Hiring and Renting

Q: Is it permissible to stay on rent in a house which was built using stolen money, materials stolen belonging to a masjid and a house purchased with drug smuggling, gambling money?

Q: I stay in a rented apartment which has a common park and green area for its tenants. Is it permissible for me to grow some herbs, like coriander, in the common green area and use it for myself?

Q: My grandparents won a lottery of 1 lakh rs around 20 years ago. They then added some amount to this lottery amount (around 35K rs) and purchased a home. Thereafter, one of my family members lived in that house. Presently that house is on rent and we receive a rent of around 10K rs per month. I came to know that lottery is haram. So what should be done now?

Q: Islam banks are giving away cars on the principle of Ijarah.

The bank buys a car and gives it to you on a monthly rent specified in the contract. The bank also keeps a security deposit. The ownership of the car remains with the bank during the rental period. You have the option to return the car at any point in time and get your security deposit back but the bank charges you a certain amount of money if you return the car before the expiry of the rental agreement duration specified in the contract. At the end of the rental agreement, you can either return the car and get your security deposit back OR get the ownership of the car transferred in your name in which case you have to forfeit your security deposit and you might even have to pay an additional fee.

Is transfer of ownership at the end of a rental agreement is permissible in Islam?

Q: Is it permissible to give out for rent an office to the company "b2c premium drinks". They run liqour distribution only.

Q: I often take a taxi to a neighbouring city. Whenever a person takes a taxi to that city, the taxi company charges a toll fee over the normal fee for the journey. On a few occasions, the taxi driver offered to not charge the toll by not plugging the charge into the meter. I am now worried that I may have cheated the taxi company by not paying them the toll amount. What should I do?

Q: A person provides the service of picking up and dropping off school children from home to school. In the morning, he picks them up from home and drops them off at school. In the afternoon, he picks them up from school and drops them off at home. Some days, certain students are absent. For the days, they are absent, will it be permissible for the driver to charge them for it due to the fact that the seat is reserved for them in the car? The contract between the parties is on a monthly basis i.e. he charges them a fee for his services at the end of the month.

Q: There is a small commercial property to rent to few different tenants... e.g. Car sales, take way, panel beater, etc.... A small section, about 15 % of the building on first floor is empty so I got an enquiry from a church to hire that portion of the premises. Can I rent it out to a church? Will this income be permissible?

Q: I am a student studying in university. When the university is off, I come home on the local coach. The route is from Qasoor to Larri Adda. I dont pay the fare because the coach owners mostly stop  after coming to Chaubriji while I have to go to Mao College. I dont pay the fare because of this hadees "jab bi koi cheez rokay to maahz Allah hi ka liya rokay" is this niyat jaiz?

Q: I have a question related to an old rented property system called pagdi system. My friend had a shop in 2002 and he wanted to give it for rent. But unfortunately the old pagdi rented system was imposed at that time and most of the properties were rented on this system. So he also accepted the pagdi rented system and gave it for pagdi rent based...

The rules in this system are mentioned below:

1) The total price of the shop is 200 000

2) The owner gets half of the amount 100 000 at the start of the pagdi rented system from the tenant

3) The rent was fixed at Rs 700 per month and after every 11 months 10% has to be increased. For e.g. If the rent was Rs 700 in 1st Jan 2002, then on 12th Dec 2002 the amount of rent has to be increased by 10% (700×10÷100=70)

4) So After 11 months, the amount is Rs 770 which again has to be increased by 10% after 11 months

5) The whole system is based on that and continues.

6) The amount of the shop now in 2017 is approx. 20 000 000

My question is that the Ulama gave the fatwa that pagdi system is haraam in Islam. All the pagdi system has to be ended and only the pure rented income is halaal. So after this, my question is that my Friend is the owner of the shop but the tenant left the shop in 2012 due to some personal reasons and also informed my friend who is the owner of the shop that he left the shop and he will come back soon but he did not come back after one year. He took out all of his furniture, assets and everything from the shop and also can't give any rent From 2012 to 2017  My Freinds Shop Was Closed And he did not get any Benefit from it He File the Case with the Court About all this situation And After Few Years The Court Ordered him the Case In his favour As An Ex Partee (Because the tenant Not Presented in Any Session of the Court) And My Freind Declared  as a Legal owner of the Shop  By The Court Of Law... It Is Halal To get The Shop In this way? Because We live in An Islamic Ideology State Pakistan And All The Rules & Regulation Of the Court Law is based on the Principles of Islam...

Q Is My Friend Feel Free In All this Way that it is Halal?

Q Is he be able to do his business in this shop According to Islam?