Business and Dealings

Q: My brother sells Christmas trees, Christmas related products on which happy Christmas is written and he paid my education fee. 

Will my income be halaal if i use the knowledge as a job or business that I get from my education and can I live in his house that he made from this money? 

Also, he gave me a laptop that he bought from that money and I work on the laptop as a freelancer. I use the Internet on this laptop and he also pays the bill of this Internet from that money. Will my income be halaal that I make from that money?

Q: I am a single mother (not divorced) living with my parents. I do not pay rent or utility bills, but I manage all other expenses for myself and my baby, including food, clothes, diapers, milk, etc. 

The baby’s father sends a small amount (around 20,000 PKR) monthly — sometimes not even that. 

I work from home and earn about 1.5 lakh PKR per month by helping university students write their assignments, reports, and research papers. I use tools like ChatGPT to generate answers and then rephrase the content using other software. I work very hard and honestly, but now I’m very worried: Is this income halal or haram in Islam? 

I want to raise my son as a Hafiz-e-Quran and a good Muslim. I don’t want to feed him with haram money, but this is the only source of income I have right now. I am very stressed and confused. Please guide me according to Islamic teachings.

Q: Is it permissible to acquire a rent to own car from a dealership?

Q: Is it permissible to finance a car or a house through Islamic bank if the period of payment is fixed (e.g. 5 years) but amount of payment is fixed only for 12 months after which it is reviewed and adjusted for inflation? 

Q: Is it permissible to sell toys or clothing that are replicas of the original brand but not the original brand itself, if the original brand has copyright protection? 

For example, selling a motorcycle toy replica with the Kawasaki branding on it or selling an Adidas top replica with the Adidas branding on it.

Q: Nowadays if we buy a phone which is 1000 dollars and if I buy with monthly EMI of 110 dollars for one year. This additional charge of 100 dollars is permissible in Islam? Is the 100 dollar considered haraam?

Q: A man bought abayahs for his wife and she never use it. Afterwards he divorces her. 

Can he now give those abaayas to someone else or to his new wife?

Q: I purchased a 50 hectare farm which is not fenced off. I did not know that there are some animals on the farm. Am I the owner of those animals?

Q: I bought 3 Ryse supplements from TikTok shop 2 years ago but I claimed that they never showed up even though they did and I received a refund. What can I do for forgiveness and to use this product? Is it even possible to use the product? 

I contacted TikTok customer service and they said they usually cover the cost so TikTok is the ones that lost money. I told the customer service individual that I received the order but still asked for a refund and they said that I can’t pay for it now. If I can't use them do I give them away as they are protein supplements.