Selling a property off-plan
Q: If one is doing a property development, what is the mas'alah of selling the property off-plan? From limited knowledge, we are aware that if a commodity is not in stock, one is not allowed to sell it.
Business and Dealings
Buying a bag of goods without knowing its contents
Q: There is a app called Refreshi, this is how it works, you pay a certain amount and get a bag of food/dessert etc... but you don't know exactly what. This is how it is written.
"Enjoy a tasty mix of baked goods. R68 You could receive, donuts, croissants, danishes, and/or pastries. Every bag is a surprise and delight to your tastebuds."
Is this permissible?
Dressmaker altering clothing of non-Muslims for Diwali or Christmas
Q: Is it permissible for a tailor/dressmaker to alter clothing of non-Muslims?
For example if a Hindu brings a sari to alter for Diwali or a Christian tells the tailor that they need the clothes altered for Christmas, will it be permissible for the tailor to do this job?
Settling one's debts before giving nafl sadaqah
Q: I will be receiving about R50 000 in inheritence.
I am married with 4 kids but my husband doesn't always provide. I work, and earn a basic salary and most often I am paying for my children's clothes or treats etc.
I want to give 10% of my inheritance in charity, however I do have debts to pay and most of the time, my money is all finished and I can't buy myself anything.
Is it better to give out the amount as sadqah or better to pay off my debts and my zakaat which is due and keep the rest as an emergency nest.
Selling a live animal to a sangoma to do rituals
Q:
1. Is it permissible to sell a live animal to a sangoma who will use the animal for some haraam ritual or for making sihr?
2. Is it permissible to sell a live animal to a non-Muslim undertaker who will use the animal for some rituals and for feeding?
Disposing of money earned through gambling
Q: If someone betted online and through this, he earned more money then what he put in. Now that he knows that betting is haraam, can he take back his capital amount and give the rest in sadaqah or does he have to give the entire amount in sadaqah?
Receiving a random reward when paying a fee to enter a campaign
Q: Is it permissible in Islam to participate in a campaign where I send $0.001 (a very small amount) to someone, and in return I receive a random reward that could be anywhere from a small amount up to $80?
The reward is uncertain and based on luck. However, the money I send is never lost — I always receive a reward that is greater than the amount I sent. So I never lose my money, I only receive more. Is this considered gambling (maisir) or is it halal?”
The ways through which a person can be appointed as the khaleefah
Q: Could a parliament (not elected, more similar to China) exist in a caliphate as a structured form of shura or would enforcing shura be against the sharia?
Working in a non-Muslim butcher selling pork
Q: My father is a Muslim. He got a job offer by a non-muslim to come and work for him. My father is a blockman in a butchery. He cuts meat and so forth, but this person works with pork meat etc. Will it be permissible for my father to work for him even though my father does not consume their food etc.?
Relative on property cutting off water supply from tenants
Q: There is a landlord that has a property. On it there are three homes. In the one main home is a close relative that stays. The other two are rented out. The relative does not pay for anything. At first, the landlord gave the administration duties to the relative but the relative could not manage it properly.
The three homes are being fed by a single borehole for water (no municipal water) that is fed to three separate water tanks with three separate pipes to each homes. After excessive rains, the pressure pump got damaged and as a result the water pressure dropped considerably to the homes. The relative decided (while the pressure pump was attended to) to cut off one of the houses water supply so that they get a little more pressure in theirs. When the landlord came to know about it, he sent a message to them that they have no permission to do this. They ignored this message and went a step further to cut the other pipe as well and feed the main pipe to their home, resulting in that they have a little more water pressure so that they do not have a problem to shower. The landlord is in another province and is unable to attend to the problem personally. What should he do?
The one suggestion that was given is that because you are only charging rental to the two homes, the water issue is not your problem and they must sort it out themselves between the three of them and split all the costs, even the pressure pump. You were kind to supply good water pressure to their homes. If you go the extra mile you will be rewarded but there will be spiritual cost involved by being harsh with your relative. What is the Shariah way to deal with this?