Business and Dealings

Q: I have a friend who is opening a relaxing and rejuvenation spa. He has asked me to invest in it. Will the income from the spa be halaal? The therapist working there will be females.

Q: Is medical aid and hospital plans permissible. In our town we have a government hospital and a private hospital. The government hospital's services to the sick is free and at private hospitals the fees are exorbitant starting at around one hundred thousand. I have never been on medical aid. In the past year I have become sick and now have serious medical conditions. I visited the private doctor recently and he diagnosed that my kidneys are failing. The doctors could not further attend to me or operate as I have no money to pay nor medical aid. They are requesting around seventy thousand rand from me for a start. If I don't do the operation, my kidneys will fail and the result is death. I cannot go to the government hospitals as many people who had operations at these hospitals came out worse than they were before they went in. A friend of mine had leg pains and went to the government hospital and had an operation done. When he came out he walked on crutches till he died and claimed that the hospital destroyed his legs as the government hospitals have young doctors from third world countries. Another friend had a pain in his foot. He also went to the government hospital and they operated on his feet. When he came out he couldn't walk for years as his feet were worse and he could not bend his toes at all. He had to sit on a chair for Salaah. I am worried if I go the same way as they have done, I will be more sick than I am and if I had medical aid then I could have used it to go to private hospitals. Please advise.

Q: I have done research about boycotting Israel. I have found that if you buying products of which you know a percentage of the profit is given to the Israeli government, then you are actually paying to kill a Palestinian. I feel guilty of murder. What is muftionline.co.za's view in this matter? Should we boycott?

Q: If someone works where they sell alcohol drinks but he also prays namaz five times and fasts in the month of Ramadhaan, would Allah Ta'ala accept his good deeds like namaaz even though he works with alcohol?

Q: Is it halaal to do job in banks? Please explain.

Q: May people purchase a gold coin using the FNB Share Builder account. Is this permissible?

Q: Is the income generated from interest based schemes permissible to use for windows who have no other source of income?

Q: My employer says that paying double for working on public holidays is against Shariah. Please advise if this is correct?

Q: I am selling easter eggs for my mother for the whole week. Now that I bought my own to sell for myself, my husband don't want me to sell it because he say it's haraam. Is this true?

Q: Zaid has paid a hotel for buffet food. The hotel lets Zaid take whatever amount of food he wants to eat to his room. Will it be permissible for Zaid to share some of his food with his family members who are staying with him in his room?