Gifts

Q: If a father gifts his property to one son only instead of all the legal heirs during his life, in this connection is the said gifted property is valid or not under Islamic law? 

Q: I have some Malawian friends who are barbers. However they also shave the customers beards, also cut 2 length haircuts, etc.

Sometimes they give me some money. Is it permissible for me to take and use that money?

Q: My aunt has 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. In our culture mothers give gifts to their daughters and their families (daughter's husband and children) once during the winter and once during the summer time. Is it possible for my aunt to give gifts only to one of her daughters?

My uncle does not work, so she gets the money from her sons. I'm asking this question because we have read that we have to be just in giving gifts to our children.

She got to know that this rule (being just in gift-giving) is valid only when the mother is getting money from her husband.

Q: Zaid and Amar had a very good relationship. During this time Zaid had given some gifts of cash and also some items to Amar. At the time the gifts were received and accepted and also used. Recently some issues arose due to which the relationship is very strained and Amar is very upset with Zaid. Amar has now sent back an amount of cash equivalent to the hadya that was given to him. He has also sent the gifted item back which had been previously accepted and used as well. The questions are:

1. Will the cash sent by Amar be deemed to be a return of the actual gift that was given to him, and will Zaid be obliged to take it back?

2. Will the item returned, which was accepted and used, be deemed as a return of the actual gift?

Q: My car caught alight this morning and was completely burnt. I had R5000 worth of gift cards in the car which were gifted to my 6 month baby when she was born. I have now lost those in the fire and would not be able to redeem it. Do I owe my child that money?

Q: Is it permissible to purchase and keep or give as hadiya etc. a Kruger coin, as it contains a picture of a Springbok. (It can be kept in a casing which covers the moorat).

Also, it is not possible to carve out the tasweer from the coin. Many people give Kruger coins as Mahr etc. What would be Mufti sahebs advise on this. 

Q: My son received a gift of clothing which has a dinosaur picture printed all over it. It was a black shadow picture without features.

Since we don't even know if dinosaurs were real, can he wear it or is it moorath?

If it is moorath, can I sell it and keep the money to use or should I just give it away?

Q: Each year we give zakaat to certain people or organisations. When they come to collect the zakaat the following year, they always bring along a gift e.g. diaries, calenders, pens, etc.

Are we allowed to keep these gifts and use them or will this be counted as taking benefit from one's own zakaat?

Q: I met a boy and we both had feelings for one another. We both did not want to date as there is a lot of sin in it. Our intention was and is to get married when the time is right and until then, whether our paths cross or not we decided to cut off contact until then. We have no contact at all. The only piece I have of him is a chain that he gave me, will it be sinful for me to wear it?

Q:

1. My mother wants to offer me her money which she says is earned by halaal means by selling her land. However, I have a doubt in my heart that the money is actually not halaal as it is charity collected from people that was supposed to be given to the poor and needy. Is taking this money from my mother permissible for me?

2. I want to start a business using this money, but because I have a doubt about it, I want to keep only the profits and pay back all of the invested amount to my mother. Will this be permissible?