Business and Dealings

Q: We are in a partnership with two non-Muslim parties. Our shares in the partnership are 30%, 40% and 30%. Initially, the profit was to be divided as per this ratio when the job was completed. It has now emerged that doing the actual work will require additional time and management. This can either be sourced from an outside consultant or can be carried out by one of the shareholding parties. The other two parties are happy to appoint the third party to do the work for an extra fee. Islamically, is this agreement permissible?

Q: I work in a jewellery store in which we sell watches, earrings, different chains, etc. Some of the chains that we sell contain Christian connotations e.g. the Christian cross, the face of Jesus, etc. I personally don’t like to sell these items and I don’t own the store. What should I do?

Q: I breed and sell cats as a business. Is this a permissible form of income?

Q: There are some short link websites which pay us. On one website, for example, we can short link any video, so when we send that short link to someone and he opens it, he will first watch an advertisement then he will be redirected to the real video link. These ads contain pictures. Is this type of earning halaal or haraam?

Q: Does a mother-in-law have a right over the son’s jewellery given to him from his wife’s parents on their marriage?

And does a wife have any rights over her husbands jewellery that her parents had only given? The mother-in-law has a lot of gold but also takes her daughter-in-laws gifts? Is it Islamically correct?

Q: I have got a mobile for myself and my wife on credit. Unfortunately I didnt do timely payments and also paid some interest on it. I know its a major sin but I just wanted to ask that the usage of the mobiles which I bought for myself and my wife is haram or halal?

Q: Please advise if the rewards and loyalty points earned at woolworths, pick n pay and other stores permissible to use.

Q: My husband's aunty always brings random stuff into our house. But my sister in law said that she spends on those things is riba or interest she gets from the bank.

My question is, are those things haram for us? Or should we consider it just as a gift.

Q: In Islam, is it permissible for a Muslim to have funeral cover?

Q: Is it permissible for a Muslim farmer to sell his animals to an abattoir that will pay him only after they slaughter and skin etc.? Nowadays, most abattoirs first slaughter the animal. They then grade the meat and accordingly pay the price on the hook. The price per kg is fixed e.g. A grade R40/kg, B grade R30/kg, C grade R20/kg. Is this sale permissible due to the price of the animal being unknown at the time of the sale? Will the ruling change if both parties are willing and agree, and generally this doesn’t lead to any problems as this has become the norm in dealing with abattoirs? If not, is there a way to make the sale valid such as the farmer making the abattoir his representative or leaving the animals by the abattoir and making them responsible without concluding the sale? How would it work out in the situation where the abattoir is non-Muslim owned?