Business

Question: Kindly advise if interest money can be used to pay a security company which provides armed response. Their fees are rather high and difficult to keep up with. These days the crime rate and the house break ins are very rife and one needs to have the security although …

Question and Answer: Q. My golf friends insist on playing a competition where the loser buys lunch. No cash exchanges hands but the loser picks up the bill at the golf course. Is this permissible? A. No. This is not permissible. (Raddul Muhtar, Vol: 6, Pg: 403, Darul Fikr, Tabyeenul …

Q. Respected Mufti Sahib assalmu alaikum can I sublet a premises that I am renting to some one else @ a higher rental? (There may be grammatical and spelling errors in the above question. Questions are published as received) A. It is permissible to sublet property that you are renting …

Question and Answer: Q. Recently, Tupperware, which is a popular container manufacturer, offered a special called the “Summer Surprise”. The offer entailed the purchase of a mystery pack for R230 and the pack will contain Tupperware products to the value of R400 – R500. Many Muslims are purchasing this product …

Q. I have closed down my garment and fabric business and am still in possession of stock from same business. Can a fellow muslim who has Zakaat to discharge, purchase some of my stock at CURRENT market prices for distribution of his obligation. If permissable, can I deliver ‘purchased stock’ …

Question:  Would you please clarify if we can purchase shares in the MTN Zakhele BEE offer?  Answer:  The Fatwa Department of the Jamiatul Ulama (KZN) has consulted a number of senior Ulama and reputable organizations with regards to the Zakhele shares that MTN is currently offering and has concluded that …

Question:  I have purchased tickets to some games of the upcoming world cup. Am I allowed to sell them after adding a mark up? The rules of the seller state that this is not allowed. Answer:   In the enquired scenario, after purchasing a ticket, it will only be permissible …

Question: I’d just like to find out is it permissible for a Muslim man to do designing for liquor store’s or night clubs? If the answer is no then could you please give me a valid reason. Answer: Liquor stores and night clubs are dens of sin and Haraam activities. …

Question: What is the ruling in the following case? May Allah reward you. Zaid kept his money and valuables in the safe of Bakar in Bakar’s premises. Bakar’s premises were broken into by thieves. All Zaid’s money and valuables plus some of Bakar’s goods also got stolen. Zaid does not …

Question: I have a shop and customers sometimes forget to take their parcels kept in the parcel counter. Most times they do not return to claim their parcels probably because they have forgotten which shop they left it at. I keep the parcels for months and years in a storeroom …