Forex Trading
Q: Is forex trading halal or haram in islam?
Business and Dealings
Working for a company that uses facial-recognition when logging on for work
Q: We have tried to speak to the company that facial recognition is haraam but they continue to insist on it. Will it be permissible to continue working for such a company where we need to use a facial signing in process to log our working times?
Using the money received as a child grant
Q: I recieve child grant for my daughter. Does this money belong to me or to the child? If i do not use up the entire amount from her monthly allowance should the remainder be given to the child or can it be used elsewhere?
Receiving a child grant from the government
Q: Is it permissible for a person to get a child grant from the government for each of his children. This person is not poor, rather he has an average income.
The reason why he's doubting this is that the child grant is for children whose parents are earning less than R4000. However, he is earning more than that.
Obtaining an interest free loan for one's business
Q: I am metal importer. I have less capital available as compared to my business volume. I want to do financing. What is best way to finance without interest. I don't want to do partnerships.
Please guide and suggest .
Gifting one's property to one child only
Q: If a father gifts his property to one son only instead of all the legal heirs during his life, in this connection is the said gifted property is valid or not under Islamic law?
Franchise charging insurance to their customers
Q: We have a tyre business which is a Dunlop franchise, they have this tyre insurance for the customers. Any damage to the tyre and they send a replacement after doing their tests. They charge us R10 per tyre for this which I pass onto the customer.
I add it to the cost and then add my markup. I tried getting out of this but it’s compulsory from their side.
How should I handle this… Is it permissible?
Should I add my markup first then the R10. Because my intention is not to make money on the insurance…
Incentives offered by car dealers to bank employees for referring bank auto loan customers
Q: Incentives offered by car dealers to bank employees for referring bank auto loan customers is Halal or Haram. They offer a specific amount from their own profit and not caused any loss to bank or its customer.
Working as a paranormal investigator
Q: There is a profession known as paranormal investigator. In this normally person goes to a place and investigates regarding paranormal activities taking place mostly related to ghosts and haunting places (in Islamic version we can say jinn).
Is it permissible for a Muslim to work in this domain?
Taking a salary from a person who took out an interest-bearing loan
Q: I am a student. I teach my aunts son mathematics. This is my first job as a student. I always wanted to earn halaal or I have a wish that my first salary or income will be atleast halaal.
My question is, somehow, I know that my aunts source of income comes from riba or a bank loan or something or fraudness which is haraam. Is my salary halaal or haraam? I am confused. Please explain, if it is not halaal then I will teach him for free.