Business and Dealings

Q: Where I'm working, I know the people quite well. I've been working here for about 3 years or so now. 

They give me duties to do, example, to take their mother or wife or sister to go shopping or to transport them from one place to another. 

I personally don't like doing that because they are non mahram. My wife gets angry with me when I do those things and she doesn't speak to me. 

If I do tell my boss that I can't do those duties, I know personally they will fire me or treat me differently although they are Muslims. What should I do?

Q: A person has 3 days family responsibility leave. If he takes this leave to take his child to the doctor. But he does shopping afterwards, is this allowed?

He is taking leave for a number of hours. He is not taking leave that he will just go and come back once done.

Q: A person has a phone for work purposes. The phone is old and the battery no longer lasts the full day. If he goes somewhere for work purposes and forgets the phone there because it's flat and he is forced to use his own phone. Is he liable to go and pick up the company phone with his own money or will he be allowed to use the company vehicle to go and get the phone?

Q: I bought airtime and put it in my phone. I used the airtime to buy a bundle of data. I never notice my airtime was fifty cents less. They charged me an emergency recharge. They gave me R2 and said from my next airtime they will take R2+R1.10 access fee. What must I do at that time? When agreeing, I never know it was interest but after that I sensed it. Please advise.

Q: We are 1 sister and 3 brothers. My youngest brother I and are Indian and the other 2 are Malaysian. My Mother is Malaysian and the owner of 20 acres agricultural land. During her lifetime she announced Hiba for an equal distribution of the land under which she gave 5 acres to my middle brother due to his financial condition. I being an Indian was constantly using my share of profit along with my mother as her sons never took up her responsibility except for food and lodging. Now she is suffering from dementia but still remembers her hiba for her 3 children. 

Question 1- if a child is in a foreign country then how would she fulfill the requirement of Malikana Haq as I too am not financially strong to travel internationally often? 

Question 2- there are witnesses for the verbal hiba. 

Q3- in one of my recent trips in 2022 in front of my mom I verbally took possession of my land and wanted to utilize the profit till I could sell it, but my Malaysian brothers refused to do so. Both of them has taken their share under hiba and supporting the Indian brother and denying my right on the pretext that I don’t have the Milkana Haq- Total Possession of land. 

Question- How would it be established that I too have the right to 5 acres land as for the past 10 years my mom and I have been using the profit by mutual understanding?

Q: Is selling the land received from a Hiba in a foreign country a compulsory requirement to fulfil the requirements of Hiba or can it be used and sold when the need arises?

Q: I have a start up that will sell products online in the U.S. I have made small 3d printed stars for use as fridge magnets, but they also can be hanged as a decoration. It is Christmas time in the U.S. and a lot of decoration sales are made during this time. 

I have not made a product specifically for Christmas, but my product may be used as a decoration on x-mass trees. I can make a product listing on my online store and add "tags" that help customers find my product. Is it okay for me to add a "christmas" tag to my product, so that it appears easily in searches and attracts sales?

Q: I am selling physical products on an online website. I had one product in stock, but got two orders for that product. Now, I have two options: 

1. Manufacture the extra product to fulfill both my customers orders. 

2. Buy the extra product from elsewhere and then get it shipped to my customer. 

Are these options halaal? I know that dropshipping is not allowed Islamically as the seller does not own the product at the time of the sale, that is why I want clarification.

Q: Many online platforms such as Takealot, Amazon, Wish, Temu, Shein, etc. sell products which are not owned by these companies or sometimes not in the ownership or possession of these companies. Will it be permissible to purchase from these sites?

Q: 

1. A dealer purchases cars from auctions. Payment is made for these vehicles and the dealer has possession of the vehicle. However, the auctioneers generally delay paperwork and release the logbook, etc. months later. Can the dealer sell the cars before receiving paperwork? 

2. A person purchases a property but does not have the title deed as yet. It is still being processed with the master's office. Is he considered as the owner? Can he sell the property? Can he rent out the property and receive rentals?