Paying one's credit card account with interest money
Q: I had to pay some old due of my credit card. Can I pay that payment with the interest I received in my saving account?
Business and Dealings
Traveler's cheque
Q: A person comes to my shop with a traveller's cheque (a traveller's cheque is considered as cash because it is bought in lieu of cash) worth R5000 and he buys items worth 1000 and I take that check and give him 4000 back. Will this transaction be jaaiz?
Employee using perfume testers that are meant for the customers
Q: I work in a shop that sells perfumes and we keep testers for the customers to sample the perfumes. Is it permissible for me to use the testers on myself? I would assume that my boss is aware that I am using the testers since he can smell it on me.
Money deposited using an ATM not reflecting in one's account
Q: I would like to ask a question regarding the haraam riba banks. If for example a person deposited halaal money R100 into his account and lets say he used the ATM to deposit it. The bank lost it and did not credit him for it. Will this person when counting his halaal money that he put in so far, will this person still regard it as from his halaal money or should he not consider it at all? The next question is what happens if a bank subtracts money from your account unjustly for no reason at all, will I regard that subtraction from my halaal money or must I subtract it from the haraam interest money? I know interest is haraam and I'm trying to get rid of this haraam interest money.
Purchasing a tupperware package
Q: Is it permissible for a person to purchase a package while not having full knowledge of its contents? Also, there won't be any future disputes since both parties are happy with the sale. For e.g. The company "Tupperware" usually holds a sale once a year where you purchase a 'tupperware package', not knowing the exact quantity or type of tupperwares inside it, but the case is such that whatever you get will definitely satisfy you and turn out cheaper than the normal market value. Hence there is no question of disputes thereafter. Is such a sale permissible?
Pension fund
Q: Is investing in a pension fund permissible?
Speaking lies to get a job
Q: I have two questions and it is about Haraam or Gunaah and they are as follows:
1. I took admission in degree course with the help of some source though I did not clear the entrance exam and also based on that qualification I got job. Please tell me is it Haraam or Gunaah?
2. Also I worked in 7 companies. I lied in 5 interviews about my experience. Please tell me whether it is Haraam or Gunaah and if it is Haraam then does that mean everything I have earned and spent after that is Haraam? If it is Gunaah then one solution which came into my mind is that start learning or doing something from my parents money and try to earn a living from that. Is it possible that Allah will consider it as repentance.
Accepting a box of chocolates with merry christmas greetings on it
Q: I have received a box of chocolates from my neighbour and it was conveyed with Merry Christmas greetings on it. Is it permissible to eat the chocolates or not? What will be the ruling in the case where I receive a gift of hot cross buns or a christmas tree? Can I accept it and eat the hot cross buns?
Studying and practicing actuarial science
Q: Can you tell me if studying and practicing actuarial science is permissible?
Income of people selling alcohol and pork
Q: I want to ask a question. I am living in Spain and there are many shops many of which belong to Muslims which sell wine, alcohol and pig. How do you view this? I ask them why you sell these things. They say if we don't sell this, then nobody will enter our shop. I want to know what type of income is this halaal or haraam.