Business and Dealings

Q: What is a muwakkil?

Q: Is it a good idea that the husband and wife work together at the same workplace for the same company?

Q: I would like to know if the job as an accounting technician with the following duties is permissible or not:

Duties :

1. To prepare and examine vouchers.

2. To input and verify records.

3. To process payroll and arrange for payments of salaries and deductions.

4. To write cheques, seek signatures and ensure dispatch by registry.

5. To collect and examine revenue and make remittances to the bank.

Q: I am a Muslim web and graphic designer. I work for a non-Muslim company. Sometimes, I have to insert photos of the chairman in a speech text page and add other group photos of conferences in the bulletin. Since I am not the photographer or artist, will I be sinful? I will lose the job if I do not insert the photos.

Q: I intend purchasing some equipment. The normal price of the equipment is R180 000 and a warranty is given for two years. The company offers an extended warranty for a total of five years which costs an additional R30 000. Is it permissible to pay extra for the extended warranty?

Q: Is it ok to sell cigarettes?

Q: Is it haraam to buy and sell shares in the stock market?

Q: I am a student in Malaysia and I am doing a PHD here. Once I came to my workstation in the Lab I found a mineral water bottle on my table and then I asked from my lab fellows sitting around me. No one knew about it. Please advise me according to Sharia what should I do with this water bottle?

Q: We have seen a house, which we like to rent, but we found out that the last people who rented this house were prostitutes! Is it alright to move there and read prayers in there?

Q: My question is if I was to buy a car for someone which had a value of £15000 which is based as a loan from me to the other person and they will pay me back in monthly instalments until I get my full money back, is this considered as RIBA (Interest)?