Business and Dealings

Buying and selling shares

Q: Is it permissible to do share marketing. For example, I bought 100 shares of Reliance Communication for 35 Indian rupees per share. Suddenly the share value increased to 38 Indian rupees. So I sell the 100 shares on the same day and got a profit 300 Indian rupees. Is this halaal or not?

Mandatory car insurance

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?