Business and Dealings

Q: A woman's husband passed away whilst at work for a company due to an accident within the company. The company promised help to the woman for next two years plus they paid her a lump sum. After she completed her iddat, the company refused to help her. She went to the labour department to report it. The department wishes to know how much was spent in burying her husband. Is it correct for her to show them how much was spent in the burial of he husband if someone else in the family paid for it? If the department do give her any reimbursement, is she allowed to accept it?

Q: I loaned 80 000 rupees to someone in 2012 and I told them that when they pay me back, they should pay me in dollars. Is it permissible in Islam or should I take it in rupees?

Q: I want to make current account in kabul bank kabul and also want to use ATM cards and master card. So is it permissible in Islam to use such cards?

Q: Two people are partners in a grocery shop. One is Deeni conscious and the other is not. Hence, it leads to many disputes. One particular dispute is that sometimes, there is an extra product delivered to the shop. One partner wishes to return it and the other wishes to keep it. The Deeni conscious brother keeps quiet in order to maintain the peace. Is this (keeping silent) correct? If not, what should he do for the future? This has happened in the past also where the product was not returned. What should he do to make amends for that?

Q: I work for a software company where we create call centre software (IVR) related products. Not all of our clients are banks, but right now, we have two clients which are banks. The call centre software is mainly used (as per my knowledge) for changing the ATM pin, complaining about lost cards, etc. The software connects the caller with the agent of the company so that the caller may explain his/her problem to the agent. Our software is not involved in the transactions of the bank in any way. Is my job permissible?

Q: I have a credit card which gives upto 3% cash back on all purchases. Is it permissible to use the credit card and benefit from the cash back?

Q: I live in a non-muslim country and I am paying loans with interest. I came by an article where you can invest money and get double or triple profit after two or three months. As per the article the investment goes in real estate transactions. Is such investment permissible? If the profit is considered as riba can such money be used to repay my loan which am already paying with interest?

Q: I work for a chartered accounting company in British Columbia, Canada. There are various departments in our company and they provide accounting services to various companies. I work as a data entry person who enters data (information about people and their addresses) and I work in the lottery department. Our company does not deal with lottery selling, we just deal with the accounting and tallying and hand over the information to the foundation or clients. My job only entails office duties and entering data which prepares the lottery for the clients. Is this job permissible for me?

Q: Can a person give his property as rent to a kaafir for their parlour where they keep the dead kuffar and prepare them for burial?

Q: I received a wooden wall hanging/frame as a gift from a non muslim. Since it had pictures of horses (animals), i never hanged it any where in my home, rather i just put it in a closed cupboard. can you kindly explain to me whether it is acceptable in Islamic sense for me to give this wooden frame as a gift to a non muslim friend, rather than myself just holding on to it.