Business Dealings

Car-tracking business

QUESTION: My brother and I have purchased equipment and leads from a call-centre, and are renting a space there, in order to promote a car-tracking product. Kindly advise whether this product is Halaal to promote? ANSWER: We understand from your query that you have...

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“Tagging” contacts to enter a competition

QUESTION: A follow up regarding the Fatwa entitled: "Forwarding an advert to enter a competition" Will the same ruling apply to an Instagram giveaway with the following conditions: 1) Follow us @... and @... 2) Like the post 3) Tag 3 friends Stand a chance to win "x...

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Incorrect goods supplied to purchaser

QUESTION: A buyer placed an order for 2000 bags of medium-sized onions. the buyer paid for his order but it appears that at the time of loading the delivery, the buyer did not check to see that his order was correct and relied on the Manager of the farm to do so. When...

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Receiving a revenue from Twitter

QUESTION: Recently, Twitter starting paying people a percentage of the advertising revenue. To qualify for the advertising revenue, one must have 500 or more followers, and a minimum of 3 million impressions for 3 consecutive months. One has to also be "verified". To...

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Finding funds in one’s bank account

QUESTION: Money was mistakenly deposited into my bank account. Three months have passed without anyone coming forward to claim the deposit, while I have also tried to trace the depositor, but to no avail. Please advise what should be done with this money? ANSWER: If...

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Methods of financing a home

QUESTION: Minimum wage and high rental in the United States makes it difficult for a person to save towards purchasing a house. I was looking into "Guidance Residential USA Islamic Finance",  where you find the co-owner of a property and you pay the co-party,...

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