Q: I have recently moved into a house which forms part of complex and is run by a body corporate. The house belongs to my wife in a Family Trust, however I pay the expenses to run the house. I have just recently found out that the monthly levies I pay includes a portion which is allocated to insurance for the home. I was unaware of this and thought that the home was uninsured.
Please advise on what I should do ?
Q: Standard bank charged me an honoring fee of R100 which I don't think is fair. Why would they let a transaction go through if my bank account didn't have any funds?
I tried contacting them but they declined to reverse the transaction. I have a normal debit account. Anyways I am now due to pay them this fee of R100. Can I pay them with haraam interest money?
Q: In my work as a candidate attorney, I am forced to refer to the magistrate as, "your worship". Is this permissible as it is not possible for any Muslim attorney to practice without having to at some point appear before a magistrate in court.
Q: I have moved into a new home. The previous owner was not Muslim. He had left some baking trays that fit into the oven that he left here which I presume he was not using. I am not sure if he would have cooked any haraam food with the trays. I wanted to throw his trays away but now some of my baking trays were placed in the same draw and they got mixed up so I don't know which are mine and which are his. Is it fine if I end up using the dishes that he used to cook with as long as its washed with sunlight and water?
Q: Knowing that giving gifts is of great merit and is encouraged in Islam... Is it permissible to participate in a game named as secret sheep for eid which people exchange gifts... since it was derived from the name secret santa and the rules etc. all are derived from the secret santa (done on Christmas).
Q: I would like to find out with regards to refunds.
If a customer purchases 500 bricks and it is loaded with a forklift/hand. When the customers returns the goods, it requires manual labor to offload and palletize.
Please advise, would it be permissible to charge an offloading fee?
Q:
1. Is it permissible to take part in a lucky draw where the participant pays a fee for a ticket and thus enters themselves into the draw where the outcome would be such that they would receive a prize?
2. Is it permissible if the ticket is purchased for some event, (e.g. a dinner) and thus results in the person becoming part of the lucky draw?
Q: Is buying physical gold and silver bullion halaal or haram? As you know when buying gold online you pay with wire transfer then the payment clears and delivered for few days.
Q: I stole something which costs around 860 rupees MRP and I want to give the money to the owner 700 rupees but I don't know the owner.
My question is, can I give this money to a poor non Muslim person or to my relatives who are in small debt?
Q: Knowing that giving gifts is of great merit and is encouraged in Islam...
Is it permissible to participate in a game named as secret sheep for eid which people exchange gifts... since it was derived from the name secret santa and the rules etc. all are derived from the secret santa (done on Christmas).