Business and Dealings

Q: Is it permissible for me to make dolls without heads and sell them for children to play with?

Q: I bought a batch of stock at a certain price. Thereafter, the price of the stock items went up, causing the market value to increase. Can I raise my price on these items, even though I am still selling stock from the old batch which I bought at the lower price?

Q: Telkom offers a certain internet package where you receive a free DSTV Explorer decoder. If I take the package, can I sell the decoder and keep the money?

Q: I am a car dealer. I am not involved in finance. However, I accept different forms of payment, such as cash, EFT and via a card machine. Is it permissible for me to decide the price of a vehicle depending on the customer’s form of payment? The bank charges me 3,25% (for a credit card) and 1,75% (for a debit card) of the total amount if the card machine is used. Can I add this percentage onto the original price of the vehicle? If so, does it have to be the exact amount the bank charges me or can I round off or add to the amount as I desire?

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1. I am a bookseller. Can I sell books that contain some pictures of animate objects? Most of the content of the books do not contain pictures of animate objects.

2. Can I sell paper, ink, etc. to printers knowing that they print pictures as well?

Q: I do accounts for a certain person. Recently, a situation arose where according to my books, we owed a supplier R100 (for example), but according to the supplier, we only owed him R50. The reason for the difference is that the supplier made a mistake in his calculation. I pointed this out to my employer but he still chose to remain quiet. What should I do?

Q: Is it permissible to purchase franchise rights? If not, can I still give my store the same name as the franchise store?

Q: I wish to inquire further regarding Mufti saabs ruling of installing atm machines on one's premises. Will the same ruling follow a card machine facility, with which many benefits exists but a customer may also pay with a credit card from haraam funds(interest bearing loan / overdraft, etc.)?

Q: I am in the property development business. I acquire properties and then use building contractors to put up residential or commercial developments. The problem is that the contractors often delay the project and do not complete it by the due date. To prevent this, can we fine them for each day that they delay?

Q: I am a beautician and I have read that it is haraam to shape the eyebrows. Does this only apply to me shaping my own eyebrows or does it apply to me shaping other people’s eyebrows for them as well? Secondly, will the ruling apply to non-Muslims as well?