Business and Dealings

Q: Is it permissible to charge a customer just for a quote on the items they want? I know some people who are charging R50 to give a customer a quote on maybe 15 items. After that, if the customer comes back and buys about 6 of those items, they will refund their R50. If they don't buy any items or buy less than 6 items, they do not get refunded.

Q: Is it permissible to sell a children's blanket which will have some decorations, a name on it (e.g. Zain) and with it will be "Allahuma bismika Amooto wa Ahyaa"?

Q: I want to become a data analyst, I am choosing a field, I have cherry picked the top most valuable & highest paying field they are:

1. Finance & Banking
2. IT Companies:
3. Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences

Now I wanna choose a highest rewarding field too.

My question: "Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (radhiyallahu anhuma): The Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) cursed the one who consumes riba (usury or interest), the one who gives it, the one who records it, and the two witnesses to the transaction, and he said, 'They are all alike (in sin).'" (Sahih al-Bukhari)

Now if I become a financial data analyst, most probably I may have to record about any such possible riba transactions taken or given by company/banks etc.. Wont I be the sinner

2. Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption [done] in the land - it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one - it is as if he had saved mankind entirely. does it applicable to my role as Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences data analyst. it may also explore my way to have a Islamic finance field innovation.

3. Data analyst in IT companies play a significant role in developing technology and improving business operations, also it lead to me to gain more salary making me to give charity & other acts.

I would like to have your opinion on the best job role which you think will be with your islamic knowledge.

Q: Can interest money be used to pay TV license?

I have a TV that we do not use anymore, however since it is a process to sell a TV screen, I still have to pay the license. Is it permissible to pay using interest.

Can interest be given in charity? Obviously not as Lilla or sadaqa.

Q: I have a furniture trading and manufacturing business. I want to take investment to grow my business. I am offering my prospects 30% to 36% (variable) early profit on their investment if they invest for a minimum 1 year.

Incase of any loss they will have to bear the loss as well. Is this shariah compliant and halaal?

Q: I live with my grandparents and they have a shop which sell mostly biscuits & they also sell cigarattes! (According to some sholars in my country cigrattes are makrooh, while I have heard some Arab scholars say its haraam).

I want to be on the safe side so, as I live in their house my concern is I use electricity/internet to learn as I learn online! Will my online earning be halal if I pay them later on for electricity/internet I use?

Q: Zaid and Amar had a very good relationship. During this time Zaid had given some gifts of cash and also some items to Amar. At the time the gifts were received and accepted and also used. Recently some issues arose due to which the relationship is very strained and Amar is very upset with Zaid. Amar has now sent back an amount of cash equivalent to the hadya that was given to him. He has also sent the gifted item back which had been previously accepted and used as well. The questions are:

1. Will the cash sent by Amar be deemed to be a return of the actual gift that was given to him, and will Zaid be obliged to take it back?

2. Will the item returned, which was accepted and used, be deemed as a return of the actual gift?

Q: I work in food transport and very often I transport non-halaal meat. I wanted to know if my work is halaal or haraam.