Q: I am a 36 year old man who was born and lived in India for 20 years and moved to North America now. I am married and have 2 children. Now I am thinking about buying a home on bank loan and of course there will be interest involved. Will this stop me performing Hajj? We (wife & I) did our Umra last year (2012) Allhumdulillah.
Q: Can interest money be used to pay exorbitant rates on your property? Or can they be used to pay high bank charges? Can they also be used to pay tax or toll road charges?
Q: I will be hosting a car show during the course of next month and would like to find out if the proceeds from this event can go to a sponsorship for a hajj fund for people that have been accepted for hajj this year. The funds raised on this day will come from the entrance fee that each person pays to enter their vehicle. At the end of the show, the participants will receive trophies. Please advise me in this regard.
Q: A certain person owned a property that his friend wished to buy from him. On seeing the land, his friend offered him R1.2 million. He told his friend, “I don’t know the value of the property. If the value is more, you must sort me out.” After a week passed, the owner still hadn’t checked the value, but concluded a deal for R1.2 million, even making out a contract and signing the papers. A few months later, the initial owner learnt that the value was R1.5 million. He now wants to claim an additional R300 000 from the seller. Is this permissible?
Q: While passing through one of the farm towns, a guy at the garage was selling avokados in a bag. When I bought that, he offered me suger cane as well. Only after I bought it and returned home, did I realise that he only had one sugercane. So I perhaps thought that why was the avokados in a bag which he had lots of (in different bags), but he only had a single sugercane. I perhaps thought that maybe he got the single sugercane by walking past one of the farms and taking it with out paying for it, which he sold to me. What should I do in this case, if I doubt that the sugercane was perhaps stolen?
Q: Is it permissible to invest in the 5 Rand Mandela coins (proof and mint state)?
Q: I live in Germany, and over here, parcels (above a certain size) are usually insured in case of loss etc. This is the case, regardless of the parcel service, as far as I know. Is it permissible to use this service to send and receive parcels?
Q: I will be going for my driving licence soon and I wanted to know mufti saab since the halaath of our ummuth is so bad and its full of corruption and that makes getting my driving licence even much harder to get and also an increased chance of failing, my question is about paying an extra fee which will go to the inspector for passing me. What should I do?
Q: If a person has a bakery and a customer orders a birthday cake, will it be permissible for the bakery to make it and sell it?
Q: There is a car finance scheme which is advertised as being Islamic. Among the conditions of the finance is that the client will have to insure the car with Takaaful, and he will be charged a penalty for late payments. Is this allowed in Shari’ah?