Business and Dealings

Q: I live in a country where car insurance is mandatory, without which one cannot drive and get anywhere. Out of necessity we got a car insurance.

Recently, my mother got in a car accident (it was not her fault, she was hit from behind) and was injured (she has a concussion and pain in her head). Per the insurance rules, she was to be given treatments (physiotherapy and so on) as well as compensation money due to her injury. The insurance company did not give her the compensation money or pay for her treatment costs completely. She wasn't event told she could receive compensation.

Later, she talked to a lawyer who was introduced by her friend who told her about it. Now she is making a claim against the insurance company to receive proper treatments (with all costs covered) as well as compensation money.

Is this compensation money halal to use?

Q: My sister had a house worth R160 000 which she sold for R320 000. She has one son and three daughters, and she wants to distribute their shares during her lifetime. How will their shares be calculated?

Q: I am a freelance software developer that develops software. Currently I got an invitation to make a software for a restaurant that sells burgers, Chinese food, etc. Burger may be of pork meat. Please guide whether it is permissible to create software for the restaurant or not.

Q: Is it permissible to work in an engineering procurement at a company that supplies munitions (bombs) to various parts of the world?

Q: I'm buying a flat in installments. The company is giving discount if I pay the installments prior to the due date. Is it interest? Is it halal?

Q: I want to buy a car for my use but for that I want to know whether it is allowed for me to take a loan from a bank on monthly installments (interests) as I have no other way to fulfill my need. Can I avail that option since I am in need and also I have filled up the paper work.

Q: My cousin is buying a house. He asked if I could write him a cheque for a certain amount and he would give me cash. My question is, if the cash he gave me is (maybe) from a haraam source, is that money still halaal for me? As I gave him my halaal money.

Q: Can you take part in a flea market thats happening outside a church and the money that you pay for the tables also gets used toward the church? But you keep your money of whatever you sell?

Q: I am a software engineer working in a University. The salary is going to my bank account, please explain to me how to save myself from sood (interest). Currently my money is being saved in a local bank. 

Q: My parents may have not been aware of LIC policy where we send money monthly and after many years we get back money with some extra amount. Now that extra amount is obviously interest (riba). As my parents have started that, they say that at last they will put the extra money in charity. Till then, we would be sending money.

Now because of us, the company would have to give extra money. Are we then responsible for his sin? Or we will be getting the same sin for him? In Quran ayah its mentioned that whoever eats riba after knowing its haram he will remain in hell forever.

1. Is this sin for us also because of him (company owner) giving us extra money? And due to us taking part in it, the owner would be little encouraged to continue his business. (As its obvious tht if a new customer comes in shop, the owner will be happy and would like to do more buisness) Then if the owner does more buisness and more people join the LIC policy. Now bcz of us many people joined and they may eat riba. Are we gonna get same sin of them (hell forever)?