Business and Dealings

Using Bay'as Salam to make a dropshipping business halaal

Q: I would like to know more about Bay'as Salam and how I can use this to make my dropshipping business halaal?

When a customer places an order, the supplier ships the product directly to the customer. You pay the supplier the wholesale cost of the product, and you keep the difference between the wholesale cost and the retail price as your profit. In a Salam contract, the buyer and seller agree on the price, quantity, and delivery date of the product. The seller receives the price of the product in advance, providing them with the necessary funds to produce the product. The buyer then takes delivery of the product at the agreed-upon future date. I would like to know if the above information provided on salam will allow me to use it in the dropshipping context as mentioned in the first paragraph.

Software planning for an alcohol manufacturing company

Q: I work for a software company which makes planning software for companies. Their clients include many manufacturing companies which needs a software for planning. My role is to support the implementation of software and provide training and support for customers.

If their client is an alcohol manufacturing company, and they assign me to work on this project. Is it permissible for me to work?

Will my earnings be halaal? 

Health insurance

Q: I have a question regarding to state life insurance company whether the health insurance of this company is halaal or haram.

My 2nd question is that my parents took a loan from a insurance company about 1 lac. Now they are going to do sadaqa/aqeeqah of a cow from this money. Is this is valid? 

Specifying a certain amount of the profits for any partner in a partnership

Q: I invested 1 million dollars with my friend who is running a chicken business. Normally, what happens is that I invest my money and we specify that 200,000 from the profits will be mine and the rest will be his. Is this permissible or is this interest? Please also explain the basic laws of a partnership in Islam.