QUESTION: Person A sells a property to person B. He sells the property at a very cheap price with a pre-condition that the day he decides to sell, he must offer it to him first at the same price as he bought it. Would this agreement be binding on the buyer? In the...
QUESTION: A Muslim owner is renting out his shop to a tenant who intends opening up a tavern. Is it permissible for the owner to receive rental money from this tenant? ANSWER: It is not permissible to lease out one’s property to a tavern. The monies derived from such...
QUESTION: 1. We are selling a device called "Shop2Shop". It is a unit similar to a credit card machine where customers use it in their stores to swipe credit and debit cards. At the end of the month we get a small percentage of the total swipes made on the machines...
QUESTION: I purchased a vehicle with an existing motor-plan. After experiencing some issues, I sent it in for repairs. Unfortunately, they kept the car longer than anticipated and I am not satisfied with the repairs. The company offered to extend the motor-plan for an...
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 recently purchased a dog collar which I intended to use on my cat. Since the collar did not fit, and cannot be returned, I'd like to know if it will be permissible for me to resell the collar, and advertise it according to its actual use, which is a collar...
QUESTION: A person unkowingly earned interest on a debt account. What should he do for all the interest that he earned over many years, as he has no record of the previous years Should he just start withdrawing interest from the current month or will he be forgiven...
QUESTION: Is the following investment Shariah compliant? https://www.sagoldbits.co.za ANSWER: In the queried scenario, the one ounce Kruger coin, which weighs approximately 33 grams of gold, is split into one hundred portions and sold at R394.35 per gram. The...