to go about this problem:
I smashed my brothers car so I decided to replace him with a very similar car. I saw the car in some pictures which was being sold by a reputable trustable person. After speaking to the seller on the phone I was happy with what he told me about the car. But the seller told me its better I first have a look at the car, drive the car then we will speak about method of payment. We agreed on a meeting point.
The seller drove for about 150km. My brother went to pick up the car and drove it for another 200km and as he entered the town before reaching home, the car broke down.
Am I responsible for the breakdown? Please advise on whats the way forward.
Informing the customers regarding the approximate thickness of the commodity
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.
Accepting a car which is insured as a gift
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.
Having one's debt paid by someone else without one's permission
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?
Cutting off lights and water from a tenant until overdue rent is paid
Q: Can I cut off lights and water from a tenant until overdue rent is paid?
Slowing down one's meter if one is being overcharged
Q: Exorbitant prices are being charged for water and electricity. Many times we are overcharged due to power surges and air flow through the water meter causing the meters to reflect higher than the actual usage. There are ways of slowing down the meter causing it to reflect less than the actual usage. Will it be permissible to adopt such methods?
Paying a tenant to move out to avoid further losses
Q: I have a tenant who is several months in arrears. In order to get the tenant out and avoid further losses, I tell the tenant that if you find another premises and move out within a month, I will pay you R5000. Is such an agreement permissible?
Purchasing a vehicle with a warranty
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?
Confirming with the supplier the payment term for early payment discount
Q: I was receiving a 2.5% early payment discount. I contacted my Sales Representative and explained regarding the 2,5% discount not being allowed for me and to amend my pricing structure.
1. I wanted to know if I should continue to make payment deducting that amount and then paying it over to the poor or some other institute that takes interest monies while my pricing structure is being amended?