Q: I sell eggs and I keep my stock at my parents’ shop. Once, a staff member from my parents’ shop had taken from my stock which is kept separately and sold it to the customer. It was brought to my attention a while later. As the products were more expensive, I had discounted them when sending the invoice although the goods had already been sold to the customer. Is this permissible?
Q: My parents take products which they pay for later.
1. Sometimes they pay a few rands extra out of love. Is this fine?
2. Sometimes, I wish to give them a discount when I’m sending them the account (as they sometimes help me to clear stock that is close to date). Can I give them a discount after they have taken possession?
Q: Is it permissible, in a mudhaarabah partnership, for both the rabbul maal (financer) and the working partner to draw a specified equal salary per month? Can the salaries be different to the profit share ratio?
Q: In India there is lottery scheme. We can get house on a low budget. First we have to pay some amount then there will be a draw. Whoevers name comes out will win the house. Is participating in this scheme halal or haram.
Q: If a woman has a business where she customises clothes, can she sew peoples names on Christmas hats. Non Muslims may ask her to customise the hats so she will just be writing peoples names on these hats.
Q: To what extent can a person go, in shariat, when it comes to a person getting his money out of a debtor.
1. Can he resort to violence by sending someone behind the debtor to give him a good thrashing?
2. If a person hired a debt collector, can he impose the fees on the debtor as he was the cause of these undue expenses?
3. If not, will the masalah change if the debtor had signed before taking goods on account, that in the event of default in payment, all expenses incurred to retrieve the debt will be borne by the debtor?
4. Can one send someone to forcefully take the debtors car away and sell it to retrieve his money?
5. If one comes to know that someone else is owing the debtor some money, can one take that money straight from that person without the debtor's qabdah or allowance? Will this be permissible for the person owing the debtor the money, i.e. will his debt be discharged?
Q: If someone has many subordinates (workers under him) who daily comes to him for approval of their work. Can he ask them to provide him with something to eat if they want their work to be done before others?
Q: As an estate agent I regularly deal in property. Often I am faced with confusion when fellow Muslims wish to buy a property that is currently leased to a non Muslim and haram organisations. Below are some examples of tenants whose buildings are for sale, and I have to advise Muslims whether it is permissible for them to buy in or not:
1. Non Muslim homes
2. Supermarkets that sell haram products
3. Liquor stores
4. Gambling dens
5. Non Muslim places of worship
Q: My question is regarding the interest on a GP fund of government employees. A fixed amount is deducted from our salary on a monthly basis, against our will, and then they give interest on it annually. One gets this total amount on his retirement. What is the Islamic ruling regarding this? Is it halal or not?
Q: Is investing in Bitcoins halaal or haram?