Trade

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: 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’m an architect. I design residential buildings for my clients and take design consultancy in return. Yesterday, a marketing team visited me. They were selling LED lights. A single light costs $10. They offered me a discount of 20% if I recommend the lights to my clients. They also said that if I sell the light at full price to my clients, they will transfer the remaining 20% discount into my account. If I give a 10% discount to my clients, they will transfer the remaining 10% into my account. Also, it is in my authority to give a full 20% discount to my client. Is this arrangement permissible?.

Q: What is the ruling regarding restaurants that serve calamari, lobsters, crayfish and crabs? Although a Hanafi cannot eat these creatures, is it permissible for him to sell them in his restaurant, and what will be the status of his income?

Q: I want to open a pizza shop where I will be selling bacon pizzas as well as beef and chicken pizzas made from haraam meat. I will not eat from the shop, but I will be selling these items. Is this permissible, and will my income be halaal?