Business and Dealings

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?

Q: What about forex trading, is it halaal or haram? Swap free accounts are offered by many forex brokers which they call Islamic forex trading accounts?

Q: In the country where I live, if you are a working person, the government will send you tax every three months without you asking for it. Is this money halaal?

Q: I am interested in becoming an apple software engineer but is it halaal or harm for work there? Is working for a company which sells computers, laptops, phones is halaal or haraam? If I sell a computer to a buyer if that buyer uses it in any bad ways will I get sins?

Q: A invested R100 000 in B’s business. A told B that he is investing in his business on the condition that he receives 10% of his capital investment every month as profit. Is this type of investment permissible? If this type of investment is impermissible, how should the profit-sharing be fixed?

Q: I have saved a certain amount of money that I want to invest for my retirement. I do not want to invest it in a conventional bank because I know that interest is haraam. Which Islamic bank can you recommend for me to invest in?

Q: I have 2 questions.

1. I am asked to lie by my parents to DWP. Both are against Islam - lying and disobeying parents. What should I do?

2. I am divorced and by English Law. I own half of the property where myself and our son both stay. What is the ruling Shariah wise?

Q: My father is a business man. He suppresses his financial state to reduce income tax claims as all other businessman like him do. Many large traders often hire a lawyer who could suppress their financial state intelligently to minimize the income tax payable on their income. As we are part of this country and are required to abide to all the laws as per both religious and ethical requirements, are we committing a sin by not paying the tax on our true financial state? Our government holds right on our income and it is our obligation to pay tax. However, this is a common practice in my country.