QUESTION: If a child is given money to buy sweets for himself, is he allowed to share it with his Ustaadh or any other adult? ANSWER: No, it will not be permissible for the Ustaad or any other adult to accept sweets from a Na-Baaligh child. This will be the ruling if...
Business Dealings
Selling Vape
QUESTION: Is it permissible to sell Vape? ANSWER: It is Makrooh to sell vape hence we advise abstention. ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST! ANSWERED BY: Mufti Mohammed Desai Date:- 13 Jumadal Ula 1445 / 27 November 2023
Selling a PlayStation
QUESTION: Is it ok to resell a PlayStation that I bought on sale? ANSWER: A PlayStation has numerous features such as a digital video recorder which was integrated with the PlayStation and PlayStation 2; games; having the ability of streaming TV, movies, music, etc....
Cloning websites
QUESTION: I started working as a freelancer(remotely) online where a person can make money from selling his services. A few days ago a client wrote to me on the platform and requested me to secure him a website by cloning one that already exists, which he in turn will...
Retrieving debts from the customer’s debtors
QUESTION: A person owes me money which is long overdue. Is it permissible for me to recover the amount from his customers, or someone who owes him money, without his knowledge? ANSWER: The Fuqaha have written that if a debtor refuses to settle his debt (without a...
Returning a used item
QUESTION: Please advise on the following: I purchased a watch from a company. I wore it twice and then decided I did not like it and I want to return it. The company lists the following reasons for returns: “unwanted item”; “no longer like the product”; “wrong...
Repairing TV’s
QUESTION: Is it permissible to repair TV's if you work as an electrician? ANSWER: The income derived from selling and repairing televisions is Makrooh-e-Tahreemi because the television is primarily used in acts of vice and evil. [Re:- Ahsanul Fataawa Pg.543 Vol.6] ...
Returning lost items
In principle, a lost item is of two types: A. Such a lost item that the owner normally wouldn’t return to look for it, for example, the seed of a date, or pomegranate peels. If such an item is picked up by the finder, then due to it holding hardly any value, it will...