QUESTION: Alhamdulillah, I have a job offer, but I am not sure if it is Islamic. The working hours are 48 hours per week. I queried as to how many hours per day and was told it is a 6-day week job with the amount of hours per day where the timings and the number of...
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)...
QUESTION: Small-scale businesses accept bank cards as a method of payment. However they have a minimum of R30 or R50 spend in order to swipe. I visited a store and bought two items to the value of R29. I asked the cashier if I could swipe and he said yes. Thereafter,...
QUESTION: A person has life insurance for his mother. She is still alive. is it permissible for him to keep the life insurance and once she passes away, he will take his capital amount and use the balance of the money to pay taxes? ANSWER: He should cancel the...
Q1) According to the Hadeeth concerning Riba it is mentioned [والملح بالملح..] If someone goes to their neighbour and asks for salt and says that they will give the neighbour some back later, is this considered as Riba ? If they give extra, will this also fall under...
Q1) I keep my money in a commercial bank account. Recently, the bank started paying me interest since a positive balance is maintained. Is it necessary for me to switch to a non-interest bearing account? A1) Yes, if you have an option of keeping your money in a...
QUESTION: I have a question with regards to taking out a mortgage with banks which are Shariah compliant. Please advise your ruling with regards to the bonds for property via Al Barakah and FNB Shariah mortgage. ANSWER: Your first option would be to try and acquire an...
QUESTION: I advertised a used item on a group (I did mention that it was used, etc). A person messaged me to purchase the item. I informed them that if the item is not collected within 2 days, I would put the item back up for sale. The person then informed me that...