Business and Dealings

Q: I was given a computer to repair by a certain person. From what I know of this person, this computer is most likely stolen. Is it permissible to repair this computer?

Q: I hail from India. I have purchased car insurance by paying yearly premium of amount 6ooo. Can I claim insurance for damages equivalent to the premium paid or lesser?

Q: I have been told that student finance is permissible even with the inclusion of interest. The Moulana has said that it has similar rulings to car insurance. Please advise.

Q:

1. A person bought petrol stations and invites people from the community to invest in them. If I promote this investment, can I charge an administration fee?

2. Can my commission be based on the amount that people invest e.g. if I get a person to invest R100 000, I will charge R1000, and if he invests R200 000, I will charge R2000?

Q: I'm a dentist and I want to work and gain money through halaal means so that Allah is pleased with me. So I'm interested in the cosmetic dentistry field in which we make smiles more pleasing with crowns, veneers or filling techniques. Kindly guide be about the shariah rulings in this matter as I will take the next step accordingly.

Q: Person A has said that for a self employed person who has to declare his profits at the end of 1 year in the UK, it is jaaiz for him to purchase a car on interest because if he does that, he’ll be paying less tax to the government as he believes that tax is haraam.

He says this isn’t permissible for a person who isn’t self employed as such a person pays tax according to his fixed salary irrespective of where he spends his wage on. (He says that this is how the system works in UK for tax.)

What is to be said of this?

Q: I had a gold chain which I traded in to the goldsmith for a new chain which he is going to make for me. The new chain might be a bit longer than my original one which I traded in, therefore, because the weight of the new chain is more, I will have to pay him a little extra money.

At the moment, my original chain is with him, and I will only take my new chain from him when it is ready. Is it permissible for us to do the transaction in this way?

Q: Zaid let his house out to a non-Muslim. While residing in the house, the non-Muslim conducts his acts of worship. Will this invalidate the lease?

Q: We have been running a shop for the past 8 years. We have been paying a monthly rental subject to a 10% yearly increase. However, during the last year, after the increase, we have been paying say R10 000. Due to rising costs, etc. we decided to physically split the shop in half and give it to our neighbour for R9000. We had the permission of the landlord to do this. This effectively meant that we were now paying R1000 for our portion which is quite a bargain. However, now the landlord says that what we have done is not Shari’ah compliant. We would like to know whether it is permissible or not.

Q: Please advise whether it is permissible to buy a property on which any of the following tenants are found:

1. Non muslim homes

2. Supermarkets that sell haram products

3. Liquor stores

4. Gambling dens

5. Non muslim places of worship

6. Banks