Gifts

QUESTION: At the local gym, a "promotion" is run whereby the gym requests its clients to provide names and contact details of a stipulated amount of people. After filling out these contact details, one will be entitled to receive a free gift from the gym. The gifts...

Question:- I paid for some shares and a property, and put it in my daughter's name. It was not given to her. Who is the owner? Answer:- Your query states that you purchased the property and the shares. These were not gifted to your daughter at any stage. You simply...

Question:- Does a parent have the right to give away their children's toys that they are using, to other children? Answer:- If the parent owns the toy and had only loaned the toy to the child, then the parent is entitled to gift the toy to another child. However, if...

Question:- A man divorced his wife with a single, revocable divorce. The ex-husband is now asking his wife  to return the Mahr, which was a Kruger coin. He is also asking her for other items which he had given her whilst they were married. Answer:- It is incorrect for...

Question:- Someone owed me money but I already made the intention of forgiving his debt and hadn't told him as yet. After a few months, he comes to me with the money and I now feel like taking the money, so I tell him “I already forgave your debt, but if you want to...

Question:- I helped someone to do his university assignment and he gave me some money in lieu of it. Am I allowed to use this money or is it Haraam? Answer:- We understand that you voluntarily assisted a student with his university assignment. We assume that there was...

Question:- My mother-in-law gifted all her assets to her three daughters in her lifetime. The daughters have allowed her to use the assets for herself while she is still alive. The bank account is in my mother-in-law's name. She has the jewellery and cash with her,...

Question:- 1. My mother recently gifted two gold bangles to my daughters, one for each of them, but my mum has stated that she will make use of it until her death. To whom do the bangles belong? Will they be given to my daughters after my mum's passing away, or will...