Items Of Trade

Kraal Manure

QUESTION: Is it permissible to sell kraal manure? ANSWER: Firstly, one needs to understand the nature of manure. Generally, manure is used as an organic fertilizer made from the dung of domestic livestock. Usually, soil and other ingredients are also mixed with the...

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Digital Marketing

QUESTION: Is digital marketing permissible? This could be on behalf of other companies, or the sale of courses whereby people can sign up to learn the art of digital marketing? ANSWER: Digital marketing is a type of marketing that uses the internet and online-based...

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Selling Milk Without Cream

QUESTION: A business sells fresh farm milk. Is it permissible for them to boil the milk, remove the cream, and then sell the milk? Or, can they remove the cream with a cream separator and thereafter sell the milk? ANSWER: This is permissible on condition that the milk...

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Alcohol-Based Perfumes

QUESTION: Is it permissible to own a perfume store which stocks perfumes that are alcohol-based and not Itr. Is there any Hadith which mentions Barakah in selling perfume? ANSWER: Modern-day perfumes which are alcohol-based are made from synthetic alcohol, and not...

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Selling Timeshares for Sun City Resorts

QUESTION: Would it be permissible to sell a holiday at the resorts in Sun City? If it is impermissible, will the ruling be the same for other holiday resorts where different evils are found? ANSWER: While it will be permissible to sell a holiday timeshare resort in...

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Selling Illegal Cigarettes

QUESTION: What is the ruling regarding the sale of illegal cigarettes and the earnings accrued therefrom? ANSWER: It is necessary for us as Muslims, to abide by the rules and regulations of the country, particularly when the laws of the country do not contradict the...

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Buying Wheel Caps From Vendors

QUESTION: Vendors/hawkers sell second-hand wheel caps, which are presumably obtained from the roadside where it has fallen off from cars (the owners do not know that it fell off while driving), or perhaps from people (very often drug-users or petty theft criminals)...

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Designing Personal Brand Websites

QUESTION: I have recently started designing websites for personal brand websites. This requires me to build websites which feature images of the person whose brand I am building. I don’t take the pictures-I just add them to the website. Am I allowed to do this?...

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