Business and Dealings

Q: I want to know that if I work hard with the intention that I will become successful, is it shirk or not?

Q: If a person earned money through selling alcohol, can he use the money e.g. for funeral costs?

Q: If a Muslim is in a non-Muslim country, is it permissible for him to decorate his business with Christmas decorations? 

Q: Is a horse breeding business allowed in Islam?

Q: Is it permissible to own a pet store in Islam?

Q: From my understanding, scholars in India at one point gave a fatwa that it is permissible to take loans on interest, mainy because they were living in darul harb?

From my understanding Imam Muhammad and Imam Abu Hanifah was a proponent of that position. This position is the dominant opinion in the Hanafi Madhab?

I am asking because this is a fatwa that is in the works in my local community. I have never taken loans in my life and I don't plan on it but I would like to understand the topic further.

Q: I have certain customers who pay via EFT and prefer to make monthly payments in advance. Since they are purchasing milk and eggs from me, often I have not yet received the milk and it has not even been produced yet.

1. What is the correct way for me to conduct the sale with these clients?

2. One of the customers mentioned that they don’t mind me using the money before they have purchased goods to the full value. Is it permissible for me to use it?

3. I have a customer that pays later. After purchasing the products, he sometimes has a complaint that it’s not as fresh as he is used to. If I wish to give him a discount, what would be the best way to do it?

Q: I sell eggs and I keep my stock at my parents’ shop. Once, a staff member from my parents’ shop had taken from my stock which is kept separately and sold it to the customer. It was brought to my attention a while later. As the products were more expensive, I had discounted them when sending the invoice although the goods had already been sold to the customer. Is this permissible?

Q: My parents take products which they pay for later.

1. Sometimes they pay a few rands extra out of love. Is this fine?

2. Sometimes, I wish to give them a discount when I’m sending them the account (as they sometimes help me to clear stock that is close to date). Can I give them a discount after they have taken possession?

Q: Is it permissible, in a mudhaarabah partnership, for both the rabbul maal (financer) and the working partner to draw a specified equal salary per month? Can the salaries be different to the profit share ratio?