Giving gifts with the intention of sadaqah
Q: If I give my grand children or my children gifts, can I make the intention for sadaqah?
Business and Dealings
Renting a premises that was built with haraam money
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?
Accepting the proposal of a boy who sells CCTV and DJ equipment
Q: A man proposes for a woman, and both are satisfied with the proposal. He has a business where he sells equipment as a living, primarily CCTV camera systems. He has also sold DJ equipment (exact details are not known) on 2 occasions. My questions are as follows:
1. Is the selling of CCTV camera systems permissible?
2. Is the selling of DJ equipment permissible?
3. Is his income halal, and would it be permissible for the woman to go ahead and accept his proposal?
Taking a fixed monthly income from an investment?
Q: I want to invest some money in a friend's import export business against which he would give me a fixed monthly income regardless of the actual profit or loss he makes in the business. Is it halal for me to do this investment and take monthly fixed profit?
Paper currency
Q: I am reading about the Quran and old Islamic economic system. Is it true that if any country or bank prints paper currency more than gold or silver reserves, it will be ribah or sin? Some Islamic teachers say that paper currency is a fraud because paper currency is more than Gold reserves, and in Islam money is which has intrinsic value like wheat, barley, dates, salt or gold and silver?
Charging a fee with instalments
Q: I'd like to know if a bank provides a service to purchase things on instalments of 6 months for example at a 0% mark up but charges a small fee for it, would that be considered as interest? Is it halal to avail this offer? Here's what they say:
Instalment Plan
Shariah Compliant
No processing fee
Payback in easy instalments
No extra charges
How it works? Select the product, choose the plan of your choice - 3, 6, 9 and 12 monthly instalment plans available. Apply online.
Accepting compensation from an insurance company
Q: My car has been involved in an accident with another car. Will it be permissible for me to accept compensation for the damages from his insurance company as it was his fault?
Meaning of 786
Q: I have a question regarding 786 numbers.
1. What is the meaning of 786?
2. Is it permissable to buy and sell 786 cell numbers and licence plates?
3. Also is it permissable to sell a licence plate if someone offers a high price since it is nice numbers like 1001
Buying sex toy's as a wedding gift
Q: My friend is getting married soon, insha Allah. Since we are young and close friends and we are a close knit group, we want to buy some gifts for him. Is it permissible to buy adult toy's for him and to buy things like item's we feel are fun and exciting?
Working as an accountant for a bank
Q: Can a chartered accountant, who checks and verifies the accounts of the company, audit the accounts of banking company other than interest and loan accounts. Like salaries, taxes, office expenses or miscellaneous expenses, fixed assets, share capital. What is the shariah ruling regarding it?